Using cutting-edge human rights perception polls, the authors explore links between social class and domestic human rights movements in Mexico, Colombia, Morocco, and India. Social elites, they find, are better connected to human rights representatives than the masses. A contribution to the openGl
À l’aide de sondages de pointe pour jauger de la perception des droits de l’homme, les auteurs explorent les liens entre les classes sociales et les mouvements locaux en faveurs des droits de l'homme au Mexique, en Colombie, au Maroc et en Inde. Ils constatent que les élites sociales sont plus pro
It is activists, not states who will make a difference in future. But western-led rights organizations may have seen their day. A contribution to the openGlobalRights debate on Emerging Powers and Human Rights. Español, العربي.
Hilary Wainwright reports from Thessaloniki on what happened when the state ordered Greece’s state broadcaster to shut down
Flawed it may have been, but ERT, Greece's public broadcaster, was one of the few things holding the country together during these difficult times.
Rouhani’s positive reputation among western powers when he led Iran’s nuclear negotiations provides Khamenei, if he wants, with the pretext for greater flexibility at this critical point.
Protests were motivated by what has become a two-year-long struggle to force Libya's powerful militias to hand over the reins of military power to the state security forces. Thirty-one people died on June 8.
While many praise the remarkable determination of Sahrawi activists to maintain the peaceful character of their struggle, others signal this as a key factor behind their failure to secure a just resolution.
Our guest editors provide a walk through this week's theme of emerging powers and human rights. A contribution to the openGlobalRights debate on Emerging Powers and Human Rights.
Despite it all, Hezbollah remains a key constituent of the weak and de-facto decentralised state - the legitimate representative of the overwhelming majority of Lebanese Shiites and the ally of the largest Christian Party in the country.
