In 2009 six post-Soviet nations signed up to the EU Eastern Partnership, aimed at deepening political cooperation and economic integration. Progress has been uneven because old habits die hard and closer integration with the EU has many opponents. Viorel Ursu and Iryna Solonenko consider the varyi
En ileri insan hakları algılaması anketlerini kullanan yazarlar, Meksika, Fas ve Hindistan gibi ülkelerdeki toplumsal sınıflar ile ülke içerisindeki insan hakları arasındaki ilişkileri araştırmaktadırlar. Elde etmiş oldukları sonuçlar ışığında toplumdaki seçkin sınıfın, insan hakları temsilcilikle
From the outset Fawaz Ahmed insisted that as a Muslim he (unlike Usman Khawaja) would not wear the team shirt with the sponsor’s logo, that of Victoria Bitter.
Any plans for the social and economic empowerment of ‘beggars’ will work only if they address the factors that affect people negatively, forcing them out of their work/livelihood, and eventually pushing them into extreme destitution and dependence.
American drones are shattering Pakistani lives. But behind moral obscenity is political reality, says Maruf Khwaja.
Charlotte Bunch pays tribute to Sunila Abeysekera (1952-2013), a courageous feminist and human rights advocate within Sri Lanka, and a leader in South Asia and globally.
Using the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) to justify decisions to intervene militarily abroad is often self-serving. Countries like India are ambiguous about the right to intervene because the practice is deeply inequitable. A contribution to the openGlobalRights debate, R2P and the Human Rights C
In the wake of the brutal gang rape of a student in Delhi in December 2012, Kavita Krishnan shot to international fame when her speech demanding protection of a ‘woman’s freedom, not her body’ went viral. She spoke to Rahila Gupta about her campaigning work for women's rights.
A comprehensive peace will clearly not be achieved militarily, but how can the warring factions engaged with the complex conflict in Afghanistan be brought into negotiations? Engagement with Alternative Dispute Resolution practices at the regional level offers potential.
JS Mill, liberalism's intellectual giant, justified despotism in India, thought Britain should be a beacon of liberty like Athens (because of its navy) and that it is impossible for a democracy to rule another country well. Listen to Dr Georgios Varouxakis on his latest book, Liberty Abroad
Should Britain, the United States and others who claim to be concerned, stand by and allow reactionary forces to stage-manage a phony election, this sends yet another inconsistent and disheartening message to those struggling for peaceful democratic change in the Islamic world and beyond.
