Working children’s organisations have had limited success in challenging dominant abolitionist perspectives on child labour. Working children’s realities and conceptions of rights need to be taken more seriously in international debates.
The ‘hotspot’ system for migrants remains an experiment, but it entails the implementation at the national level of human-rights-violating policies elaborated at the EU level.
At a crucial moment for Latin American democracies, an alliance between Alerta Democrática and DemocraciaAbierta is proposing to monitor the possible scenarios for the region. Español Português
The new right in Latin America has an unprecedented social base: the middle classes (and a part of the popular sectors) culturally modeled by extractivism. Español
The fracturing demands a rethink of the terms usually employed for describing migration movements, such as ‘route’ and ‘border crossing.’ Introduction to a rethink.
Although violence is considered a societal threat in Norway, inclusion of the violence faced by sex workers is not high on the agenda.
“One user even said Facebook sent him a notification that his deceased uncle had supported Free Basics and so he should too.”
As Ireland’s delicate recovery shuffles on, many Irish voters will support the government for lack of a credible alternative.
On February 26 the Irish people take to the polls for the first general election since 2011.
Bolivian president Evo Morales has cultivated a close relationship with China since taking office in 2006, but many deals with Chinese firms are under scrutiny. Español Português
Right in the middle of Europe, thousand of refugees are living in disheartening conditions, without any help from local governments. An insight from the Calais refugee camp known as the Jungle.
Europe’s leaders are committed to ‘stemming the tide of migration’. They say they are protecting ‘the vulnerable’, yet history shows that the policies proposed will only increase migrant vulnerability.
