The best refugee legislation in the world will have little effect when those seeking protection are characterized as security risks. A contribution to the openGlobalRights debate on the future of refugee protection. Français
Iraqi and Iranian Shia have been competing over Iraq's shrine cities of Najaf and Karbala since the invasion. Al Sistani's successor will have to cope with the fall-out.
Professing national pride or hiding in shame are two extremes like black and white and do not fit in a moderate and multihued world. عربي
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The 1951 Geneva Convention on Political Asylum was a typical creation of the Cold War: the system cannot deal with the huge population flows now permanently characteristic of our world.
النباح بعزة الوطن، أو الانغماس في قلب الرمال لمحو عاره، ألوان حادة مثل الأسود والأبيض لاتسود العالم المتعددة ألوانه. English
The suffering of Syrians is seen through four distorted lenses. But to find a sustainable political solution in Syria, we must move beyond clichés.
مع عقود من السياسات النيوليبرالية ، تزايد الانقسامات الطبقية ، وهدم الساحات العامة ، قد اختفى الاحساس بالانتماء الاجتماعي في مصر ، والحاجة إلى استعادته عاملا مشتركا في التحركات الجماهيرية. 3fEnglish
With decades of neoliberal policies, growing class divisions, and the demolition of public space, social belonging has vanished. The need to reclaim it has been a common factor in Egypt's mass mobilisations. عربي
Host states impose greater restrictions on refugees’ rights at least partly because Western states aren’t fulfilling their responsibilities. A contribution to the openGlobalRights debate on the future of refugee protection. العربية
تقوم الدول المضيفة للاجئين بفرض قيود أكبرعلى حقوق اللاجئين،على الأقل كنتيجة جزئية لعدم قيام الدول الغربية بمسؤوليتها. مساهمة من الجدل المطروح على موقع أوبن جلوبال رايتس الإلكترونى حول مستقبل حماية اللاجئين. English
After the Paris attacks, ISIS became yesterday’s story, as if the terrorist movement had disappeared into far lands not able to affect our lives any more.
