http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/index.php On trouvera ici une sélection des articles d'information et d'analyse publiés sur le site www.mondialisations.org du GERM, qui rendent compte de la richesse et de la diversité des figures des mondialisations contemporaines, ainsi que des débats qu'elles suscitent. FR Sat, 02 May 2026 22:32:45 Sat, 02 May 2026 22:32:45 germ.mondialisations@gmail.com (GERM) germ.mondialisations@gmail.com (GERM) 5 http://www.amnesty.org/fr/latest/news/2018/10/almost-130000-purged-sector-workers-still-awaiting-justice-in-turkey/ More than two years after being arbitrarily dismissed, almost 130,000 Turkish public sector workers are still awaiting justice and facing an uncertain future, Amnesty International said in a report published today.  Branded as ‘terrorists’ and stripped of their livelihoods, tens of thousands of people are still awaiting justice Andrew Gardner, Amnesty International Purged beyond return? No remedy for Turkey’s dismissed public sector workers reveals that doctors, police officers, teachers, academics and tens of thousands of other public sector workers dismissed from their jobs for alleged �oelinks to terror groups” are yet to be reinstated or compensated, while the Commission set up to review dismissal decisions is woefully unfit for purpose.  �oeBranded as ‘terrorists’ and stripped of their livelihoods, tens of thousands of people who have had their professional and family lives shattered are still awaiting justice,” said Andrew Gardner, Amnesty International’s Turkey Strategy and Research Manager.  Thu, 25 Oct 2018 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.amnesty.org/fr/latest/news/2018/10/almost-130000-purged-sector-workers-still-awaiting-justice-in-turkey/ http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41907&lan=EN Fascism is an extreme derivative of fundamentalism, with a long tradition in almost every culture. In his 1996 controversial work, The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of the World Order, Samuel P. Huntington denounces the West as home to the most virulent fundamentalists. They imagine that their culture is the best in the world, that their religion is the best, the one and only true religion, that theirs is the best form of government, democracy, with the best techno-science, that has changed the face of the planet, and with its lethal weapons, it has given humans the ability to destroy humanity and much of the biosphere. Mon, 03 Sep 2018 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41907&lan=EN http://voxeurop.eu/fr/2018/droit-d-asile-5122160 Every year, almost 100,000 Europeans seek asylum in EU countries, and the number of applications continues to grow. Yet this is a phenomenon which remains at the margins of the debate on asylum �" and that on EU enlargement All the arguments that have broken out in Europe on the right of asylum in recent years �" and the accompanying racism �" are based on the idea that asylum seekers are those arriving from across the Mediterranean or Turkey, originating in Africa and Asia. In reality, among those who applied for asylum in EU countries last year there were almost 100,000 European citizens: Albanians, Turks, Russians, Georgians, Ukrainians, Armenians, etc. Thu, 30 Aug 2018 00:00:00 +0000 http://voxeurop.eu/fr/2018/droit-d-asile-5122160 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41904&lan=EN Domestic workers are one of the groups most vulnerable to exploitation, violence, harassment, and forced labour. International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition reminds us that many women end up being trapped in abusive work situations which in some cases may amount to modern forms of slavery. Thu, 23 Aug 2018 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41904&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41898&lan=EN New Delhi �" Democracy is in crisis. Fake news �" and fake allegations of fake news �" now plagues civil discourse, and political parties have proved increasingly willing to use xenophobia and other malign strategies to win elections. At the same time, revisionist powers like Vladimir Putin’s Russia have been stepping up their efforts to interfere in elections across the West. Rarely has the United States witnessed such brazen attacks on its political system; and rarely has the world seen such lows during peacetime. Wed, 22 Aug 2018 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41898&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41895&lan=EN Imagine you’re online and you see an amusing Game of Thrones meme likening the resurrection of one of the main characters, Jon Snow, to the resurrection of Christ. Chuckling to yourself, you re-post it on your social media page and promptly forget about it. A few days later, the police raid your apartment and charge you with extremism. In addition to facing years in prison, you’re frozen out of your bank accounts. Welcome to the reality that unsuspecting social media users across Russia are now facing as authorities ramp up their campaign against online extremism. Thu, 09 Aug 2018 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41895&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41885&lan=EN Saudi Arabia’s ongoing crackdown on women’s rights activists undermines Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s own reform agenda. It reveals a disconnect between this young leader who styles himself as a reformist and a women’s rights advocate and the new reality in the Muslim world today. Increasingly, Muslim women are reclaiming an Islam that has long espoused equality, justice and freedom for all. These women are leading change from within their communities. Fri, 03 Aug 2018 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41885&lan=EN http://www.ipsnews.net/2018/08/amidst-rising-heat-waves-un-says-cooling-human-right-not-luxury/ The rising heat waves in the world’s middle income and poorer nations are threatening the health and prosperity of about 1.1 billion people, including 470 million in rural areas without access to safe food and medicines, and 630 million in hotter, poor urban slums, with little or no cooling to protect them, according to the latest figures released by the United Nations. Mon, 06 Aug 2018 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.ipsnews.net/2018/08/amidst-rising-heat-waves-un-says-cooling-human-right-not-luxury/ http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41848&lan=EN They were killed by their own army. On December 3, while members of the Taboli-manubo people on the Philippine island of Mindanao were farming and doing housework, the army began shelling their neighborhood and spraying them with gunfire from all directions. Eight people were killed. The dead included Datu Victor Danyan, a leader of protests against the expansion of a coffee plantation by an agribusiness firm, and four of his family members. Tue, 24 Jul 2018 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41848&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41841&lan=EN Despite the huge amount of physical and psychological violence from heterosexuals over centuries towards us �" especially in the last century �" discrimination has been ever present also WITHIN the LGBT+ collective. Our women have felt marginalised by our men, reflecting the overlapping problems of discrimination against women that exists worldwide and which in reality is a much bigger problem than violence against the LGBT+ collective given the sheer number of women who are killed every year by men in acts of brutal physical violence. Sun, 08 Jul 2018 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41841&lan=EN http://ideas4development.org/femmes-saheliennes-centrales-marginales/ According to witnesses of the great drought in the Sahel region in the 1970s, women and children were the first victims. Sahelian women are chronically weak; most of them are illiterate, were married at a very early age with, among other things, a large number of dependent children and limited access to basic services. Yet they are heroines of the fight for survival. Mon, 25 Jun 2018 00:00:00 +0000 http://ideas4development.org/femmes-saheliennes-centrales-marginales/ http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41814&lan=EN From my experience of prosecuting sexual and gender-based violence cases, the root cause of this violence is that culturally, women are considered as (inferior) subjects under men’s authority. The level of awareness of the rights of women and girls is very low, especially in rural communities. I think when someone is not directly involved in dealing with these cases, they tend to underestimate the magnitude of the problem. Violence against women and girls, especially rape is a problem that is destroying the social fabric. Sat, 14 Jul 2018 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41814&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41806&lan=EN After more than five years of intensive work, the Declaration on the Rights of Peasants will be adopted this year by the United Nations. This indispensable instrument can thenceforth be used by rural populations to assert their rights and by authorities to implement ad hoc policies. Melik �-zden, Director of thee CETIM, explains how the Declaration on the Rights of Peasants will change the future of millions of people around the world. Thu, 12 Jul 2018 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41806&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41804&lan=EN For the first time in 20 years, the Parliament’s interpreters are on strike. It is causing major problems in the institution given its use of 24 official languages. The strike has been wreaking havoc in the Parliament for 29 days now, as a result the EU Assembly has requisitioned the interpreters and threatened them with disciplinary sanctions. Tue, 03 Jul 2018 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41804&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41797&lan=EN Recently, for the first time, the women’s rights committee of the European Parliament discussed the situation of Muslim women in Europe, including dress restrictions and how recent developments have undermined women’s rights. A collective of more than 100 Muslim women are responding by calling for a real European model of inclusion and pluralism that ensures everyone can have access to employment and education and that doesn’t place an extra burden on women. Wed, 11 Jul 2018 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41797&lan=EN http://www.ipsnews.net/2018/07/family-planning-human-right/ It has been five decades since the international community affirmed the right to family planning but women still remain unable to enjoy this right, which is increasingly under attack around the world. [...] �oeFamily planning is not only a matter of human rights; it is also central to women’s empowerment, reducing poverty, and achieving sustainable development,” said UNFPA’s Executive Director Natalia Kanem. Wed, 11 Jul 2018 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.ipsnews.net/2018/07/family-planning-human-right/ http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41785&lan=EN It has been widely reported that software and web applications made in China are often built with a �oebackdoor” feature, allowing the manufacturer or the government to monitor and collect data from the user's device. But how exactly does the backdoor feature work? Recent discussion among mobile phone users in mainland China has shed some light on the question. Mon, 09 Jul 2018 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41785&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41774&lan=EN On July 1, 2018, the Ugandan government started taxing citizens a fee of 200 Ugandan Shillings (USD $0.05) for using social media, raising substantial condemnation from Ugandans. With Uganda's average GDP per capita at USD $604.00, daily use of social media or messaging apps could eat up three percent of the average Ugandan's annual earnings. Fri, 06 Jul 2018 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41774&lan=EN http://voxeurop.eu/fr/2018/pianificazione-familiare-5122015 In several European countries though abortion laws are not necessary when the lack of available gynecologists makes it almost impossible for women to access abortion. Ireland will hold a referendum on 25 May, asking voters whether they want or not to repeal the so-called Eight amendment to the Irish Constitution, guaranteeing the equal right to life of the unborn and the mother, and prohibiting abortion in almost all cases, making it one of the world’s toughest abortion laws in the world. Mon, 25 Jun 2018 00:00:00 +0000 http://voxeurop.eu/fr/2018/pianificazione-familiare-5122015 http://cafebabel.com/fr/article/le-boycott-du-pouvoir-pour-les-grands-et-les-petits-5ae00c08f723b35a145e82f3/ Nestlé, Lactalis, Coca Cola... not one of these brands are strangers to scandals. While the French media continue to report on the Lactalis affair, Germany recently experienced a scandal of its own. It’s Haribo’s turn to face the critics. A few uncomfortable truths can be found behind the brand’s cute yellow teddy bear, including labour practices described as �oemodern slavery”, unhygienic working conditions and accusations of animal abuse. German public broadcaster ARD denounced the deplorable working conditions for Haribo employees in some parts of the world, revealing how the company exploited Brazilian workers whose salaries and working conditions violate human rights laws. Mon, 12 Feb 2018 00:00:00 +0000 http://cafebabel.com/fr/article/le-boycott-du-pouvoir-pour-les-grands-et-les-petits-5ae00c08f723b35a145e82f3/ http://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/17/opinion/roseanne-racism-blacks-apes.html The comedian Roseanne Barr resurrected one of the oldest and most profoundly racist slanders in American history when she referred to Valerie Jarrett, an African-American woman who served as an adviser to President Barack Obama, as the offspring of an ape. This depiction �" promoted by slave traders, historians and practitioners of �oescientific” racism �" was used to justify slavery, lynching and the creation of the Jim Crow state. Sun, 17 Jun 2018 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/17/opinion/roseanne-racism-blacks-apes.html http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41696&lan=EN Nine European Union (EU) member states are attempting to block curbs on the export of surveillance equipment to abusive regimes, in a retrograde move that could threaten human rights around the world, Access Now, Amnesty International, Privacy International and Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said today. A position paper leaked to media reveals that the Czech Republic, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, Ireland, Italy, Poland, Sweden and the UK are in favour of weakening human rights protections, in relation to surveillance exports, which were included in a Commission proposal and strengthened last year by the European Parliament. Mon, 11 Jun 2018 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41696&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41695&lan=EN Once praised as a model for democratizing countries in the region, Turkey is now making headlines for election fraud and jailing political opponents. As Turkey prepares for its general elections on June 24 under state of emergency conditions, the results will be unlikely to loosen the grip President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has held on power since 2002. Turkey’s sharp turn towards authoritarianism raises a fundamental question about the supposed democratizing effect of liberal democracies on transitioning states. Wed, 13 Jun 2018 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41695&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41694&lan=EN �oeBrutal attacks on Roma people, LGBT people, and rights activists have been on the rise in recent months in Ukraine," said Tanya Cooper, Ukraine researcher at Human Rights Watch. �oeThe government has taken little action in response, which cannot but embolden and encourage the attackers.” Since the beginning of 2018, members of radical groups such as C14, Right Sector, Traditsii i Poryadok (Traditions and Order), Karpatska Sich and others have carried out at least two dozen violent attacks, threats, or instances of intimidation in Kyiv, Vinnitsa, Uzhgorod, Lviv, Chernivtsi, Ivano-Frankivsk, and other Ukrainian cities. Law enforcement authorities have rarely opened investigations. Thu, 14 Jun 2018 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41694&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41687&lan=EN Betsy Driver was born with congenital adrenal hyperplasia, one of the most common causes of intersex traits; intersex is an umbrella term to describe someone with internal or external sex characteristics that can’t be classified as typically male or female. So at three months old, Driver underwent a total clitorectomy. The surgery wasn’t medically necessary; doctors suggested that she undergo the surgery so she wouldn’t grow up with gender identity problems, become a lesbian, or commit suicide. More surgeries followed in her teens; one left her incontinent; she contracted a venereal disease in another. Tue, 12 Jun 2018 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41687&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41683&lan=EN The 29th anniversary of the bloody suppression of the Tiananmen Square demonstrations is approaching. On June 4, 1989, Chinese army forces repeatedly opened fire on a student-led movement demanding freedom of expression and political reform away from corruption and single-party rule. At the time, the Chinese Red Cross estimated that 2,700 civilians were killed, but other sources point to a much higher toll. A confidential US government document, revealed in 2014, reported that a Chinese internal assessment estimated that 10,454 civilians had died. Sat, 02 Jun 2018 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41683&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41672&lan=EN Last month, a Sudanese court sentenced a 19-year-old woman to death for killing her husband who had repeatedly raped her. The prosecution of Noura Hussein, forcibly married at the age of 16, has triggered global outrage and drawn attention to the millions of girls worldwide who are married against their will. A high-profile campaign has been initiated to overturn Hussein’s death sentence, with celebrities such as Naomi Campbell, Emma Watson, and former Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard lending their support. Wed, 06 Jun 2018 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41672&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41671&lan=EN Armed separatists in Cameroon’s Anglophone regions have stabbed to death and shot military personnel, burned down schools and attacked teachers, while security forces have tortured people, fired on crowds and destroyed villages, in a spiral of violence that keeps getting more deadly, Amnesty International said today. In a new report on Cameroon’s Anglophone crisis, ‘A turn for the worse: Violence and human rights violations in Anglophone Cameroon’, which is based on in-depth interviews with over 150 victims and eye-witnesses, and material evidence including satellite images, the organization documents how general population is paying the highest price as violence escalates in the North West and South West regions of Cameroon. Mon, 11 Jun 2018 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41671&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41665&lan=EN Sandra Moran is Guatemala’s first openly lesbian member of the Congress. She organized the country’s first lesbian group in 1995, and was elected in 2015. She is well-known for her vocal support for women’s rights, indigenous women’s rights and LGBT rights in Guatemala. UN Women supports the leadership of women in politics and peacebuilding in Guatemala through various initiatives, including through the flagship programme Women’s Political Empowerment and Leadership. Fri, 08 Jun 2018 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41665&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41664&lan=EN Roseanne Barr is an American comedian whose fictional TV character of the same name is a working-class Trump supporter. For those who remember the show �oeAll in the Family,” she might be usefully compared to Archie Bunker, the crude proletarian patriarch from Queens, New York. Barr’s show was swiftly canceled late last month by the television network ABC, not for anything her �oecharacter” said in her show, but for a tweet in which she described Valerie Jarrett, an African-American former adviser to Barack Obama, as the offspring of the Muslim Brotherhood and �oePlanet of the Apes.” Tue, 05 Jun 2018 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41664&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41660&lan=EN Mozambique and the world received the news that Afonso Dhlakama, one of Mozambique’s most influential politicians, has died. The former guerrilla fighter and leader of Mozambique's National Resistance (known by its Portuguese acronym Renamo), the largest opposition party, died from ill health complications at one of the most crucial points of the country’s history �" peace negotiations. For over 40 years, Dhlakama led Renamo, a militant organization founded in 1977 and supported by anti-communist, white-minority rule governments of neighboring Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) and South Africa, which fought in a civil war that devastated Mozambique for 16 years. In 1992, most of the group disarmed and became a political party, but so far it has never managed to win a parliamentary majority in the Assembly of the Republic or beat the Mozambique Liberation Front (Frelimo) for the post of president. Mon, 11 Jun 2018 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41660&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41655&lan=EN Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls for a new, in-depth and impartial investigation into the murder 11 years ago today of Zakia Zaki, an Afghan woman journalist who ran Sada-e-Solh (Voice of Peace), a radio station in Jabal al-Sirāj, 85 km north of Kabul in Parwan province. Her killers have yet to be publicly identified and brought to justice. �oeThe 11 years of impunity for those responsible for Zakia Zaki’s death have been 11 years of encouragement for violence against women journalists,” said Reza Moini, the head of RSF’s Iran-Afghanistan desk. Tue, 05 Jun 2018 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41655&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41651&lan=EN The ongoing �oeWindrush” scandal continues to dominate the news in the UK. We have been scandalised by the appalling treatment of people from the Commonwealth Caribbean who were encouraged to come to Britain to help reduce labour shortages after World War II. They made Britain their home, but in recent years have faced deportation if they could not prove when they arrived. Tue, 05 Jun 2018 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41651&lan=EN http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2018/may/28/thousands-enslaved-in-forced-marriages-across-uk-investigation-finds More than 3,500 reports of forced marriage were made to police over a three-year period, a Guardian investigation has found, as charities warned that there were thousands more victims living in conditions of modern slavery in homes across the UK. Data shared exclusively with the Guardian revealed 3,546 reports between 2014 and 2016. But experts warn that the figures, collected by the Iranian and Kurdish Women’s Rights Organisation under the Freedom of Information Act, are just the tip of the iceberg. Mon, 28 May 2018 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2018/may/28/thousands-enslaved-in-forced-marriages-across-uk-investigation-finds http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41620&lan=EN You think life is bad for Muslims in Trump’s America? Spare a thought for the Muslims of France. Over the past few years, they have been collectively blamed, and punished, for a series of horrific terror attacks carried out in France by so-called jihadists. The latest, a knife attack in Paris by a man shouting �oeAllahu akbar,” killed one person and injured four others last weekend. Wed, 16 May 2018 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41620&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41619&lan=EN The Australian government is attempting to walk away from the human rights crisis it has created for refugees and asylum seekers in Papua New Guinea (PNG) by winding back critical healthcare services, despite the ongoing plight of the people trapped in its offshore detention centres, Amnesty International said today. Over the past six months the Australian government has terminated trauma and counselling services for refugees and asylum seekers in PNG, and moved refugees to new detention centres where they have reduced access to healthcare. Fri, 18 May 2018 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41619&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41607&lan=EN The FIFA World Cup starting on June 14, 2018, will take place during the worst human rights crisis in Russia since the Soviet era, Human Rights Watch said today. FIFA should use its leverage with the Russian authorities to address labor rights abuses, restrictions on fundamental freedoms, and an ongoing crackdown on human rights defenders. Tue, 15 May 2018 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41607&lan=EN http://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/14/world/middleeast/israel-gaza-jerusalem-embassy.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=a-lede-package-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news Across the Gaza Strip on Monday morning, loudspeakers on minarets urged Palestinians to rush the fence bordering Israel, where they were met by army snipers. At least 60 were killed and thousands injured, local officials said �" the worst day of carnage there since Israel invaded Gaza in 2014. Hours later, a beaming Ivanka Trump helped unveil a stone marker etched with her father’s name on the new American Embassy in Jerusalem, keeping his campaign promise to officially acknowledge Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. Mon, 14 May 2018 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/14/world/middleeast/israel-gaza-jerusalem-embassy.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=a-lede-package-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news http://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/15/venezuela-brazil-hunger-highway Venezuela holds elections on Sunday but 5,000 people a day are leaving �" many trekking a 215km route through the Amazon. Daniel Guerra hit the Hunger Highway at dawn hoping to steal a march on the punishing heat of Brazil’s northern savannah and consign 21st-century socialism to his past. �oeNecessity forced me to come,” explained the 24-year-old Venezuelan as he trudged along the BR-174, a 215km (134-mile) ribbon of asphalt that cuts south across the Brazilian Amazon and is the main entry point for tens of thousands of Venezuelan migrants fleeing economic meltdown back home. Tue, 15 May 2018 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/15/venezuela-brazil-hunger-highway http://www.voxeurop.eu/en/2018/romania-italy-5121973 The fortunes of Ragusa farmers rely in part on the forced labour of hundreds of migrant women from Romania who are reduced to slavery. The issue has been brought to the European Parliament, where many politicians are urging the EU to intervene. Silvia Dumitrache forewarns me: �oeI hope you have the time to listen”, to the story of what’s been happening over the last eleven years in Italy, a member of the European Union. (...) The story unfolds, ever more terrifying, as if it was drawn from some old novel about slavery. The scandal is not new; it reemerges periodically and expands like a soap bubble. There are police raids, visits from authorities, and occasionally there is some glimmer of hope. Sat, 05 May 2018 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.voxeurop.eu/en/2018/romania-italy-5121973 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41573&lan=EN Saudi Arabia is detaining thousands of people for more than six months, in some cases for over a decade, without referring them to courts for criminal proceedings. Saudi Arabia’s attorney general should promptly charge or release all criminal defendants and stop holding people arbitrarily. Sun, 06 May 2018 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41573&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41570&lan=EN There is something surreal about the photo-op of a smiling Rohingya refugee family heading back to conflict-torn Myanmar. In a similar case of mixed signals, Myanmar’s social welfare minister Win Myat Aye’s visit in April to the Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh spoke a language of resettlement but its message was a deeply unsettling one. He announced that his country would take back only those Rohingya refugees who could furnish a proof of residency in Myanmar. In the complex game of political signals all nations play, this was as clear a warning shot as any, of trouble ahead. But one wonders how many in the Indian policy establishment heard it at all, given its increasing tone-deafness to both nuance and subtext. Mon, 30 Apr 2018 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41570&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41542&lan=EN The Nicaraguan government appears to have engaged in serious abuses against protesters and arbitrarily shut down media outlets covering the recent protests, Human Rights Watch said today. Organization of American States (OAS) member countries should urge President Daniel Ortega’s government to allow the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights (IACHR), the main rights body in the Americas, to visit the country and investigate the allegations of abuse. Fri, 27 Apr 2018 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41542&lan=EN http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/what-windrush-scandal-how-windrush-12383743 When the ship the Empire Windrush docked in Tilbury in 1948 it sparked an influx of migrants from the Caribbean and now the Government is facing an outcry over fears some of them may have been deported "in error". The eruption of the Windrush scandal, as it has become known, has sparked a fierce national debate over immigration and the status of those who arrived from the Caribbean before 1973. Tue, 01 May 2018 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/what-windrush-scandal-how-windrush-12383743 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41534&lan=EN Regional rankInfogram Wed, 25 Apr 2018 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41534&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41521&lan=EN By May 2018, it will be have been 130 years since Brazil formally abolished slavery; however, the legacy of three centuries of exploitation is still tangible to this day. According to the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, 74% of the bottom 10% of Brazilians (in terms of wealth) are black. Black Brazilians are also 23.5% more likely to be victims of homicide than Brazilians of other races, controlling for age, education, gender, marital status and place of residence. The month of March commemorated both International Women's Day and the lesser-known International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, both calling for a reflection on the advances and challenges for gender and racial equality. Wed, 11 Apr 2018 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41521&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41501&lan=EN Children and adults who work on Zimbabwe’s tobacco farms are facing serious risks to their health as well as labor abuses, (...). Child labor and other human rights abuses on tobacco farms in Zimbabwe tarnish the tobacco industry’s contributions to the country’s economic growth and improved livelihoods. The 105-page report, �oeA Bitter Harvest: Child Labor and Human Rights Abuses on Tobacco Farms in Zimbabwe,” documents how children work in hazardous conditions, performing tasks that threaten their health and safety or interfere with their education. Child workers are exposed to nicotine and toxic pesticides, and many suffer symptoms consistent with nicotine poisoning from handling tobacco leaves. Adults working on tobacco farms in Zimbabwe also face serious health risks and labor abuses. Thu, 05 Apr 2018 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41501&lan=EN http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/apr/04/martin-luther-king-how-a-rebel-leader-was-lost-to-history On 15 January 1998, what would have been Martin Luther King’s 69th birthday, James Farmer was awarded the presidential medal of freedom in the White House’s East Room. �oeHe has never sought the limelight,” said the then president, Bill Clinton. �oeAnd until today, I frankly think he’s never got the credit he deserves. His long overdue recognition has come to pass.” Farmer, who ran the Congress of Racial Equality and led the Freedom Rides through the segregated south in 1961, was by that time blind, diabetic and a double amputee. He died the following year. When I spoke to him a few months after the ceremony, he said it was the best day of his life. �oeIt was just like the old days. But this time, I felt like I was finally being vindicated; that the years of invisibility were over.” Wed, 04 Apr 2018 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/apr/04/martin-luther-king-how-a-rebel-leader-was-lost-to-history http://en.qantara.de/content/non-fiction-dunya-mikhails-the-beekeeper-rescuing-the-stolen-women In a harrowing compilation of true stories charting the fate of women abducted by IS in Iraq, Dunya Mikhail shows how the best of human qualities can persist even in the worst of times. Marcia Lynx Qualey read the book. The provocative title of Dunya Mikhailʹs most recent book �" her first work of nonfiction �" is markedly different in translation. In Arabic, the book is called Fi Souq al-Sabaya, or In the Sabaya Market. At one point, Mikhail and her co-translator Max Weiss tell us the word sabaya means "sex slave", although that isnʹt quite right. More often, they leave it as "sabaya". In the U.S. edition, published in March, the bookʹs title has become The Beekeeper: Rescuing the Stolen Women of Iraq. When it is published in the UK in August, the title will be The Beekeeper of Sinjar. Both English titles foreground neither the women nor the slave market, but small-town Iraqi beekeeper Abdullah Shrem. Fri, 13 Apr 2018 00:00:00 +0000 http://en.qantara.de/content/non-fiction-dunya-mikhails-the-beekeeper-rescuing-the-stolen-women http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41477&lan=EN The conflict that escalated in March 2015 in Yemen has left more than 22 million people - 75 per cent of the population - in need of humanitarian aid, the greatest number in any country in the world. More than 60 per cent of the population (17.8 million people) are without enough to eat. Over 8.4 million of these people are one step away from famine. About 16 million Yemenis do not have access to safe water sources, with rural areas most affected. Thu, 05 Apr 2018 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41477&lan=EN http://en.qantara.de/content/hedwig-klein-and-mein-kampf-the-unknown-arabist During the Nazi period, Hedwig Klein worked on a dictionary intended to help with the translation of Hitler's diatribe "Mein Kampf" into Arabic. But it didn't help the Arabist: she was murdered in Auschwitz in 1942. The dictionary, however, remains a bestseller �" with no mention of Klein’s fate. By Stefan Buchen. "Allah will help me." Hedwig Klein, a 27-year-old native of Hamburg, is feeling confident. She is an Islamic studies scholar who had been planning to make a career for herself at Hamburg University. But there is an insurmountable obstacle in her way: Hedwig Klein is Jewish. On board the steamer Rauenfels, she writes a postcard to the man in Hamburg who helped her escape, Carl August Rathjens. Tue, 03 Apr 2018 00:00:00 +0000 http://en.qantara.de/content/hedwig-klein-and-mein-kampf-the-unknown-arabist http://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/31/weary-angry-gazans-bury-dead-after-deadly-border-conflict The Gaza Strip is reeling from the bloodiest episode in years after Israeli forces killed more than a dozen people during demonstrations near the frontier. Gazans had gathered as part of a �oeGreat March of Return” protest demanding refugees and their descendants be allowed to return to their ancestral homes in Israel. Sat, 31 Mar 2018 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/31/weary-angry-gazans-bury-dead-after-deadly-border-conflict http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41464&lan=EN From China to Syria, Kenya to Egypt, girls and women are rising up and risking their lives to stand up for what they believe in. Activists, lawyers, sisters and students, these women have put their lives on the line, fought for lost loved ones and stood up for strangers. Now it’s their time to shine. Meet the inspiring women defending human rights around the world… Thu, 08 Mar 2018 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41464&lan=EN http://en.qantara.de/content/interview-with-egyptian-novelist-ahmed-naji-when-writing-becomes-a-crime Sat, 24 Mar 2018 00:00:00 +0000 http://en.qantara.de/content/interview-with-egyptian-novelist-ahmed-naji-when-writing-becomes-a-crime http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2018/mar/24/march-for-our-lives-protest-gun-violence-washington Sat, 24 Mar 2018 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2018/mar/24/march-for-our-lives-protest-gun-violence-washington http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41450&lan=EN What does it feel like to go hungry for days? To be unable to provide your ailing children with food and medicine? To wash your food with dirty contaminated water? What does it feel like to go sleepless for long nights under bombing and shelling, terrified for your family’s lives and yours? To watch your house burn down and your beloved town disappear under never-ending piles of rubble? I can’t help but think of these questions every day, as I speak to people trapped inside Syria’s Eastern Ghouta. This is the reality there today. An area in Damascus countryside, no bigger than 100 km2, has been home to 400,000 people trapped under siege by Syrian government forces since late 2012, suffering severe shortages of food, water, medicine and other crucial supplies. Thu, 15 Mar 2018 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41450&lan=EN http://time.com/longform/donald-trump-immigration-policy-splitting-families/ Just before 7:30 one Friday morning last March, Alejandro said goodbye to his wife Maria and his two small daughters and headed off to work. He didn’t make it far. Four blocks from his home near Bakersfield, Calif., two unmarked vehicles, a white Honda and a green Mazda pickup truck, pulled up behind him at a stop sign. Plain-clothes Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents spilled out. They wore vests emblazoned with the word POLICE. Alejandro dialed Maria from his cell phone and told her what was happening. Her heart dropped. She said later that she knew it wouldn’t matter that Alejandro had no criminal record, not even a speeding ticket. Or that he’d driven these same roads every day for the past decade, picking grapes, pistachios and oranges in California’s Central Valley. Since 2006, when Alejandro overstayed his visa, he had been considered a �oefugitive alien,” in ICE parlance, and therefore subject to immediate deportation to Mexico. Now he was arrested on the spot. Thu, 08 Mar 2018 00:00:00 +0000 http://time.com/longform/donald-trump-immigration-policy-splitting-families/ http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41417&lan=EN With a youthful energy and stylish flair, 27-year-old Pascal Masuba speaks passionately. His outfit is carefully coordinated: modern circular glasses, flashy pants covered with images of tigers that he designed himself, a matching scarf. He claims that he was a shy child, an absurd idea to anyone who encounters him. He has unique charisma: when he talks, you’re drawn to listen. I met him at his presentation called �oeImpact Beyond Measure” �" a powerful testament to how his time as one of Sierra Leone’s Golden Kids sculpted the rest of his life. Pascal was born at the dawn of Sierra Leone’s long and brutal civil war. He grew up in its shadows. The conflict lasted for 11 long years, during which sexual abuse against women was rampant, children were recruited as soldiers, human rights violations were widespread. He discovered himself at the war’s resolution in 2002. Around this time, his father sent him to live with his aunt, Frances Fortune, who then served as Country Director for Search �" Sierra Leone. Tue, 27 Feb 2018 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41417&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41404&lan=EN The report being released today by the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (an FIDH-OMCT partnership) is a far cry from the media frenzy that was caused by the announcement of symbolic reforms, such as that set out in the September 2017 Royal Decree (at last) giving Saudi women permission to drive. This report casts a harsh light on the scandalous situation of Saudi women human rights defenders who still have to cope with major restrictions to their rights. As women, they are subjected to a patriarchal regime that is steeped in gender inequality, and they must cope with a context that severely represses all voices of dissent. Women who report domestic violence or stand up as activists are confronted with unrelenting repression. Since they are not allowed to form movements or associations, they take refuge in social networks. Wed, 17 Jan 2018 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41404&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41361&lan=EN More than 530,000 Rohingya men, women and children have fled northern Rakhine State in terror in a matter of weeks amid the Myanmar security forces’ targeted campaign of widespread and systematic murder, rape and burning, [...] Dozens of eyewitnesses to the worst violence consistently implicated specific units, including the Myanmar Army’s Western Command, the 33rd Light Infantry Division, and the Border Guard Police. �oeIn this orchestrated campaign, Myanmar’s security forces have brutally meted out revenge on the entire Rohingya population of northern Rakhine State, in an apparent attempt to permanently drive them out of the country. These atrocities continue to fuel the region’s worst refugee crisis in decades,”[...] Witness accounts, satellite imagery and data, and photo and video evidence gathered by Amnesty International all point to the same conclusion: hundreds of thousands of Rohingya women, men, and children have been the victims of a widespread and systematic attack, amounting to crimes against humanity. Wed, 18 Oct 2017 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41361&lan=EN http://agenceglobal.com/2017/07/04/why-it-is-critical-to-focus-on-aljazeera/ To grasp quickly the core of the Saudi Arabian and United Arab Emirates (UAE) accusations against Qatar, it is best to focus on the demand that the Aljazeera television, radio, and online network should be closed, along with half a dozen other media operations that Qatar initiated or funds. Aljazeera has become a proxy of sorts for all the things that the Saudi-Emirati camp fears will happen in the Arab region and inside their own borders �" free flow of information, public debate of ideas, peaceful contestation among different social and political ideologies, all quarters of society holding each other accountable through constitutional means, and activist citizen organizations engaging each other and their governments in a public sphere. The Saudi-Emirati demand to close Aljazeera mirrors the central modern Arab tradition since the 1950s of governments tightly controlling the flow of information and facts and the exchange of ideas in society. This has destroyed much of the human vitality and national integrity of many Arab societies, leading to the sad, violent state of our region today. It is no surprise that some Arab elites want to keep things this way; Aljazeera shows that the majority of Arab men and women want otherwise. Tue, 04 Jul 2017 00:00:00 +0000 http://agenceglobal.com/2017/07/04/why-it-is-critical-to-focus-on-aljazeera/ http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41309&lan=EN Queer people in the Caucasus face a number of challenges; discrimination, physical and sexual abuse, and blackmail. In recent times, activists have observed in horror evidence of the persecution of gay men in Chechnya. But the threat to the LGBTQ community in the country did not emerge overnight. OC Media spoke to a transgender woman from Grozny, who shared some of her experiences and talked with us about what is happening in the republic. Sat, 24 Jun 2017 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41309&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41197&lan=EN Reverse anachronistic thinking makes us live in a postcolonial time with post-colonial imaginaries; because of it, we live in a time of informal dictatorship with imaginaries of formal democracy; we live in a time of racialized, sexualized, murdered, dismembered bodies with imaginaries of human rights; we live in a time of walls, trenches dug along borders, forced exiles, internal displacements, with imaginaries of globalization; we live in times of silencings and of sociologies of absences, with imaginaries of a digital communicational orgy; we live in a time of victims turning against victims and oppressed electing their own oppressors, with imaginaries of liberation and social justice. When the great majorities are only free to be miserable in different ways, it is the misery of freedom that reveals itself. Wed, 10 May 2017 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41197&lan=EN http://www.catchnews.com/india-news/50-years-of-naxalbari-why-the-new-milieu-it-spawned-is-still-relevant-today-59119.html Praised and reviled alike, Naxalbari has come to occupy a singular place of significance in the annals of radical politics in post-independence India. Much has been written on what had happened in that remote place in North Bengal 50 years ago, why and how the politics of Naxalbari engulfed the whole of West Bengal, and quickly spread to other parts of the country, the massive participation of students and youth in the mobilisations, the movement's non-conformism, and heavy state repression. Journalists and chroniclers have also written on how the movement, in a different form known as the Maoist movement, continues. Yet some aspects of the time and the movement have gone unnoticed or have been taken as natural. It may be worthwhile today to look into them in some detail. Thu, 27 Apr 2017 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.catchnews.com/india-news/50-years-of-naxalbari-why-the-new-milieu-it-spawned-is-still-relevant-today-59119.html http://en.qantara.de/content/sex-tourism-in-egypt-a-bride-for-the-summer Hundreds of under-age Egyptian girls enter temporary marriages with rich tourists from the Persian Gulf during the summer in return for money for their families. These unions �" dubbed summer marriages �" are not legally binding and end when the foreigners return to their own countries. By Elizabeth Lehmann, Eva Plesner and Flemming Weiss-Andersen Fri, 21 Apr 2017 00:00:00 +0000 http://en.qantara.de/content/sex-tourism-in-egypt-a-bride-for-the-summer http://mashable.com/2017/04/13/human-trafficking-survivors-lawyers-india/?utm_cid=mash-aud-mashswap-fb-mic#GiHTurTPoOqV The School for Justice, which just opened on April 6, educates survivors of sex trafficking to pursue careers in law. Eventually, these women plan to use their degrees to prosecute traffickers like the ones who abused them. "Becoming a lawyer is my dream, and bringing justice to those responsible for forced child prostitution is my goal," Lata said. "I want to punish the men who did this to me." The school is the result of a partnership between Free A Girl Movement, an international organization that works to free girls from sex trafficking, and one of the top law schools in India. During their studies, the women will live at the law school, the name of which remains undisclosed due to security concerns. Thu, 13 Apr 2017 00:00:00 +0000 http://mashable.com/2017/04/13/human-trafficking-survivors-lawyers-india/?utm_cid=mash-aud-mashswap-fb-mic#GiHTurTPoOqV http://neweasterneurope.eu/articles-and-commentary/2318-russia-decimation-of-women-s-human-rights-in-the-context-of-global-misogyny The move to partially �oedecriminalise” domestic violence in Russia in January 2017 is the illustrative apex of a longer trajectory of the decimation of women’s rights post- Pussy Riot. I have spent more than a decade researching what rights mean in women’s everyday life in Russia. It is evident that the local neoconservative context in Russia is hardening. We are seeing legislative moves in parallel with neoconservative discourses that actively limit women’s autonomy and freedom by attacking reproductive rights and disregarding gender-based violence. Yet, it is important to consider these moves as situated within a global context of apparent state-sanctioned misogynies, which we see across autocracies and democracies. Is Russia one extreme example of the wider failure to recognise women’s rights and their violations in relation to gendered violence across the globe? Wed, 05 Apr 2017 00:00:00 +0000 http://neweasterneurope.eu/articles-and-commentary/2318-russia-decimation-of-women-s-human-rights-in-the-context-of-global-misogyny http://en.qantara.de/content/the-syrian-conflict-mendacious-diplomacy?nopaging=1 In the absence of any respect for previous commitments or any clear international assurances, when the legal and political framework is so ambiguous and Russia is imposing diktats, it was only natural that the negotiations in Astana and Geneva should turn out to be manoeuvrings, the main purpose of which was to weaken the position of the opposition and secure the positions of the regime and its allies. So instead of giving Syrians new hope that a political solution that meets their minimum aspirations can be reached, this round of sterile negotiations has added to their frustration. Scepticism is deepening that future negotiations in Astana or Geneva can ever produce the results Syrians are waiting for: an end to the war of aggression and the beginning of a real transition process, preparing for a new Syria where peace, brotherhood, justice and democracy ultimately prevail. Mon, 10 Apr 2017 00:00:00 +0000 http://en.qantara.de/content/the-syrian-conflict-mendacious-diplomacy?nopaging=1 http://www.ipsnews.net/2017/03/slaves/ For over 400 years, more than 15 million men, women and children were the victims of the transatlantic slave trade, one of the darkest chapters in human history. Slavery is, nevertheless, far from being just a chapter of the past�"it still there, with estimated 21 million victims of forced labour and extreme exploitation around the world�"nearly the equivalent to of the combined population of Scandinavian countries. According to the UN report 2016 Global Report on Trafficking in Persons, issued in late-December, victims of trafficking are found in 106 of 193 countries. Many of these are in conflict areas, where the crimes are not prosecuted. Women and children are among the main victims. The legacy of slavery resounds down the ages, and the world has yet to overcome racism. While some forms of slavery may have been abolished, others have emerged to blight the world, including human trafficking and forced and bonded labour. Add to all the above, the crime of human trafficking, which once more affects millions of women, and girls, who fall prey to sexual exploitation, another form of slavery. �oe79 per cent of all detected human trafficking victims are women and children,” UN In fact, millions of women and girls are sold for sexual exploitation and slavery, according to this new report elaborated by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). Mon, 27 Mar 2017 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.ipsnews.net/2017/03/slaves/ http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41026&lan=EN Brazilian authorities should reform laws that have been used to impose disproportionate punishments on military police officers who speak out publicly to advocate reform or voice complaints, Human Rights Watch said today. [...] Brazil’s 436,000 military police officers patrol the country’s streets, a purely civilian task, but are subject to military law because they are technically considered to be auxiliary forces of the Army. Brazil’s military criminal code and various state disciplinary codes include broad restrictions on the officers’ free speech rights. Thu, 09 Mar 2017 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41026&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41003&lan=EN Around the world, rape and sexual abuse are everyday violent occurrences affecting close to a billion women and girls over their lifetimes. However, despite the pervasiveness of these crimes, laws are insufficient, inconsistent, not systematically enforced and, sometimes, promote violence. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), 35 per cent of women worldwide have experienced either physical and/or sexual intimate partner violence or non-partner sexual violence. According to UNICEF, around 120 million girls worldwide, just over 1 in 10, have experienced �oeforced intercourse or other forced sexual acts” at some point in their lives. By any measure, gender-based violence, including sexual violence, is being inflicted on women and girls in epidemic proportions. Equality Now’s new advocacy report examines laws relating to rape in numerous countries, and the research has identified serious failing in many laws that are meant to prevent sexual violence and allow survivors’ access to justice. Mon, 06 Mar 2017 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=41003&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=40999&lan=EN he UN Human Rights Office on Friday published a report detailing allegations of massive destruction, killings and numerous other serious human rights violations committed between July 2015 and December 2016 in southeast Turkey, during Government security operations that have affected more than 30 towns and neighbourhoods and displaced between 355,000 and half a million people, mostly of Kurdish origin. The report describes the extent of the destruction in the town of Nusaybin, in Mardin Province, where 1,786 buildings appear to have been destroyed or damaged, and the Sur district of Diyarbakir, where the local government estimates that 70 percent of the buildings in the eastern part of the district were systematically destroyed by shelling. The destruction apparently continued even after the security operations ended, reaching a peak during the month of August 2016. Before-and-after satellite images from Nusaybin and Sur show entire neighbourhoods razed to the ground. Fri, 10 Mar 2017 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=40999&lan=EN http://www.pewhispanic.org/2017/02/23/latinos-and-the-new-trump-administration/ Hispanics are divided about what a Donald Trump presidency means for their place in America, according to a Pew Research Center survey of Hispanic adults taken before his inauguration. The survey also finds that a rising share believes the situation of U.S. Hispanics is worsening and that about half of Hispanics are worried about the deportation of someone they know. Thu, 23 Feb 2017 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.pewhispanic.org/2017/02/23/latinos-and-the-new-trump-administration/ http://iwallerstein.com/resist-resist-why-and-how/ What Resist as a movement needs to keep in mind is the fact that we are in the midst of a historic structural transition from the capitalist world-system in which we have lived for some 500 years to one of two successor systems �" a non-capitalist system that preserves all of the worst features of capitalism (hierarchy, exploitation, and polarization) and its opposite, a system that is relatively democratic and egalitarian. I call this the struggle between the spirit of Davos and the spirit of Porto Alegre. We are living in the chaotic, confusing situation of transition. This has two implications for our collective strategy. In the short run (say, up to three years), we must remember that we all live in the short run. We all wish to survive. We all need food and shelter. Any movement that hopes to flourish must help people survive by supporting anything that minimizes the pain of those who are suffering. But in the middle run (say 20-40 years), minimizing the pain changes nothing. We need to concentrate on our struggle with those who represent the spirit of Davos. There is no compromise. There is no �oereformed” version of capitalism that can be constructed. Wed, 01 Mar 2017 00:00:00 +0000 http://iwallerstein.com/resist-resist-why-and-how/ http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=40955&lan=EN More journalists are jailed around the world than at any time since the Committee to Protect Journalists began keeping detailed records in 1990, with Turkey accounting for nearly a third of the global total, CPJ found in its annual census of journalists imprisoned worldwide. Amid an ongoing crackdown that accelerated after a failed coup attempt in July, Turkey is jailing at least 81 journalists in relation to their work, the highest number in any one country at any time, according to CPJ’s records. Tue, 13 Dec 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=40955&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=40953&lan=EN �oeEven a bad high school student,” President Donald Trump told a gathering of law and order officers on 8 February, could understand the language and intent of his Executive Order 3769 that suspended entry of all refugees into the United States for 120 days, barred Syrian refugees indefinitely, and prohibited entry of citizens from seven predominantly Muslim countries into the United States for 90 days. One day later, the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals thought otherwise and refused to reinstate the Order in a carefully reasoned opinion. While the ultimate fate of the Muslim ban remains in limbo, it seems clear the Trump presidency is unlikely to be remembered for its vigorous championing of human rights. But it has already produced powerful forms of resistance that may put human rights center stage in the United States again. Why, again? Tue, 28 Feb 2017 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=40953&lan=EN http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/01/25/big-us-city-mayors-vow-defy-trump-sanctuary-cities-order/97066272/ Several big city mayors across the U.S. vowed on Wednesday to defy President Trump’s executive order that threatens to cut off federal funding to cities that offer some sort of protection to undocumented immigrants in their communities. The pushback from the mayors came as Trump signed a long-anticipated executive order that directs the government to identify federal money it can withhold to punish so-called "sanctuary cities," a term for hundreds of communities that in some way limit cooperation with federal immigration enforcement agents. Trump had pledged to take action against sanctuary cities on the campaign trail. Thu, 26 Jan 2017 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/01/25/big-us-city-mayors-vow-defy-trump-sanctuary-cities-order/97066272/ http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=40883&lan=EN Antagonism is mounting between today’s right-wing populists and a somewhat unexpected but formidable opponent: women. In the United States, much like in Poland, women’s rights have been among the first targets of attack by populist leaders. Women are not taking it lying down. The question now is whether women can win the battle against the populists. While the answer is not yet clear, they do have a few powerful weapons in their arsenal. For starters, women are more numerous than any other single social group, including blacks, Latinos, the left, the right, liberals, conservatives, Catholics, and Protestants. There are more women than there are white men in the US �" or in Poland, for that matter. And, most important, women far outnumber populists. (Women must fight for their rights as if they were a minority, though they are a majority, and as if they lacked human capital, though, in the West, they tend to be better educated than men.) Moreover, women are everywhere, and discrimination, to varying degrees, is part of all women’s experiences. This makes women something of a revolutionary class, in the Marxist sense.It also makes it relatively easy for women to build solidarity. Tue, 07 Feb 2017 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=40883&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=40877&lan=EN In justifying his policy, Trump said that he would �oenever forget the lessons of 9/11.” But that is exactly what he seems to have done. The 9/11 hijackers came from Egypt, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates, all countries unaffected by the new rules. In contrast, a study by Alex Nowrasteh, an immigration policy analyst at the libertarian Cato Institute, concludes that in the 40 years up to the end of 2015, no one has been killed in the US in terrorist attacks by foreigners from any of the seven countries singled out in Trump’s executive order. Iranians, many of whom are legally resident in the US, are especially aggrieved. According to Trita Parsi, president of the National Iranian American Council, the US itself has produced more Islamic State (ISIS) fighters than Iran �" not surprising, given that ISIS is a Sunni organization, and regards Shia, who comprise at least 90% of Iran’s people, as apostates who can justifiably be killed. Wed, 01 Feb 2017 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=40877&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=40864&lan=EN Aja Babung Sidibeh, for example, was a female genital mutilator on her native island of Janjanbureh in the Gambia. Today, she is actively involved in the fight against the practice of genital mutilation. In April 2014, she told the Standard Newspaper: "If I had previously known what I know today, I would never have circumcised a single woman. We have caused much suffering to many daughters and wives. That's why I said if my grandparents had known what I know today, they never would have circumcised any women. Ignorance is the main issue." Wed, 18 Jan 2017 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=40864&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=40863&lan=EN �oeAs a religious minority in Iraq, Yazidis are not accepted and not protected. What is happening to my community is a human rights crisis,” said Erivan Mahdi, 24, a Yazidi woman working in a camp in Iraq’s Kurdistan region that is sheltering displaced Yazidis who have fled attacks by the Islamic State (ISIS). Yazidis are a religious community of some 400,000 people who live in the Sinjar region of northern Iraq. ISIS militants attacked Sinjar in 2014, killing thousands of Yazidi men and taking thousands of women captive. A UN investigation in June 2016 denounced the atrocities as genocide and said ISIS has continued targeting Yazidis since 2014 with an aim to �oeerase their identity.” Thu, 05 Jan 2017 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=40863&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=40860&lan=EN From May to December 2016, an average of 30 Filipinos were brutally murdered every day. The dead included toddlers, teenagers and mothers. Some were shot by the police, others by masked assassins. Populist President Rodrigo Duterte has encouraged the bloodshed. The death count is currently at 6,000 and still growing. Not one murderer has been brought to justice. Meanwhile, Congress is working on restoring the death penalty and lowering the age of criminal responsibility to nine years. There is talk of allowing security forces to detain people without judicial mandate, changing the constitution and giving the president emergency powers. Wed, 25 Jan 2017 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=40860&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=40850&lan=EN As a society, our actions have violated human rights in a savagely violent way for the sake of development: the indiscriminate exploitation of resources, for the sake of development; the violation of rights, for the sake of development; whatever, for the sake of development. For us at FASOL it has been very important to understand our place in the world of development and conservation, and how we relate to other organizations. To date, we have supported more than seven hundred organizations. Some are very small indeed. As part of a pyramid, we deal with the groups at the basis of it, we support the groups at the bottom, which are not even formally constituted or even organized. FASOL is reproducing the model used by the Global Greengrants Fund, which is a model that has proved very successful - a model where you have a number of people in the field, in the territory, in different states. Mon, 23 Jan 2017 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=40850&lan=EN http://roarmag.org/magazine/the-concept-of-the-wall/ As a constitutive aspect of political life, walls and politics are practically indistinct. Not only did the concept of politics as such emerge from the organization of social life in cities (the Greek polis), but from the development of the earliest city-states until well into modernity, these cities were nearly invariably surrounded by walls. Indeed, the very word city stems from citadel �" a structure that is nothing without its walls. Delimiting and regulating space and movement, walls are key to controlling and administering territory, comprising an elementary tool in the general administration of security. In contrast to neoliberalism’s ideology of freedom and openness, walls �" as well as their virtual analogs �" not only obstruct movement and intensify state control, but in enclosing rich and poor alike they also abet privatization and precarity the world over. Sat, 21 Jan 2017 00:00:00 +0000 http://roarmag.org/magazine/the-concept-of-the-wall/ http://www.newmandala.org/indonesia-transparent-sex/ Conservative attacks on homosexuality and LGBT in Indonesia have branched out into a broader assault on feminism and the intrusion of the state into previously private spheres of life, Hendri Yulius writes. Mon, 16 Jan 2017 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.newmandala.org/indonesia-transparent-sex/ http://www.neweasterneurope.eu/articles-and-commentary/2235-whatever-happened-to-russia-without-putin The mass protests in late 2011 and early 2012 changed Russia, but not in the ways the tens of thousands who protested that winter had hoped. Rather than a flowering of �oedemocracy” as many desired, Putin has only further consolidated his authoritarian dominance over the last five years. Though crisis continues to plague Russia, five years after the people imagined a �oeRussia without Putin”, many today struggle to foresee a viable alternative to him. The Kremlin ultimately crushed any opposition through a mixture of co-option and coercion. But the defeat of Russia’s protest movement is larger than this. The Kremlin skilfully morphed Russian demands for recognition and representation from expressions of revolutionary desire to the basis of reactionary consolidation. One could call this Putin’s �oeNixonian moment”, where Russia’s �oesilent majority” became the source for a new consensus. For what followed in Russia is a story about recognition and representation, a chronicle about who is and who is not a legitimate manifestation of the �oepeople.” Wed, 11 Jan 2017 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.neweasterneurope.eu/articles-and-commentary/2235-whatever-happened-to-russia-without-putin http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=40804&lan=EN Unintended consequences result from many new inventions. AI, however, is unique in that the decisions that give rise to these consequences are often made without human input. The most severe of these potential adverse outcomes arise from systems that are designed to cause harm from the outset, such as weapons systems. Long a staple of science fiction films, weapons incorporating varying degrees of autonomous functionality have in fact existed for some time, with landmines being one of the simplest�"and for human rights, most problematic�"examples of this technology. Today, however, the science of AI has advanced to the point that the construction of sophisticated fully autonomous robots is a possibility. In response to this, in 2012 the �oeCampaign to Stop Killer Robots” was launched by a coalition of NGOs seeking to ensure that life-or-death decisions remain firmly within human hands. Wed, 04 Jan 2017 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=40804&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=40735&lan=EN Daniel Ortega, a Commander during the Sandinista revolution that overthrew a 50-year dynastic dictatorship, will hold office for a third consecutive term after being proclaimed the winner of Nicaragua's presidential election on 6 November. Ortega appointed Rosario Murillo, First Lady and manager of governmental communications, as his running mate and, by this move, ensured the concentration of power in his family's hands. For the past two terms of the Ortega administration, the separation of powers, respect for human rights and freedom of the press have steadily deteriorated in a worrying repetition of history. The electoral process on 6 November was characterised by massive abstention, the absence of major opposition parties from the ballot and a ban on independent international observers. Fri, 16 Dec 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=40735&lan=EN http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2016/12/speaking-truth-post-truth-era-161218111206262.html?utm_source=phplist235&utm_medium=email&utm_content=HTML&utm_campaign=Political+Anticipation+-+A+LEAP+Press+review+%28GEAB+special%29 It is the age of post-truth. The prefix post does not so much mean a chronological state after the truth as its absence, its being downgraded to a level where it becomes irrelevant and secondary to the act of emotionally appealing to deep grievances and a sense of insecurity and loss. Mon, 19 Dec 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2016/12/speaking-truth-post-truth-era-161218111206262.html?utm_source=phplist235&utm_medium=email&utm_content=HTML&utm_campaign=Political+Anticipation+-+A+LEAP+Press+review+%28GEAB+special%29 http://en.qantara.de/content/the-syrian-conflict-priority-revenge What happens if Assad falls? In discussions on this question, politicians and experts have occasionally raised the question of what an Islamist rebel victory might mean for Syria's ethnic and religious minorities and whether the Alawite minority �" President Assad has an Alawite background �" should then be protected from acts of vengeance. But unfortunately, the counter-question has been posed all too rarely: what about acts of vengeance carried out by the regime, should Assad win? Fri, 16 Dec 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://en.qantara.de/content/the-syrian-conflict-priority-revenge http://www.ipsnews.net/2016/12/leave-no-one-behind-the-right-to-development/ �oeThe 30th anniversary of the Declaration on the Right to Development must remind us that marginalized people �" including migrants, indigenous peoples, and other minorities, as well as persons with disabilities �" have a right to development, and that the true purpose of any economic endeavor is to improve the well-being of people.” Thu, 15 Dec 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.ipsnews.net/2016/12/leave-no-one-behind-the-right-to-development/ http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/38682-socialism-for-the-rich-capitalism-for-the-poor-an-interview-with-noam-chomsky Concentration of wealth leads naturally to concentration of power, which in turn translates to legislation favoring the interests of the rich and powerful and thereby increasing even further the concentration of power and wealth. Various political measures, such as fiscal policy, deregulation, and rules for corporate governance are designed to increase the concentration of wealth and power. And that's what we've been seeing during the neoliberal era. It is a vicious cycle in constant progress. The state is there to provide security and support to the interests of the privileged and powerful sectors in society while the rest of the population is left to experience the brutal reality of capitalism. Socialism for the rich, capitalism for the poor. Sun, 11 Dec 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/38682-socialism-for-the-rich-capitalism-for-the-poor-an-interview-with-noam-chomsky http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/38612-the-dakota-access-pipeline-and-the-doctrine-of-native-genocide As professor Lorenzo Veracini describes it in Settler Colonial Studies journal, franchise colonialism differs from settler colonialism in that its "message to Native populations is 'You, work for me,'" while "the settler-colonial message is 'You, go away.'" Settler colonialism, as Wolfe puts it in the Journal of Genocide Research, "destroys to replace" by erecting "a new colonial society on the expropriated land base ... settler colonizers come to stay [and] invasion is a structure not an event ... to get in the way of settler colonization, all the native has to do is stay at home." While in some instances, white settlers in US settlements enslaved Indigenous peoples for their labor, the primary goal of the US settler state was to eliminate Native people altogether. Tue, 06 Dec 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/38612-the-dakota-access-pipeline-and-the-doctrine-of-native-genocide http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=40641&lan=EN Castro has been hailed as one of the leading figures of the 20th century and father of the Cuban people in many of the thousands of messages that followed the announcement of his death. But behind the revolutionary’s romantic image lay one of the world’s worst press freedom predators. The persecution of dissidents was one of the distinguishing features of his 49 years in power, and constitutes the harshest aspect of his heritage. Fri, 02 Dec 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=40641&lan=EN http://www.cafebabel.fr/culture/article/democracy-le-strip-tease-des-institutions-europeennes.html A black and white documentary that delves into the legal procedures of European institutions is not exactly the sexiest movie pitch ever made. Nonetheless, Swiss director David Bernet took on the daunting task, creating a beautiful and wistful movie on the mysteries of European power. Thu, 17 Nov 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.cafebabel.fr/culture/article/democracy-le-strip-tease-des-institutions-europeennes.html http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=40615&lan=EN In the case of Russia, the principle threat to free speech is not the state’s strong position, which is not unusual, especially at a time of economic and political struggle. The main threat comes from the chosen strategy of scrambling the principal sources of information, which results in the development of a social �oelearned helplessness”. Therefore, the state infringes the right of free speech not by preventing people from expressing their opinions, but by preventing them from having any opinions at all. Needless to say, the loss of social and political agency by the majority of population is dangerous in a society in which many institutions, by their design, require social responsibility and informed opinions on principal issues of social and political life. Tue, 29 Mar 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=40615&lan=EN http://www.dissentmagazine.org/article/focus-e15-mums-against-austerity-uk Groups like Sisters Uncut and Focus E15 Mothers are the vanguard of anti-austerity campaigning, refusing to accept cuts that affect women disproportionately. While upper-class feminists may have the option of �oeleaning in,” working-class women must confront a system that wants to kick them out entirely. These women’s housing occupations represent a struggle over our entire framework of reproductive labor: a rejection of society’s demand that women be good mothers and good workers simultaneously, all while staying out of sight. Instead of accepting the narratives of failure and shame served to them by government and society alike, they are intent on disrupting it. Tue, 01 Nov 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.dissentmagazine.org/article/focus-e15-mums-against-austerity-uk http://www.ipsnoticias.net/portuguese/2016/11/ultimas-noticias/aumenta-violencia-contra-a-mulher-negra/ �oeFor black women the situation has worsened,” Dr. Jurema Werneck, one of the coordinators of Criola, an NGO that promotes the rights of black women, told IPS. In 10 years gender-based murders of black women increased 54.2 per cent, reaching 2,875 in 2013, while murders of white women dropped 9.8 per cent, from 1,747 in 2003 to 1,576 in 2013, according to the Violence Map. �oeRacism lies beneath this contrast. Mechanisms to combat violence do not protect the life of everyone in the same way,” said Werneck. Tue, 22 Nov 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.ipsnoticias.net/portuguese/2016/11/ultimas-noticias/aumenta-violencia-contra-a-mulher-negra/ http://www.voxeurop.eu/fr/content/article/5115262-l-europe-peut-elle-encore-soutenir-erdo The government has fiercely cracked down on those accused of being close to the alleged mastermind behind July’s attempted coup, and thisis slowly turning Turkey into an authoritarian regime. Complecent European leaders, starting with Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt, should stop supporting president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, says a Turkish academic based in Sweden. Tue, 15 Nov 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.voxeurop.eu/fr/content/article/5115262-l-europe-peut-elle-encore-soutenir-erdo http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=40583&lan=EN Although the digital is connected to social justice through its impact in specific sectors �" governance and democracy, education, health, labour rights, public services including welfare, gender equality, environment, and so on �" it cannot be understood and addressed from within each sector in isolation. In addition to a sector-specific understanding and response, it is important to address the phenomenon as a meta-level or infrastructural element as it envelops new and emerging social structures and dynamics as a whole. Most sectoral response has focused on practical applications (or, at best, specific adverse impacts) of the digital phenomenon, and not its structural constructs and directions, which in any case are difficult to articulate and address from within any one sector. Yet in its very form and the nature of its impact, the digital revolution calls for a holistic, cross-sectoral response. Tue, 08 Nov 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=40583&lan=EN http://www.dw.com/en/my-europe-writing-from-a-state-of-emergency/a-36376714 Sun, 13 Nov 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.dw.com/en/my-europe-writing-from-a-state-of-emergency/a-36376714 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=40558&lan=EN The upsurge in large infrastructure projects such as hydroelectric dams and highways alongside the intensification of extractive industries and agribusiness signal the expansion of predatory capitalism into some of the most culturally diverse and ecologically rich regions of Latin America. Many communities now live in a state of siege as they grapple with the cumulative impact of megaproject proposals, land colonization, deforestation, militarization, and the violence that inevitably follows. A recent report by Global Witness found that, in 2014 alone, 116 activists were killed for challenging megaprojects and extractive industries in Latin America. Forty percent of the victims were indigenous. In Honduras, the assassination of Lenca leader and Goldman Environmental Prize winner Berta Cáceres in March 2016 represents the latest episode in this bloody assault on activists. Fri, 20 May 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=40558&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=40556&lan=EN In the women’s movement in Central Europe, there are few moments to celebrate. Polish women successfully preventing a total ban on abortion from coming into law recently was one of them. While we may praise the success of Polish women’s �oeblack protest” �" where women across the country went on strike and dressed in black to mourn the loss of their reproductive rights �" one troubling question remains unanswered. Why did an EU member state even consider forcing women to carry deformed fetuses and imprisoning doctors for terminating pregnancies? Wed, 19 Oct 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=40556&lan=EN http://making-of.afp.com/marcher-sur-les-morts It was the purest form of survival instinct that I have ever seen. Undertaking a desperate, crazy journey to survive another day. Stepping on and over dead bodies -- as carefully as chaos would allow -- to save yourself. I’ve covered the refugee crisis for more than a year. But what I saw at sea off the Libyan coast was just crazy, surreal. Mon, 07 Nov 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://making-of.afp.com/marcher-sur-les-morts http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=40540&lan=EN The Tohono O’odham reservation is one of the largest in the nation, and occupies area that includes 76 miles of the U.S.-Mexico border. However, the tribe’s traditional lands extend deep into Mexico, and tribal members live on both sides of the border: With tribal identification, they cross regularly to visit family, receive medical services, and participate in ceremonial or religious services. The prospect of slicing their homelands in two? Not welcome. Tue, 15 Nov 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=40540&lan=EN http://www.ipsnews.net/2016/11/opposition-to-oil-pipeline-in-u-s-serves-as-example-for-indigenous-struggles-in-latin-america/ The Standing Rock Sioux tribe is fighting the construction of an oil pipeline across their land in North Dakota. The movement has gained international solidarity and has many things in common with indigenous struggles against megaprojects in Latin America. Wed, 09 Nov 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.ipsnews.net/2016/11/opposition-to-oil-pipeline-in-u-s-serves-as-example-for-indigenous-struggles-in-latin-america/ http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=40523&lan=EN Wed, 16 Nov 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=40523&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=40514&lan=EN �oeThis is like Andrew Jackson’s victory,” quipped Rudy Giuliani, speaking to MSNBC’s Chris Matthews. The former New York City mayor was jovially referencing how Trump had appeared to beat the establishment in the way Jackson did in 1827. �oeThe people are rising up against a government they find to be dysfunctional,” he said. But the reference to Jackson could not have been more directly aimed at Standing Rock�"and all of Indian Country. Jackson’s presidential legacy was violently forcing Native peoples from their homelands. Wed, 09 Nov 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=40514&lan=EN http://en.qantara.de/content/erdogans-turkey-spinning-out-of-control Turkey has witnessed another dramatic week, with police raids on an opposition newspaper, mass suspensions of academics and civil servants and the jailing of the leaders of the country′s main pro Kurdish HDP party. The government insists it is fighting to defend democracy against unprecedented threats, critics claim democracy itself is now at risk. Dorian Jones looks at the latest events Mon, 07 Nov 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://en.qantara.de/content/erdogans-turkey-spinning-out-of-control http://www.dissentmagazine.org/blog/redlining-black-lives-holc-mapping-inequality By laundering housing policy through the systematic and candid racism of local real-estate and finance interest, the HOLC also opened a gap between black and white ownership that has never closed. In the new world of home finance, white families bought homes at higher rates, they bought them earlier in life, they bought them on better terms, and they bought them in neighborhoods where housing value appreciated reliably. This yielded, of course, a widening of the racial wealth gap even as other disparities (wages, income) closed slowly in the civil rights era and after. Today, median African-American family wealth is less than one-tenth that of white families�"a gap largely attributable to disparate access to housing subsides such as the HOLC, and their impact across generations. Tue, 25 Oct 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.dissentmagazine.org/blog/redlining-black-lives-holc-mapping-inequality http://www.liberation.fr/debats/2016/10/05/en-finir-avec-l-europe-anti-refugies_1519804 Wed, 05 Oct 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.liberation.fr/debats/2016/10/05/en-finir-avec-l-europe-anti-refugies_1519804 http://rsf.org/fr/ranking/2016 Tue, 26 Apr 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://rsf.org/fr/ranking/2016 http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/oct/24/iceland-best-place-to-be-women-equal-gender-maternity?CMP=fb_gu What made Iceland’s day of protest on 24 October 1975 so effective was the number of women who participated. It was not just the impact of 25,000 women �" which, at the time, was a fifth of the female population �" that gathered on the streets of Reykjavik, but the 90% of Iceland’s female population who went on all-out professional and domestic strike. Teachers, nurses, office workers, housewives put down tools and didn’t go to work, provide childcare or even cook in their kitchens. All to prove how indispensable they were. Mon, 24 Oct 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/oct/24/iceland-best-place-to-be-women-equal-gender-maternity?CMP=fb_gu http://theconversation.com/la-guerre-dextermination-en-syrie-et-la-fin-du-sens-commun-66342 Many have justifiably drawn parallels with Guernica, including the French ambassador to the United Nations in a poignant speech. Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy’s air forces blasted the Spanish city in 1937, while Franco’s troops attacked on the ground. [...] Many people (myself included) have said, time and time again, that Aleppo and Syria have to be saved, that we have a responsibility to protect, that our militaries need to enforce a no-fly zone (which is still a viable possibility). In short, that intervention is a necessity. [...] Is it still morally possible for me, for any of us, to say something? And, if so, must it be said with the terrible fear that our indignation is just a pathetic way of allaying our conscience? Sun, 02 Oct 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://theconversation.com/la-guerre-dextermination-en-syrie-et-la-fin-du-sens-commun-66342 http://www.dissentmagazine.org/article/china-feminist-five Quoting Virginia Woolf, Lu Pin says, �oeAs a woman I have no country.” She believes that Chinese feminists�"whether in China, the United States, or elsewhere�"can form alliances that cross national boundaries. �oeIf we don’t set up this group in the U.S., China’s feminist movement will become too passive. The position of our core activists is extremely fragile and we don’t know when the police will come and arrest someone again�"it could be today or tomorrow,” she says. Mon, 03 Oct 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.dissentmagazine.org/article/china-feminist-five http://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/world/border-barriers/global-illegal-immigration-prevention/ A generation ago, globalization shrank the world. Nations linked by trade and technology began to erase old boundaries. But now barriers are rising again, driven by waves of migration, spillover from wars and the growing threat of terrorism. Fri, 21 Oct 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/world/border-barriers/global-illegal-immigration-prevention/ http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/oct/12/hong-kong-pro-democracy-oath-snub-china A new generation of pro-democracy politicians thumbed its nose at China’s authoritarian leaders, with a succession of lawmakers openly defying Beijing during an action-packed swearing-in ceremony for Hong Kong’s parliament. Wed, 12 Oct 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/oct/12/hong-kong-pro-democracy-oath-snub-china http://www.france24.com/fr/20161010-bangladesh-activiste-contre-mariage-precoce-filles-droits-enfants-femmes As the UN marks the International Day of the Girl Child on Tuesday, activist Radha Rani Sarker is meeting with European leaders to highlight the plight of girls in her native Bangladesh, where 73% are illegally married off while still in childhood. Tue, 11 Oct 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.france24.com/fr/20161010-bangladesh-activiste-contre-mariage-precoce-filles-droits-enfants-femmes http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=20636&LangID=E The human rights calamity unfolding in Aleppo demands bold new initiatives, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein said Tuesday, �oeincluding proposals to limit the use of the veto by the permanent members of the Security Council. [...] Let us not forget that the destruction of cities like Warsaw, Stalingrad and Dresden, and the horror inflicted upon their civilians contributed to a great extent to the foundation of the United Nations. We cannot afford to fail Aleppo." Tue, 04 Oct 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=20636&LangID=E http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=40368&lan=EN The writ of habeas corpus is one of the first and oldest protections in Western legal systems, requiring jailers �" those who �oehave the body” �" to provide a reason for the prisoner’s detention. If a citizen disappears due to another citizen’s actions, the kidnapper or murderer must be brought to account. Mothers bring a direct, emotional, and personal component to this age-old struggle, insisting on their children’s existence as citizens and human beings whose rights must be upheld. Thu, 22 Sep 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=40368&lan=EN http://www.eurotopics.net/fr/167161/un-lundi-noir-pour-le-pis Thousands of people in Poland have protested against a total ban on abortion. Dressed all in black they took to the streets on Monday to demonstrate against the national conservative PiS government's planned ban. Commentators believe this could be the start of a major wave of protests. Wed, 05 Oct 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.eurotopics.net/fr/167161/un-lundi-noir-pour-le-pis http://www.nytimes.com/es/2016/09/30/violencia-policiaca-una-epidemia-estadounidense-con-consentimiento-estadounidense/?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Findex Another set of black men killed by the police �" one in Tulsa, Okla., another in Charlotte, N.C. Another set of protests, and even some rioting. Another television cycle in which the pornography of black death, pain and anguish are exploited for visual sensation and ratings gold. And yes, another moment of mistakenly focusing on individual cases and individual motives and individual protests instead of recognizing that what we are witnessing in a wave of actions rippling across the country is an exhaling �" a primal scream, I would venture �" of cumulative cultural injury and a frantic attempt to stanch the bleeding from multiplying wounds. We can no longer afford to buy into the delusion that this moment of turmoil is about discrete cases or their specific disposition under the law. The system of justice itself is under interrogation. The cultural mechanisms that produced that system are under interrogation. America as a whole is under interrogation. Mon, 26 Sep 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.nytimes.com/es/2016/09/30/violencia-policiaca-una-epidemia-estadounidense-con-consentimiento-estadounidense/?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Findex http://www.ipsnoticias.net/2016/09/la-dificil-meta-de-no-dejar-a-nadie-fuera-de-los-ods/ One year after UN member states adopted the ambitious 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda their repeated vow to �oeleave no one behind” seems almost as idealistic and impractical as ever. 2016 has so far proved a difficult year for the UN’s objective of including the world’s most vulnerable and marginalised in development efforts. [...] �oeIf we’re serious about finding and helping those who are furthest behind that’s not a technical exercise that’s a deeply political exercise,” said [Danny] Sriskandarajah [Secretary General of CIVICUS]. Mon, 26 Sep 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.ipsnoticias.net/2016/09/la-dificil-meta-de-no-dejar-a-nadie-fuera-de-los-ods/ http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=40347&lan=EN U.S. tribes not only share the same narrative with the world’s Indigenous Peoples struggling for land and life�"the Dakota Access standoff is amplifying the global movement. Fri, 30 Sep 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=40347&lan=EN http://www.dissentmagazine.org/article/kashmir-stories-munnu-malik-sajad-graphic-novel With neither international pressure nor national strategic imperative pushing a resolution to the issue, India’s illiberal hold over Kashmir continues, satisfying the irredentist tendencies of Modi’s party line. Both subsumed under the logic of the war on terror and cordoned off as an �oeinternal” affair, the battle for Kashmir continues largely unwatched by the rest of the world. Fri, 01 Jul 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.dissentmagazine.org/article/kashmir-stories-munnu-malik-sajad-graphic-novel http://www.cafebabel.de/gesellschaft/artikel/czarnyprotest-streit-um-abtreibungsrecht-in-polen.html Three parallel protests took place in front of the Polish Parliament last Thursday. Two of them - one organised by the Razem party, another by the group Dziewuchy Dziewuchom - ardently objected the government's proposed abortion ban. Next to them, armed with posters with bloody foetuses, protested those who wish to criminalise women who terminate a pregnancy. Sat, 24 Sep 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.cafebabel.de/gesellschaft/artikel/czarnyprotest-streit-um-abtreibungsrecht-in-polen.html http://observers.france24.com/fr/20160920-guide-supreme-interdit-velo-iraniennes-elles-pedalent-plus-belle No one really knows what's going to happen. There's never been a situation like this in Iran, with citizens deciding to ignore a decision by the Supreme Leader, and even openly defying him by doing the opposite of what's been decreed. It's a major 'no' to the conservatives in power from Iranian women, especially young ones. Tue, 20 Sep 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://observers.france24.com/fr/20160920-guide-supreme-interdit-velo-iraniennes-elles-pedalent-plus-belle http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=40297&lan=EN Kenya’s repatriation program for Somali refugees, fueled by fear and misinformation, does not meet international standards for voluntary refugee return. Many refugees living in Kenya’s sprawling Dadaab camp, home to at least 263,000 Somalis, say they have agreed to return home because they fear Kenya will force them out if they stay. In May 2016, the Kenyan government announced plans to speed up the repatriation of Somali refugees and close the Dadaab camp in northeastern Kenya by November. Kenyan authorities, with officials from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), then stepped up a 2013 �oevoluntary” repatriation program. Thu, 15 Sep 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=40297&lan=EN http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Standing-Rock-Sioux-Takes-Fight-Against-Dakota-Pipeline-to-UN-20160920-0023.html The chairman of the Standing Rock Sioux nation took the fight against the Dakota Access pipeline to the United Nations in Geneva Tuesday, as he called on the organization to support his Native American people’s fight against the �oedestruction of our sacred places” by the pipeline. �oeThe world needs to know what is happening to the Indigenous peoples of the United States,” Tue, 20 Sep 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Standing-Rock-Sioux-Takes-Fight-Against-Dakota-Pipeline-to-UN-20160920-0023.html http://en.qantara.de/content/irans-stadium-ban-on-women-excluding-the-people Do those organisations also turn a blind eye to the situation in Iran? Safai: They simply evade the issue altogether. When asked about the stadium ban for women they always talk about "cultural paradigms", which they won't and can't take on. That is a very bad excuse, because these alleged "paradigms" do not exist. The stadium ban has neither a cultural or historical dimension. There were times when a third of the volleyball fans at a match at Tehran's Azadi Indoor Stadium �" which literally translates into "Freedom stadium" �" were female. There is not even an explicit law that prohibits women from visiting public sports events. So the ban exists for one reason only and that reason is neither cultural nor historical, but political. Mon, 12 Sep 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://en.qantara.de/content/irans-stadium-ban-on-women-excluding-the-people http://www.cafebabel.es/sociedad/articulo/abolicion-de-la-prostitucion-en-francia-la-mejor-noticia-del-ano.html On 14 April this year, a new law was passed with the aim of "strengthening the fight against the cycle of prostitution and supporting sex workers." This law marks a shift in France towards an abolitionist approach to prostitution. Much like models adopted in Sweden, Norway and Iceland, France has decided to criminalise clients rather than sex workers, instead offering them help and support to get out of prostitution, should they wish to do so. Thu, 08 Sep 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.cafebabel.es/sociedad/articulo/abolicion-de-la-prostitucion-en-francia-la-mejor-noticia-del-ano.html http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=40239&lan=EN Fri, 17 Jun 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=40239&lan=EN http://www.ohchr.org/SP/NewsEvents/Pages/EqualityInMoldova.aspx The non-discrimination law fights discrimination and sets out to ensure equality in all spheres of life for all citizens of Moldova as well as other persons under Moldovan jurisdiction regardless of their race, ethnicity, language, religion, sex, age, limited abilities, or any other ground. [...] While this law has proven instrumental for so many to fight discrimination, it is now in danger of being repealed. Thu, 21 Jul 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.ohchr.org/SP/NewsEvents/Pages/EqualityInMoldova.aspx http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=40182&lan=EN "As Black feminists we know that there really is only one feminist imperative �" the struggle for the equality rights of all which includes the destruction of patriarchy, racism, white supremacy, heterosexism, capitalism etc…" Thu, 04 Aug 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=40182&lan=EN http://en.qantara.de/content/european-islamophobia-report-wake-up-to-the-danger Islamophobic images are fluid and vary in different contexts. They serve above all to construct an image of a "we", the majority society, versus the Muslims as a foreign counterpart, as the Other. It comes down to the power wielded by a dominant group of people in order to deprive a minority of their legitimate rights and participation in social resources. Fri, 19 Aug 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://en.qantara.de/content/european-islamophobia-report-wake-up-to-the-danger http://observatoriodasmetropoles.net/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=1676%3Adossier-what-is-at-stake-in-these-games%3F&lang=en# "Olympic Games always have winners and losers. In the Games, there are always three winners in each event. In Rio de Janeiro, we know exactly who they are: the major construction companies �" part of them involved in Operation Lava Jato; real estate speculation �" which made a lot of money in recent years; and the political class and local elite �" who succeeded in building a network of power that will last for the next 50 years. In the Games, those who come in fourth or fifth are not remembered. It does not matter. That’s the Olympic spirit: winners and losers. And the population of Rio de Janeiro is part of those who are being forgotten." Thu, 04 Aug 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://observatoriodasmetropoles.net/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=1676%3Adossier-what-is-at-stake-in-these-games%3F&lang=en# http://www.ipsnoticias.net/portuguese/2016/08/ultimas-noticias/nao-a-mutilacao-genital-ganha-forca/ The buy-in of African political leadership is crucial if this latest move is to succeed, with up to 140 million women and girls in sub-Saharan Africa who’ve been forced to submit to the practice of cutting their genitals. The aim is to influence people on the ground as well as effect legislation banning the practice. Wed, 10 Aug 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.ipsnoticias.net/portuguese/2016/08/ultimas-noticias/nao-a-mutilacao-genital-ganha-forca/ http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=40134&lan=EN Tara Lighten Msiska: I've never considered what I write to be feminist journalism, in the sense that I don't have an agenda. I'm just interested in reporting the facts. That said, I'd consider feminist journalism to be journalism which exposse the truth about issues which disproportionately affect women (e.g. domestic violence) and which offers alternative theories to counter dominant views which promote sexism or denigrate women. For example, media explanations of women engaging in activities as diverse as casual sex and terrorism have a tendency to ascribe infantilising or pathologising narratives on female, but not male, participants ('promiscuous' men enjoy sex; 'promiscuous' women are troubled, at risk or using sex to feel wanted; male terrorists are politically motivated while female terrorists are exploited or mentally ill). Sat, 06 Aug 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=40134&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=40125&lan=EN "The international legal order may not be reduced to an interventionist logic similar to that prevailing before the adoption of the United Nations Charter. The purpose of the Charter was to substitute a multilateral system grounded in cooperation and the enhanced role of law and institutions for unilateral military action. It would be tragic if, acting on emotion in the face of terrorism (understandable as this emotion may be), that purpose were lost" Tue, 12 Jul 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=40125&lan=EN http://making-of.afp.com/en-afghanistan-la-detresse-muette-des-petits-esclaves-sexuels When I first stumbled upon this story through a well-connected source in Uruzgan, I didn’t believe it. Could the Taliban be infiltrating Western-funded Afghan police by exploiting their lust for boy sex slaves? The war tactic is redolent of the Middle Ages. But as I started digging around, multiple sources began corroborating the story Mon, 25 Jul 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://making-of.afp.com/en-afghanistan-la-detresse-muette-des-petits-esclaves-sexuels http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=40107&lan=EN By forcibly transferring refugees and people seeking asylum to Nauru, detaining them for prolonged periods in inhuman conditions, denying them appropriate medical care, and in other ways structuring its operations so that many experience a serious degradation of their mental health, the Australian government has violated the rights to be free from torture and other ill-treatment, and from arbitrary detention, as well as other fundamental protections Wed, 03 Aug 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=40107&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=40062&lan=EN In early March, in the hopes of finding a safe place to start a family, Mohanad left his home near the Syrian city of Homs and, like hundreds of thousands before him, made his way via Turkey, the Mediterranean and the island of Lesvos to mainland Greece. Today, he is one of roughly 800 people living at Katsikas camp, a military-administered refugee camp six kilometres outside the city of Ioannina in northwestern Greece, and one of roughly 40 such camps that have emerged across the country since late winter. Mon, 11 Jul 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=40062&lan=EN http://www.ipsnews.net/2016/07/breaking-the-silence-on-gender-based-violence/ The Ministry of Public Service, Youth and Gender Affairs in partnership with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) is establishing and strengthening sexual and gender based violence (SGBV) recovery centres in the country. One such center was launched at the Kilifi County Hospital on 01 July 2016 in collaboration with the Kilifi County Government. It must rank as among the most confounding realities that SGBV, though acknowledged globally as one of the most pervasive violations of human rights in the world, is also one of the least prosecuted crimes. Fri, 01 Jul 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.ipsnews.net/2016/07/breaking-the-silence-on-gender-based-violence/ http://www.ipsnoticias.net/2016/06/avanzan-el-odio-y-la-xenofobia-advierte-jerarca-de-la-onu/ �oeHate is becoming mainstreamed. Walls �" which tormented previous generations, and have never yielded any sustainable solution to any problem �" are returning. Barriers of suspicion are rising, snaking through and between our societies �" and they are killers…” Hardly a statement could have portrayed more accurately the current wave of hatred invading humankind, like the one made by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein. �oe… Clampdowns on public freedoms, and crackdowns on civil society activists and human rights defenders, are hacking away at the forces, which uphold the healthy functioning of societies. Judicial institutions, which act as checks on executive power, are being dismantled. Towering inequalities are hollowing out the sense that there are common goods.” Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein warned. Wed, 22 Jun 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.ipsnoticias.net/2016/06/avanzan-el-odio-y-la-xenofobia-advierte-jerarca-de-la-onu/ http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=40009&lan=EN "Government officials say that human rights are honored and that we are all equal, that no-one is worth more than others. But this is not true, our lives, the lives of the migrants who leave because we have no choice and everything is against us, our lives have less value, almost none. Just look how many deaths and aggressions there are here on the border, and nothing is done about it. They are not interested in us, we are simply seen as problems and not as persons. We are treated as delinquents just because we leave in search of a better life". Central American migrant, December 2015. Wed, 15 Jun 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=40009&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=39975&lan=EN Tue, 07 Jun 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=39975&lan=EN http://www.euractiv.fr/section/aide-au-developpement/news/le-parlement-europeen-soppose-au-colonialisme-agricole-en-afrique/ MEPs have called on the New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition to radically alter its mission. The Alliance currently pushes African countries to replicate the intensive agricultural practices employed in many developed countries. Tue, 07 Jun 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.euractiv.fr/section/aide-au-developpement/news/le-parlement-europeen-soppose-au-colonialisme-agricole-en-afrique/ http://en.qantara.de/content/domestic-violence-against-women-in-turkey-dont-prevent-divorce-prevent-murder The past few years have seen a huge increase in the number of women murdered in Turkey. There are also increasing reports of domestic violence. Those victims who report violence to the authorities, however, are often treated badly. Recently there has been a huge increase in the number of women murdered. The platform "Kadin Cinayetlerini Durduracagiz" (We will stop the murder of women) is one of the independent women's organisations documenting murders perpetrated against women. According to its statistics, 303 women were killed in 2015; more than in previous years. Mon, 06 Jun 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://en.qantara.de/content/domestic-violence-against-women-in-turkey-dont-prevent-divorce-prevent-murder http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=39911&lan=EN On a recent trip to the Sahrawi refugee camps in Tindouf, Algeria, WITNESS met local journalist Habibulah Mohamed Lamin. This dispatch from Lamin is part of Watching Western Sahara, an initiative of the WITNESS Media Lab curating and contextualizing human rights videos of Sahrawi media activists. Thu, 26 May 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=39911&lan=EN http://de.qantara.de/inhalt/debatte-ueber-reformislam-der-islam-braucht-keinen-martin-luther Calls for an Islamic Reformation are issued in the wake of every Islamist act of terrorism. But Muslims don't need a Martin Luther. What is needed is a reconciliation of Islam with the constitutional state, says Loay Mudhoon Mon, 23 May 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://de.qantara.de/inhalt/debatte-ueber-reformislam-der-islam-braucht-keinen-martin-luther http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=39809&lan=EN Amidst general indifference, uninterrupted string of victories of the extreme right-wing in Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Netherlands, Germany, France, Switzerland, Austria Hungary, Italy and Greece, has being going on in the last years. The congress of AfD was infused, on the contrary, with the awareness that the tide of xenophobia, nationalism and populism is taking over Europe. And the language of the Congress was unthinkable a few years ago. Mon, 09 May 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=39809&lan=EN http://en.qantara.de/content/political-protests-in-egypt-sisis-falling-star Just days after the Egyptian regime seemed capable of tolerating protests critical of its policies, the authorities clamped down massively on a new wave of demonstrations to hit the country. The security apparatus' ambivalent response to the unrest has raised questions. Thousands of government opponents took to the streets on 15 April for the first time since a restrictive law on protests was adopted in November 2013. They were demonstrating not only against the transfer of two islands in the Red Sea to Saudi Arabia, but also against President Abdul Fattah Al-Sisi. [...] All attempts by demonstrators to initiate protests were nipped in the bud by the police, the secret service and undercover agents. Mon, 09 May 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://en.qantara.de/content/political-protests-in-egypt-sisis-falling-star http://www.dw.com/en/opinion-a-culture-of-impunity-behind-bloggers-killings-in-bangladesh/a-19221963 A sense of insecurity is palpable in Bangladesh. According to press reports, at least 34 attacks have been perpetrated by militant groups in Bangladesh costing 35 lives and injuring 129 people in the past 14 months. Victims include members of religious and sectarian minorities, two foreign nationals, a Christian convert, a number of online social activists, bloggers, self-proclaimed atheists, publishers, an LGBT activist and a university professor. Thu, 28 Apr 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.dw.com/en/opinion-a-culture-of-impunity-behind-bloggers-killings-in-bangladesh/a-19221963 http://www.destatis.de/EN/PressServices/Press/pr/2016/05/PE16_153_p001.html Migrants in Germany are 35.4 years old �" much younger than people without a migrant background (46.8 years). There are more singles, more people in education and training, and fewer of retirement age. However, immigrants in Germany also are less educated, more seldom in employment, they earn less and are more often threatened by poverty. In fact there are major differences between individual groups of migrants. The impact of education is quite obvious. For migrants, too, a higher level of education means better opportunities on the labour market, higher incomes and a falling risk of poverty. This is the situation depicted by the Data Report 2016, a social report for the Federal Republic of Germany released in Berlin today. Statisticians and social researchers have compiled figures and findings that relate to major areas of life, including migration and integration. The data report is edited by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the Federal Agency for Civic Education/bpb, the Berlin Social Science Center (WZB) and the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) at the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin). Tue, 03 May 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.destatis.de/EN/PressServices/Press/pr/2016/05/PE16_153_p001.html http://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/05/02/the-role-of-global-solidarity-in-the-fight-for-democracy-in-hong-kong/ As an American writer and human rights activist based in Asia, I have observed and written about the democracy movement in Hong Kong for the past several years. I have written in support of that movement in all its forms from moderate pan-democrats to more �oeradical” elements such as Occupy Central and the new Hong Kong National Party (HKNP), and have tried to raise awareness and support for them among readers in the United States. As with the global anti-apartheid movement for South Africa in the 1980s, any liberation movement stands a better chance of winning with international support, because the forces of oppression are often also international. Mon, 02 May 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/05/02/the-role-of-global-solidarity-in-the-fight-for-democracy-in-hong-kong/ http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/15/world/americas/canadian-prime-minister-seeks-to-legalize-physician-assistedsuicide.html?ref=health&_r=0 The government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau introduced legislation on Thursday to legalize physician-assisted suicide for Canadians with a �oeserious and incurable illness,” which has brought them �oeenduring physical or psychological suffering.” Thu, 14 Apr 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/15/world/americas/canadian-prime-minister-seeks-to-legalize-physician-assistedsuicide.html?ref=health&_r=0 http://euromaidanpress.com/2016/03/29/deportation-autonomy-and-occupation-in-the-story-of-one-crimean-tatar/ Tue, 29 Mar 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://euromaidanpress.com/2016/03/29/deportation-autonomy-and-occupation-in-the-story-of-one-crimean-tatar/ http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=39579&lan=EN One of the saddest ironies of this year’s commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the collapse of the Soviet Union is that Hungary and Poland, always the most restless of the Soviet empire’s captured nations, are now led by men mimicking Russian President Vladimir Putin’s governing style. They, too, are hollowing out independent democratic institutions and suppressing citizens’ fundamental freedoms. As the old saying goes, we become what we hate. After the fall of communism, Poland and Hungary declared that they were Eastern European countries no more. Instead, they were part of Central Europe �" Europa Srodkowa, the Poles called it �" or even of Western Europe, on par with Austria. Today, however, they are embracing Putin-style authoritarianism, to the point that the European Union may impose sanctions against them. Such reprimands are fully deserved. Mon, 28 Mar 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=39579&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=39573&lan=EN No terrorists have come from the Arab world. All those involved until now, were Europeans, born and raised in Europe. Most were petty criminals or marginalized people, not at all observant, who become indoctrinated while serving prison terms for their crimes or through social networking. They were in fact nihilist, who found in ISIS dignity and escape from a life without work and a future. Europe has found 6 billion dollars to keep the refugees at bay, after spending more than 7 billion in military expenses in the Middle East. If that money would have been invested in the ghettos were Muslims live in Belgium, France and Great Britain, probably terrorism today would have been far less. Polarization is never helpful for democracy and tolerance. A group of 50.000 militants (in a world of 1.3 billion Muslims), is able to change our lives, reduce our individual privacy and freedom, and increase militarism and surveillance. If we do not get out of this trap of a clash of civilizations, Europe will change deeply and forever, because the phenomenon of terrorism is here to stay with us for generations… It took nearly two centuries for Europe to get rid of the wars of religion. In the 30 years war (1618-1648), 8 million out of a total population of 110 million, the majority of them civilians lost their lives. Will history help us to face the present? Mon, 28 Mar 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=39573&lan=EN http://euromaidanpress.com/2016/03/17/entire-indigenous-population-of-crimea-endangered-with-looming-mejlis-ban/#arvlbdata Thu, 17 Mar 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://euromaidanpress.com/2016/03/17/entire-indigenous-population-of-crimea-endangered-with-looming-mejlis-ban/#arvlbdata http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=39510&lan=EN Let’s not confuse desperation for legality when it comes to Europe’s proposed refugee deal with Turkey. No one should be under any illusion - the very principle of international protection for those fleeing war and persecution is at stake. Thu, 17 Mar 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=39510&lan=EN http://www.medelu.org/Au-Honduras-simulacre-de-mesures In Honduras, protests erupted when a local journalist revealed that millions of dollars of public funds from the country’s health care system had been funneled to the ruling National Party and the election campaign of President Juan Orlando Hernández. A handful of administrators and business executives have been indicted for other corruption in the health system, but no charges have been brought against Mr. Hernández or other top party officials over the diversion of funds to the party. Thousands of torch-bearing protesters demanded Mr. Hernández’s resignation and a United Nations-backed commission like Guatemala’s. Mon, 15 Feb 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.medelu.org/Au-Honduras-simulacre-de-mesures http://en.qantara.de/content/turkeys-media-crackdown-no-freedom-no-press Prosecutors are also increasingly using the law forbidding insults against the president to silence critical reporting. Nearly 2000 cases have been filed, with many aimed at the public, including school children. Journalists remain the main target, however. ″All the developments of the last months show that Turkey is on a trajectory towards authoritarianism,″ declared Emma Sinclair-Webb, Turkey′s chief researcher with the US-based organisation Human Rights Watch. ″Basically Erdogan and the AKP want to get rid of all the checks on the power of the executive.″ With much of mainstream media under government control or cowed by ″self censorship″, there has been an explosion in alternative media sites, along with social media. ″Mediascope″ has become a popular political discussion programme on the net, with many journalists and writers contributing who have lost favour with the government and thus disappeared from mainstream media. But even in cyberspace, there is increasingly little protection. Fri, 11 Mar 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://en.qantara.de/content/turkeys-media-crackdown-no-freedom-no-press http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=39430&lan=EN A new report from Save the Children reveals that barrel bombs, air strikes and shelling are the biggest issues for the more than a quarter of a million children estimated to be living in besieged areas in Syria. Parents testify to the horror of family life under siege, not only dealing with the psychological impact on children terrified of explosions, but the dire consequences of being deprived of food, basic medicine and clean water. Wed, 09 Mar 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=39430&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=39424&lan=EN A number of seemingly unrelated controversies in India actually have one important element in common: They all relate to criminal offenses codified by India’s British imperial rulers in the mid-nineteenth century that India has proved unable or unwilling to outgrow. The problematic features of the British-drafted Indian Penal Code include the prohibition of �oesedition,” defined loosely as speech or actions promoting �oedisaffection against the government established by law”; the criminalization of homosexual acts; and the uneven prosecution of adultery. The first two, in particular, have lately been the source of considerable public outrage �" and rightly so. Wed, 09 Mar 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=39424&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=39412&lan=EN Tue, 08 Mar 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=39412&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=39378&lan=EN �oeTrapping asylum seekers in Greece is an unconscionable and short-sighted non-solution that is causing suffering and violence,” said Eva Cossé, Greece specialist at Human Rights Watch. �oeIt demonstrates once again the European Union’s utter failure to respond collectively and compassionately to refugee flows.” Tue, 01 Mar 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=39378&lan=EN http://www.amnesty.org/fr/latest/research/2016/02/annual-report-201516/ Thu, 25 Feb 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.amnesty.org/fr/latest/research/2016/02/annual-report-201516/ http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=39300&lan=EN Moroccan authorities often fail to prevent domestic violence, protect survivors, and punish abusers. We want the Moroccan Minister of Women to strengthen and adopt laws to improve protection for victims of domestic violence. We are asking for your support to back women’s calls for a strong law! Jihan is a domestic violence survivor who wants the government to help women like her. Here is her story. Jihan (name changed to protect her privacy), 18, told Human Rights Watch that she married a man more than 10 years her senior when she was 15 or 16, and lived with him in a village in El Jadida province, Morocco. She said she married him to escape her father’s violence against her. They had a son who was 2 years old at the time of the interview. Wed, 24 Feb 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=39300&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=39240&lan=EN Latin America’s abortion laws are among the world’s most restrictive. El Salvador, for example, bans abortion in all circumstances and has incarcerated women who have gone to emergency rooms after miscarriages, charging them with seeking illegal abortions. Contraception can also be expensive or difficult to access across the region, despite high rates of teenage rape and pregnancy. The result, especially with the addition of the Zika virus, is a recipe for tragedy. Brazil, the Latin American country hit hardest by the virus so far, is emblematic of the problem: Abortion is allowed only in cases of rape, danger to the woman’s life, or in the case of fetal anencephaly (the absence of a major portion of the brain). In response to the Zika crisis, Brazil should immediately allow abortion in cases of suspected microcephaly as well. Tue, 16 Feb 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=39240&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=39236&lan=EN Increasingly complex and widening conflicts have taken a huge toll on children in much of the Middle East in 2015, with parts of Africa and Asia facing protracted and relapsing wars that show no signs of abating, wrote Leila Zerrougui, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, in her annual report to the Human Rights Council. The Report covers the period from December 2014 to December 2015. �oeChildren were disproportionately affected, displaced and often the direct targets of acts of violence intended to cause maximum civilian casualties and terrorize entire communities,” she said in the report, describing how extreme violence affected countries such as Afghanistan, Iraq, Nigeria and Syria. �oeGroups perpetrating extreme violence also particularly targeted children pursuing their right to an education.” Mon, 15 Feb 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=39236&lan=EN http://www.ipsnews.net/2016/02/violence-is-a-preventable-disease/ I believe Europe (and indeed the world) must now ask the tough questions and make hard, brave and courageous choices: ‘Do we continue down the road of re-arming Europe and the World, and building a culture of militarism and war, creating enemy images and demonizing other countries and their leaders, implementing ‘regime change’ through bogus ‘right to protect’ military intervention, or do we choose to start disarming our conscience, hearts and minds, dismantling our weapons, ending militarism and war and implementing International law?’ Europe and the world needs a New Vision of Unity and Demilitarization of Regions, with power devolved to communities where people feel empowered and true democracy can be established. A demilitarized world is something we can all work together to build. Tue, 09 Feb 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.ipsnews.net/2016/02/violence-is-a-preventable-disease/ http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=39182&lan=EN Mon, 08 Feb 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=39182&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=39163&lan=EN The process is as universal as it gets: when a baby is born, a doctor, parent, or birth attendant announces the arrival of a �oegirl” or �oeboy.” That split-second assignment dictates multiple aspects of our lives. It is also something that most of us never question. But some people do. Their gender evolves differently from their girl/boy birth assignment and might not fit rigid traditional notions of female or male. Gender development should have no bearing on whether someone can enjoy fundamental rights, like the ability to be recognized by their government or to access health care, education, or employment. But for transgender people, it does�"to a humiliating, violent, and sometimes lethal degree. Wed, 27 Jan 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=39163&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=39136&lan=EN Today's migrations, as macro international displacements of hundreds of thousands of people with or without documents -- in many cases in precarious conditions of transit -- have been and are one of the social processes that characterize what is happening in different latitudes of the earth since in the new century, in the global context of neoliberal economic restructuring directed by transnational enterprises and the capitalist countries of the first world. This affirmation has its correlation in the statistics of international bodies and shows how the drastic and substantive spatial re-accommodations of human populations are tied to globalization, both due to the complex socioeconomic processes of accumulation and concentration of capital in the developed nation States -- which attract migrants as workers -- as well as the dynamics of pillage, exploitation and conflict in developing countries -- that expel their inhabitants and condemn them to exile. Thu, 28 Jan 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=39136&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=39127&lan=EN �oeFear of terrorist attacks and mass refugee flows are driving many Western governments to roll back human rights protections,” Kenneth Roth, the executive director of Human Rights Watch, said. �oeThese backward steps threaten the rights of all without any demonstrated effectiveness in protecting ordinary people.” (...) �oeThe wisdom enshrined in international human rights law provides indispensable guidance to governments that seek to keep their nation safe and serve their people most effectively,” Roth said. �oeWe abandon it at our peril.” Wed, 27 Jan 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=39127&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=39126&lan=EN So, let us agree on the lesson from Davos. The rich and powerful had all the necessary data for focusing on existential issues for the planet and its inhabitants. Yet they failed to do so. This is a powerful example of the disconnection between the concern of citizens and their elite. The political and financial system is more and more self reverent: but is also fast losing legitimacy in the eyes of many people. Alternative candidates like Donald Trump or Matteo Salvini in Italy, or governments like those of Hungary and Poland, would have never been possible without a massive discontent. What is increasingly at stage is democracy itself? Are we entering in a Weimar stage of the world? Thu, 28 Jan 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=39126&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=39099&lan=EN Within four months only (August and November 2015) there were at least 340 unresolved cases of enforced disappearance of citizens, with an average of three cases a day. The quasi-governmental National Council for Human Rights NCHR has confirmed that it is working on cases of enforced disappearance. At least 41,000 people were detained, charged, or sentenced between July 2013 and May 2014, however unconfirmed reports suggest that the numberfigure has now reached over 100,000 detainees. The Interior Ministry claims that 11,877 people have been arrested on alleged terrorism-related charges since the beginning of 2015. In February 2015, President Abdelfatah al-Sisi acknowledged in a speech that there are innocent youth in prisons. At least 470 death sentences were handed down by Egyptian courts for alleged violence and terrorism related charges in 2015 alone and many more were sentenced to life imprisonment for alleged political violence or activism. The sentences came through mass trials that lacked due process in what was described earlier by a group of UN experts as a �oemockery of justice”. Fri, 22 Jan 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=39099&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=39087&lan=EN In today’s interconnected world, individuals and non-state groups motivated by extremist ideologies can use the power of new technologies to shape attitudes and beliefs, and incite violence on a global scale. Since 2014, the Islamic State (ISIS) has disseminated more than 700 propaganda videos, tailored to various audiences, in all major languages, to maximize the reach and impact of its message. Nearly 50,000 Twitter accounts are propagating these vehicles of hatred, seeking to exploit ignorance, intolerance, and divisions within societies. Young people are being targeted for recruitment. Within the territories it controls, ISIS persecutes and kills individuals on religious and cultural grounds, with a recent USHMM report concluding that the group has committed acts of genocide against the Yazidi minority population under its control. Mon, 25 Jan 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=39087&lan=EN http://www.ipsnews.net/2016/01/seven-top-challenges-facing-african-women/ Economic exclusion; financial systems that perpetuate their discrimination; limited participation in political and public life; lack of access to education and poor retention of girls in schools; gender-based violence; harmful cultural practices, and exclusion of women from peace tables, are the major standing barriers to achieving gender equality in Africa. Mon, 18 Jan 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.ipsnews.net/2016/01/seven-top-challenges-facing-african-women/ http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=39053&lan=EN This clash between the UN’s secular human-rights standards and Muslim religious doctrine mirrors the broader conflict between Islam and modernity �" a conflict that has left some citizens of Muslim countries, including women and non-Muslims, highly vulnerable. Fortunately, an emerging school of Muslim thought addresses the question in a new way, emphasizing that the Quran, like any religious text, must be interpreted �" and that those interpretations can change over time. Mon, 18 Jan 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=39053&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=39045&lan=EN Lebanese authorities are imposing regulations that effectively bar many Syrian refugees from renewing their residency permits, heightening risks of exploitation and abuse among people who fled persecution and war, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The 35-page report, �oe‘I Just Wanted to be Treated like a Person’: How Lebanon’s Residency Rules Facilitate Abuse of Syrian Refugees,” is based on interviews with more than 60 Syrian refugees, lawyers, and humanitarian workers assisting refugees in Lebanon. Human Rights Watch found that residency regulations adopted in January 2015 have resulted in most Syrians losing their legal status. Only two out of the 40 refugees interviewed said they had been able to renew their residencies. Lebanese authorities should immediately revise the renewal regulations, including by waiving renewal fees and ending requirements for many refugees to find a sponsor. Tue, 12 Jan 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=39045&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=39036&lan=EN Systemic incompetence and a complete lack of will by State and Federal authorities in Mexico to properly search for and investigate the disappearance of thousands of people are fueling a human rights crisis of epidemic proportions, said Amnesty International in a new report published today. �oeThe relentless wave of disappearances that is taking over Chihuahua and the utterly reckless way in which the investigation into the enforced disappearance of the 43 Ayotzinapa students is being handled show the Mexican authorities’ total disregard for human rights and human dignity,” said Erika Guevara-Rosas, Americas Director at Amnesty International. �oeTragically, disappearances have become such a common occurrence across Mexico that they have almost become part of ordinary life. In the rare occasions when investigations actually take place, they are little more than a mere formality to pretend something is being done.” Fri, 15 Jan 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=39036&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=39018&lan=EN The United Nations defines violence against women as "any act of gender-based violence that results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual or mental harm or suffering to women, including threats of such acts, coercion or arbitrary deprivation of liberty, whether occurring in public or in private life." • Violence against women - particularly intimate partner violence and sexual violence - are major public health problems and violations of women's human rights. • Recent global prevalence figures indicate that about 1 in 3 (35%) of women worldwide have experienced either physical and/or sexual intimate partner violence or non-partner sexual violence in their lifetime. • Most of this violence is intimate partner violence. Worldwide, almost one third (30%) of women who have been in a relationship report that they have experienced some form of physical and/or sexual violence by their intimate partner. • Globally, as many as 38% of murders of women are committed by an intimate partner. • Violence can negatively affect women’s physical, mental, sexual and reproductive health, and may increase vulnerability to HIV. Wed, 30 Dec 2015 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=39018&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=39010&lan=EN It is too bad that we have so far been unable to furnish another label with the toxic power of fascism for these abhorrent people and movements. We will have to make do with more ordinary words: religious fanaticism for the Islamic State, reactionary anarchism for the Tea Party, and self-indulgent demagoguery on behalf of oligarchy for Donald Trump. There are fringe movements today, such as Aryan Nations in the United States and Golden Dawn in Greece, that draw openly upon Nazi symbolism and employ physical violence. The term �oefascist” is better left to them. Read more at https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/is-fascism-back-by-robert-o--paxton-2016-01#cd6ppgdEsOvAHXWC.99 Thu, 07 Jan 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=39010&lan=EN http://en.qantara.de/content/human-rights-violations-in-morocco-city-of-roses-city-of-torture Almost a quarter of a century has gone by since this era, recorded in the history of Morocco as the "years of lead" (from the 1960s until the early 1990s), a time characterised by the excessive repression, persecution and torture of political dissidents �" rebels, Western Sahara activists, leftists, teachers and students. A "truth commission" has now been in place for more than 10 years, aimed at processing and making amends for the innumerable human rights violations dating from the period. More than 20,000 applications for compensation have been received by the commission, as its concluding report makes clear. But not a single historical perpetrator has since been called to account. Wed, 06 Jan 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://en.qantara.de/content/human-rights-violations-in-morocco-city-of-roses-city-of-torture http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38948&lan=EN • The WHO Constitution enshrines �oe…the highest attainable standard of health as a fundamental right of every human being.” • The right to health includes access to timely, acceptable, and affordable health care of appropriate quality. • Yet, about 100 million people globally are pushed below the poverty line as a result of health care expenditure ever year. • Vulnerable and marginalized groups in societies tend to bear an undue proportion of health problems. • Universal health coverage is a means to promote the right to health. Sun, 13 Dec 2015 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38948&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38924&lan=EN �oeCommanders have deliberately and brutally recruited and used children to fight, in total disregard for their safety and South Sudan’s law,” said Daniel Bekele, Africa director at Human Rights Watch. �oeSouth Sudan authorities should call a halt to the massive recruitment and use of children in this conflict, which deepens the decades-old patterns of abuse.” The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) estimates that 15,000 to 16,000 children may have been used by armed forces and groups in the conflict. South Sudan’s civil war began in December 2013, when soldiers loyal to President Salva Kiir and former Vice President Riek Machar, now the rebel leader, fought in Juba, the capital. As the fighting spread, both sides targeted and killed civilians, including in gruesome massacres, often based on their ethnicity. Some 2.2 million people have been displaced, many from villages or towns that were burned and pillaged. Mon, 14 Dec 2015 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38924&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38884&lan=EN A handful of countries were blocking human rights references in important parts of the climate change agreement as ministers gathered in Paris on December 7, 2015, to continue climate change negotiations, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch said today. Norway, Saudi Arabia, and the United States have been criticized by some countries and nongovernmental organizations for seeking to eliminate key references to rights in the document. Chile, Costa Rica, Mexico, and the Philippines have advocated including human rights language. The important role of respecting, protecting, and fulfilling human rights in relation to the impact of climate change on vulnerable populations has been increasingly recognized in international climate change negotiations. At the negotiations, groups including trade unions and coalitions representing indigenous peoples, women, youth, and people in small island nations have been particularly vocal in calling for strong rights language in the treaty. Mon, 07 Dec 2015 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38884&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38861&lan=EN Country delegates to the climate change meeting in Paris have overwhelmingly supported integrating human rights into the emerging international agreement, Human Rights Watch said today. The United Nations Conference on Climate Change, attended by more than 190 world leaders, continues through December 11. Many country delegates have emphasized that effectively addressing climate change requires the protection of human rights, including the rights of indigenous peoples, women and girls, people with disabilities, and migrants and refugees. The current draft also emphasizes ensuring gender equality, food security, intergenerational equity, the integrity of natural ecosystems, and a just transition of the workforce. �oeClimate change disproportionately affects people who are already vulnerable, especially in countries with limited resources and fragile ecosystems,” said Joe Amon, health and human rights director at Human Rights Watch. �oeIn the global response to climate change, we need to ensure that human rights are respected, protected and fulfilled.” Thu, 03 Dec 2015 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38861&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38860&lan=EN A straight-A student rejected from high school, a promising baseball player unable to pursue a successful career, a seriously ill woman prevented from seeing a doctor, a human rights activist virtually imprisoned in his own country. The thing they all have in common is what they do not have: a small piece of paper with their identification data printed on it. The multi-coloured card may be small, but it makes the difference between poverty and marginalization and a secure job, access to medical facilities, a school place and a chance in life. It is a card that has split a country into a thousand pieces. One that now threatens to turn tens of thousands of people into virtual ‘ghosts’, without a country to call home. Mon, 23 Nov 2015 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38860&lan=EN http://globalvoices.org/2015/11/20/more-than-100-ex-political-prisoners-win-parliament-seats-in-historic-myanmar-election/ Myanmar’s November 8 election saw a landslide victory by the NLD, but the result is historic for many reasons. Although technically Myanmar's second general election, many considered the vote to be the country's first free and fair election following decades of authoritarian rule and political turmoil. And of the 1,139 candidates declared winners so far, 110�"or around 10 percent�"have spent years behind bars as political prisoners. Fri, 20 Nov 2015 00:00:00 +0000 http://globalvoices.org/2015/11/20/more-than-100-ex-political-prisoners-win-parliament-seats-in-historic-myanmar-election/ http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38795&lan=EN Governments should not allow the recent attacks in Paris and similar mass casualty attacks elsewhere to undermine the responsibility to protect refugees around the world, Human Rights Watch said today. Concern that a small number of militant extremists may seek to take advantage of the movement of large numbers of refugees should not divert governments from their responsibility to protect refugees. �oeSowing fear of refugees is exactly the kind of response groups like ISIS are seeking,” said Iain Levine, deputy executive director for program at Human Rights Watch. �oeYes, governments need to bring order to refugee processing and weed out militant extremists, but now more than ever they also need to stand with people uprooted from their homes by ideologies of hatred and help them find real protection.” Thu, 19 Nov 2015 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38795&lan=EN http://www.opendemocracy.net/uk/des-freedman/paris-and-beirut-journalism-s-selective-compassion "A life is a life" said Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn reflecting on the disparity between blanket media coverage of the atrocities in Paris last Friday and what he perceived as a distinct lack of attention to the loss of life in other parts of the world. Pointing to last week’s suicide bombs in Beirut in which 43 people were killed and the 95 people killed in Turkey last month, Corbyn argued that "our media needs to be able to report things that happen outside of Europe as well as inside." This echoed a similar claim earlier this year that western media focused on the terror attacks in Paris back in January but paid scant attention to the massacre of many hundreds of people by Boko Haram in northern Nigeria. Corbyn’s comments have been criticised by a number of journalists and commentators who throw their hands up in horror at the idea that they prioritise some lives over others and deny that the media fail adequately to cover events wherever they take place. Wed, 18 Nov 2015 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.opendemocracy.net/uk/des-freedman/paris-and-beirut-journalism-s-selective-compassion http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38780&lan=EN As always, the global refugee problem presents an ethical imperative of hospitality at both the national and international levels. We are witnessing a human migration much as occurred during the decay of the Roman Empire. Millions of people seek new homelands so as to survive, or simply to escape the wars and to find a modicum of peace. Hospitality is the right of all and the duty of all. Immanuel Kant, (1724-1804), clearly saw that the interdependence between the rights and duties and hospitality, were necessary in order to construct what he called "perpetual peace" (Zum ewigen Frieden, 1795; see Jacob Ginsburg, Perpetual Peace, La paz perpetua, 2004). Anticipating its time, Kant proposed a world republic (Weltrepublik), or a Country of the Peoples (Völkerstaat), founded on the rights of the world citizenry (Weltbürgerrecht). This, says Kant, is the first task of "general hospitality" (allgemeine Hospitalität: § 357). This citizenry, created by general hospitality is governed by rights, and never by violence. Kant proposes dismantling all the machinery of war and abolishing all the armies, just as the Earth Charter does now. Because as long as such means of violence exist, there will be threats by the strong against the weak, and tensions between Countries, undermining the bases for a lasting peace. Mon, 16 Nov 2015 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38780&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38758&lan=EN Leaders of European and African countries should ensure that intensified migration cooperation does not come at the expense of respect for human rights, Human Rights Watch said today. Over 60 heads of state from the two regions will gather on November 11, 2015, in Valletta, Malta, for a two-day summit the European Union sought with African nations, to discuss the refugee and migration crisis. �oeEnsuring that people can live in safety and dignity should be the overarching aim of migration cooperation and development assistance,” said Judith Sunderland, associate Europe and Central Asia director at Human Rights Watch. �oeFor that to happen, at the Valletta Summit and beyond, it’s vital for human rights and refugee protection to stand as core principles for any common EU-Africa efforts.” Tue, 10 Nov 2015 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38758&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38748&lan=EN Seven people in Venezuela had to trade a keyboard for prison bars in 2014. Ordinary citizens who wrote messages on Twitter �" that were considered criminal by the Venezuelan government �" are now behind bars. In most cases, Venezuelan intelligence forces took them from their houses and workplaces and incarcerated them. Although it may seem like a newfangled practice, it is not that at all. In Venezuelan prisons there are already several Internet prisoners. Jesus Enrique Manajo was detained in September of 2010 for publishing a photograph showing the wounded face of then-president Hugo Chavez. Another example is Lourdes Alicia Ortega, brought to court in March 2013 for having stolen the identity of an employee from the Autonomous Service of Registries and Notaries to send tweets against Chávez. Mon, 09 Nov 2015 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38748&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38739&lan=EN There is a refugee crisis happening right now. Millions of Syrians have fled from their homes, fearing violence, sexual abuse, child abuse, forced conscription into the army and death. The countries where they are seeking refuge are overwhelmed. The majority of these Syrian children, women and men who have fled their homes have sought safety inside Syria. Syria is the most important host country for displaced Syrians. According to UN figures, there are now at least 7.6 million internally displaced people within Syria, many of them in areas of the country that are not at all safe by any reasonable standards. The issue of providing a safe refuge for each one of these 7.6 million people, literally in fear for their lives, is very much a crisis. There is also a refugee crisis outside of Syria. Tue, 29 Sep 2015 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38739&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38726&lan=EN Governments should ensure that their laws criminalizing membership in foreign terrorist groups meet the human rights standards laid out in a new United Nations report. The Working Group on Mercenaries, in a report to the UN General Assembly on November 2, 2015, said that recent laws �oedisproportionately restrict” human rights and �oeunnecessarily expand” surveillance powers. �oeCountries should heed the working group’s concerns and prevent their foreign terrorist fighter measures from becoming tools of repression,” said Letta Tayler, senior terrorism and counterterrorism researcher at Human Rights Watch. �oeInfringing on fundamental rights and freedoms is not the way to keep people safe.” Mon, 02 Nov 2015 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38726&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38719&lan=EN The abolition of China’s 35-year-old one-child policy closes one of the darkest chapters in the country’s history. In the late 1970s, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), determined to boost economic growth, decided that population control was the answer. Millions of abortions, sterilizations, and infanticides later, its chickens are coming home to roost. Wed, 04 Nov 2015 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38719&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38706&lan=EN Reporters Without Borders condemns a new crackdown on journalists in which at least four have been arrested in the past two days and others have been summoned and threatened by members of the Revolutionary Guard intelligence agency. Shortly after Revolutionary Guard plainclothesmen arrested four journalists at their homes and took them to an unknown location on 2 November, the Revolutionary Guard news agencies Tasnim and Fars reported the arrests of �oemembers of an illegal network linked with the governments of the US and Britain who were active in Iranian media.” Wed, 04 Nov 2015 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38706&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38703&lan=EN An estimated 50,000 or more people have been forcibly evicted from their homes as part of a push to ‘beautify’ the capital of Turkmenistan ahead of the 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games, Amnesty International can reveal today as it publishes satellite images showing the extent of the devastation. The images provide an insight into one of the world’s most darkly shrouded societies, and show that 5,000 houses, each home to an average of five people, were destroyed in the Choganly district near Ashgabat between March 2014 and April this year. Amnesty has since learned that the entire neighbourhood �" comprising more than 10,000 houses �" had been razed to the ground by September and that fresh demolitions are continuing in other areas of the capital, leaving many families homeless. Wed, 28 Oct 2015 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38703&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38698&lan=EN October marked 50 years since the Indonesian military launched one of the twentieth century’s worst mass murders. Yet the anniversary passed almost unnoticed. The massacre of some 500,000 members or sympathizers of the Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) during 1965-1966 is the least talked-about genocide of the last century. The killings started in October 1965 in the aftermath of an abortive coup allegedly planned by the PKI. The military reacted by portraying the party and its supporters as an atheist force of evil which had to be annihilated. The resulting carnage was deliberate, systematic, and spanned the country, with the most horrific and intense violence in Central and East Java, Bali, and northern Sumatra. Mon, 02 Nov 2015 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38698&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38662&lan=EN The crime of Ayotzinapa, and the cry �oeIt was the State!” shattered the Mexican government’s official narrative surrounding the violence that has plagued the country. When the Iguala municipal police�"under the close observation of federal and state forces�"opened fire on rural college students, killing six and disappearing 43 young men, a state crime was committed, a crime that the Enrique Peña Nieto’s government has not been able to hide from the eyes of the nation and the world. Approximately one year after the murders and forced disappearances, the truth is still buried. But the implications of these crimes are obvious. The whereabouts of the 43 students from the Normal Rural School Isidro Burgos of Ayotzinapa remains unknown. We don’t know whether they are alive or dead. Their fathers and mothers continue to live in daily anguish. And the people have risen up in response to a crime that reveals the depth of corruption and violence that had previously been an open secret in Mexico. Mon, 19 Oct 2015 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38662&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38635&lan=EN The European Union's asylum policy now has a face. It is that of Aylan, the drowned Syrian child lying alongside his brother on a Mediterranean beach. The macabre reality suffered by the thousands of dead migrants who preceded him heralded a turning point in the existential crisis of the common asylum policy. This has now been brought into the one realm of any worth: that of the Union's values. To form an opinion we have to know what we are talking about. The extent of the crisis explains the difficulty in responding to it. Mon, 12 Oct 2015 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38635&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38566&lan=EN Cuba is at a human rights crossroads, with important advances such as the recent release of prisoners of conscience and other activists and a number of positive reforms to its migration laws overshadowed by the government’s determination to deploy new methods to stifle dissent, said Amnesty International ahead of a state visit by Pope Francis. �oeOver the past few months, we have seen unprecedented openness when it comes to Cuba’s international relations. However, the country still needs to make progress when it comes to allowing people to peacefully express their views without fear of being harassed, detained or attacked,” said Erika Guevara-Rosas, Americas Director at Amnesty International. Thu, 17 Sep 2015 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38566&lan=EN http://globalvoicesonline.org/2015/08/28/8-ways-climate-change-is-already-affecting-africa/ Right now, the effects of climate change are already being felt by people across Africa. Evidence shows that the change in temperature has affected the health, livelihoods, food productivity, water availability, and overall security of the African people. According to the Climate Change Vulnerability Index for 2015, seven of the ten countries most at risk from climate change are in Africa. Africa has seen a decrease in rainfall over large parts of the Sahel and Southern Africa, and an increase in parts of Central Africa. Over the past 25 years, the number of weather-related disasters, such as floods and droughts, has doubled, resulting in Africa having a higher mortality rate from droughts than any other region Mon, 07 Sep 2015 00:00:00 +0000 http://globalvoicesonline.org/2015/08/28/8-ways-climate-change-is-already-affecting-africa/ http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38513&lan=EN In recent years, helped by the connective power of social media, the world has witnessed the growing force of young people fighting for and defending their rights and shaping their communities. Young people are mobilizing the masses to hold governments accountable by calling on them to respect, protect and fulfil human rights. Of course, young people have always played a key role in social movements where they have a huge stake. But now they are increasingly taking on leadership roles in peaceful protest movements and driving change. Young people are not just taking a back seat and swiping away on their gadgets, but are organizing sit-ins, protests, occupying public space, and directly holding talks with governments. They are not waiting to be told what to do. Wed, 12 Aug 2015 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38513&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38512&lan=EN Human rights violations by companies happen on a daily basis and all too often go unpunished. Last week, discussions took place at the UN in Geneva to introduce international regulation holding businesses accountable for the damage they cause, and provide affected communities with access to justice. While the EU chose not to participate in these discussions, it has however engaged in another round of TTIP negotiations, closing this Friday. We are left questioning who the EU is really standing up for, its citizens or corporate profit ? Fri, 17 Jul 2015 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38512&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38508&lan=EN The International Olympic Committee (IOC), in choosing China to host the 2022 Winter Olympics, faces massive challenges in fulfilling its expressed commitment to human rights, Human Rights Watch said today. Beijing’s selection was announced on July 31, 2015, at the 128th IOC Congress in Kuala Lumpur. The only other contender �" Kazakhstan �" also has a dismal rights record. �oeThe Olympic motto of ‘higher, faster, and stronger’ is a perfect description of the Chinese government’s assault on civil society: more peaceful activists detained in record time, subject to far harsher treatment,” said Sophie Richardson, China director. �oeIn choosing China to host another Games, the IOC has tripped on a major human rights hurdle.” Fri, 31 Jul 2015 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38508&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38496&lan=EN The Iranian authorities are believed to have executed an astonishing 694 people between 1 January and 15 July 2015, said Amnesty International today, in an unprecedented spike in executions in the country. This is equivalent to executing more than three people per day. At this shocking pace, Iran is set to surpass the total number of executions in the country recorded by Amnesty International for the whole of last year. �oeIran’s staggering execution toll for the first half of this year paints a sinister picture of the machinery of the state carrying out premeditated, judicially-sanctioned killings on a mass scale,” said Said Boumedouha, Deputy Director of Amnesty International’s Middle East and North Africa Programme. Thu, 23 Jul 2015 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38496&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38495&lan=EN The International Olympic Committee (IOC) should ensure that the host of the 2022 Winter Olympics fully respects human rights commitments in preparing for and hosting of the games, Human Rights Watch said today. Both countries in the running to host the games, China and Kazakhstan, have extremely poor human rights records. The IOC is to select the host city on July 31, 2015, at its 128th IOC Congress in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Wed, 22 Jul 2015 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38495&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38488&lan=EN UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein on Tuesday expressed deep concern about the human rights implications of a new Law on National Security adopted by China on 1 July. The new security law covers a large spectrum of issues, including environment, defence, finance, information technology, culture, ideology, education and religion. It also defines the meaning of national security extremely broadly: it is described as the condition in which the country’s government, sovereignty, unification, territorial integrity, well-being of its people, sustainable development of its economy and society and other major interests are relatively safe and not subject to internal and external threats. Sat, 04 Jul 2015 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38488&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38482&lan=EN As conflicts with local communities are a problem for oil, gas and mining companies around the world, a new report from international relief and development organization Oxfam finds that the number of mining companies with commitments to �oeFree, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC)” has almost tripled since 2012. While positive, this trend masks a number of weaknesses related to protecting the rights of local communities and indigenous people near large-scale projects. Thu, 23 Jul 2015 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38482&lan=EN http://advocacy.globalvoicesonline.org/2015/07/08/for-arab-human-rights-defenders-hacking-team-files-confirm-suspicions-of-state-surveillance/ Human rights advocates across the Arab world are combing through the troves of data uncovered in massive hack of the controversial Italian security and surveillance technology firm Hacking Team. Hacking Team's notorious �oeRemote Control System” has been used by oppressive regimes in Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Sudan, UAE, Oman, Morocco and Egypt to surveil and intimidate political opponents, human rights advocates, journalists, and digital activists. Wed, 08 Jul 2015 00:00:00 +0000 http://advocacy.globalvoicesonline.org/2015/07/08/for-arab-human-rights-defenders-hacking-team-files-confirm-suspicions-of-state-surveillance/ http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38445&lan=EN Tunisian legislators should drop problematic provisions from a new counterterrorism bill, nine nongovernmental organisations said in a joint letter to the parliament today. The draft would permit extended incommunicado detention, weaken due process guarantees for people charged with terrorism offenses, and allow the death penalty. Tue, 07 Jul 2015 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38445&lan=EN http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jul/01/china-national-security-law-internet-regulation-cyberspace-xi-jinping China has passed a wide-ranging national security law expanding its legal reach over the internet and even outer space as concerns grow about ever-tighter limits on rights. Since Xi Jinping came to power, the ruling Communist party has overseen a crackdown on activists, while unrest related to the mainly Muslim region of Xinjiang has worsened and spread. Zheng Shuna, a senior official at the National People’s Congress (NPC), said: �oeChina’s national security situation has become increasingly severe.” Wed, 01 Jul 2015 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jul/01/china-national-security-law-internet-regulation-cyberspace-xi-jinping http://en.qantara.de/content/the-civil-war-in-syria-when-minorities-become-pawns-in-a-power-game The stronger the competing Islamist terrorist militias of IS and the Nusra Front become, and the more brutal Syria's civil war gets, the easier it is for the Syrian regime to portray itself as the sole force capable of protecting the country's civilians. Despite the fact that the soldiers and mercenaries commanded by Bashar al-Assad are responsible for the vast majority of the hundreds of thousands of deaths in Syria, many in the West stubbornly stick to the view that the dictator remains the lesser evil. After all, they claim, he protects Syria's minorities. Mon, 22 Jun 2015 00:00:00 +0000 http://en.qantara.de/content/the-civil-war-in-syria-when-minorities-become-pawns-in-a-power-game http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38411&lan=EN �oeThe majority of those crossing the Mediterranean are taking terrible risks because they have to, not because they want to,” said Judith Sunderland, senior Western Europe researcher at Human Rights Watch and author of the report. �oeSaving lives and increasing safe pathways into Europe should be the EU’s priorities, while ensuring that all cooperation with countries of origin and transit countries respects international human rights standards.” Fri, 19 Jun 2015 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38411&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38396&lan=EN Survival International has received reports that violent conflict between Ethiopian soldiers and Hamar pastoralists has left dozens dead. The Hamar, like the other tribes of the Lower Omo Valley, are victims of the government’s policy of �oevillagization.” They are being evicted to roadside villages without their consent, and their ancestral grazing lands are being sold off to investors for commercial plantations. Fri, 05 Jun 2015 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38396&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38351&lan=EN Thirty-seven countries on May 29, 2015, joined an international Safe Schools Declaration that commits them to protect education from attack. In situations of conflict, widespread attacks on schools and universities, their students and staff, as well as the use of school buildings by armed parties is denying education to many thousands of people �" with devastating results for individuals and their communities, the Global Coalition to Protect Education from Attack (GCPEA) said. Fri, 29 May 2015 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38351&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38348&lan=EN The United Nations Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice adopted crucial revisions of 60-year-old international standards on treatment of prisoners at a meeting today in Vienna, which Amnesty International said could herald in a new era of respect for prisoners’ human rights. �oeThe Mandela Rules could herald in a new era in which prisoners’ human rights are fully respected,” said Yuval Ginbar, Legal Adviser at Amnesty International, who attended the Vienna meeting. Fri, 22 May 2015 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38348&lan=EN http://fr.globalvoicesonline.org/2015/05/22/185906/ It has been a year since the EU Court of Justice found the EU Data Retention Directive to be �oeinvalid” due in part to its infringement on user privacy. While stories of mass surveillance continue to dominate headlines in France, Germany and the UK, some European countries actually have sought to build stronger protections for user privacy. Fri, 22 May 2015 00:00:00 +0000 http://fr.globalvoicesonline.org/2015/05/22/185906/ http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38334&lan=EN Just 25 years ago, most people had never used a computer, seen a mobile phone or heard of the Internet. These technologies are now so embedded in everyday life, that our ways of doing, living, working, consuming, interacting and organizing, are undergoing rapid transformation, bringing many benefits. The Internet is already the leading global database for purposes of education, knowledge, work, consumption and others; but for the same reasons, there are fundamental issues of human rights and public interest, related to control and decision-making power. Hence, there are new challenges for the political-economic system and social coexistence, that our societies have not yet been able to process properly. The invasion of communication privacy is perhaps one of the most obvious examples, since Edward Snowden's revelations about massive spying by the US National Security Agency (NSA). But there are many more areas where new issues are emerging. This means that decisions on the development of Internet applications and usages have implications for human rights, justice, social and economic equity, and democracy, which require a framework of public policies and regulations at the national and international levels. Thu, 21 May 2015 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38334&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38315&lan=EN A new United Nations ‘Free & Equal’ campaign video highlighting the diversity of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) community is being shown today on the massive screens in New York’s Times Square ahead of International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia. The Day, marked Sunday, 17 May in countries around the world, this year focuses on the plight faced by young people in the LGBTI community. The two-and-a-half-minute video played on the giant Reuters and NASDAQ screens in Times Square focuses on the contributions this community makes to families and local communities around the world. Thu, 14 May 2015 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38315&lan=EN http://globalvoicesonline.org/2015/05/03/workers-celebrate-labor-day-by-joining-street-protests-across-southeast-asia/ Thousands of workers across Southeast Asia participated in various Labor Day rallies last Friday: In Cambodia, workers reiterated their petition to raise the monthly minimum wage from 128 US Dollars to 177 US Dollars. In the Philippines, protesters targeted the labor export policy. Meanwhile, in Malaysia, more than 10,000 people joined a protest against the implementation of a new consumer goods tax. And in Singapore, labor unions raised the issue of wage inequality. Sun, 03 May 2015 00:00:00 +0000 http://globalvoicesonline.org/2015/05/03/workers-celebrate-labor-day-by-joining-street-protests-across-southeast-asia/ http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38295&lan=EN Freedom of expression and press freedom are critical to the successful implementation of good governance and human rights around the world, top United Nations officials declared today as they inaugurated the 2015 edition of World Press Freedom Day with a reminder that both freedoms were �oeessential” for the shaping of a new global sustainable development agenda. Sun, 03 May 2015 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38295&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38291&lan=EN The geography of sport mega-event hosting is changing significantly, as several mega-event researchers had predicted, and we now see more prospective hosts from the Global South and East. Many of them are industrialising, rather than advanced economies, which raises the question why they would want to invest vast volumes of capital to stage an event which research has shown almost never yields the projected economic returns. Thu, 23 Apr 2015 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38291&lan=EN http://es.globalvoicesonline.org/2015/04/24/recordar-al-millon-y-medio-de-victimas-del-genocidio-armenio-es-una-obligacion-moral/ The conference, titled �oeInternational Social and Political Global Forum Against the Crime of Genocide”, invited genocide scholars, historians, journalists, politicians and religious leaders to talk about the Armenian genocide, its legacy as well as its current and future consequences vis-a-vis international law. Thu, 23 Apr 2015 00:00:00 +0000 http://es.globalvoicesonline.org/2015/04/24/recordar-al-millon-y-medio-de-victimas-del-genocidio-armenio-es-una-obligacion-moral/ http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38264&lan=EN The United Nations human rights office said today that it is increasingly worried that the dire situation in parts of the east of Ukraine is likely to deteriorate further due to breaches of the ceasefire and violations of the Minsk Agreement. �oeCivilians continue to suffer seriously as a result of the protracted conflict,” UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani told reporters in Geneva today. According to reports, fighting has intensified, especially in the vicinity of the Donetsk airport and near the village of Shyrokine in the Donetsk region, where heavy weapons, including mortars, artillery and tanks are reportedly extensively used �" running counter to the Minsk Accords. Fri, 17 Apr 2015 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38264&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38261&lan=EN A new report by Amnesty International details the rampant abuses including torture, arbitrary detentions and excessive use of force against peaceful activists and government critics, which continue to take place in Bahrain four years after the uprisings that rocked the Gulf kingdom in 2011. Behind the Rhetoric: Human rights abuses in Bahrain continue unabated, demonstrates that the authorities have failed to deliver crucial reforms to end repression, despite repeated assurances to their Western allies that they are truly committed to human rights. Thu, 16 Apr 2015 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38261&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38245&lan=EN Programmers, manufacturers, and military personnel could all escape liability for unlawful deaths and injuries caused by fully autonomous weapons, or �oekiller robots,” Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The 38-page report, �oeMind the Gap: The Lack of Accountability for Killer Robots,” details significant hurdles to assigning personal accountability for the actions of fully autonomous weapons under both criminal and civil law. It also elaborates on the consequences of failing to assign legal responsibility. Thu, 09 Apr 2015 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38245&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38221&lan=EN It has been claimed that if all terrorists are not Arabs or Muslims, that most terrorists are Arabs or Muslims. Is this true or another myth? An empirical look at data compiled in the US and Europe will help answer this question. Thu, 09 Apr 2015 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38221&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38207&lan=EN The winner of the 2015 UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize is Syrian journalist and human rights activist, Mazen Darwish, currently imprisoned. The Prize will be awarded during the celebration of World Press Freedom Day, 3 May, which will this year be hosted by Latvia (National Library, Riga, 6 p.m.). Fri, 03 Apr 2015 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38207&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38200&lan=EN The numbers behind our latest overview of the global use of the death penalty, released today, tell a chilling story: 607 people were executed in 22 countries and at least 2,466 men and women were sentenced to death in 55 countries in 2014 alone. But, alarming as they are, the figures paint a partial picture of the true extent to which people are hanged, shot or given the lethal injection across the world. The reality is likely to be much gloomier but many governments refuse to come clean about how many people they kill each year. Wed, 01 Apr 2015 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38200&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38194&lan=EN The Council of Europe is launching today �"in co-operation with five partner organisations�" an Internet platform aimed at protecting journalism and promoting the safety of journalists. Via the platform, the partner organisations �"Article 19, the Association of European Journalists, the European Federation of Journalists, the International Federation of Journalists and Reporters Without Borders�" will issue alerts concerning media freedom threats and will bring them to the attention of the Council of Europe institutions. Thu, 02 Apr 2015 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38194&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38187&lan=EN Privacy International, Amnesty International, FIDH, the French League for Human Rights and Reporters Without Borders are alarmed by the expansive surveillance powers to be granted to surveillance agencies contained in a Bill transferred to the French parliament on Friday. Under the new law, French intelligence agencies would be empowered to hack into computers and devices and spy on the communications of anyone who makes contact with a person under suspicion, even incidentally. The new law will enable them to do this without having to obtain a judicial warrant. Wed, 25 Mar 2015 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38187&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38185&lan=EN An alarming number of countries used the death penalty to tackle real or perceived threats to state security linked to terrorism, crime or internal instability in 2014, Amnesty International found in its annual review of the death penalty worldwide. The number of death sentences recorded in 2014 jumped by almost 500 compared to 2013, mainly because of sharp spikes in Egypt and Nigeria, including mass sentencing in both countries in the context of internal conflict and political instability. Wed, 01 Apr 2015 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38185&lan=EN http://de.qantara.de/inhalt/kuenstler-in-der-tuerkei-kreativ-gegen-erdogans-zensur Turkey welcomes private investors in the fields of art and culture, but artists feel oppressed by the government. Beyond censorship and commercial speculation, an alternative art scene offers some hope. Behind the scenes, this "cultural boom" looks a lot different. "Everything has been stagnating for the last few years," says the urban sociologist Ayca Ince. She relates this to the fact that Turkey has not developed a tradition of cultural policy. The neoliberal Justice and Development Party (AKP), which has been ruling Turkey for the last 12 years, has not contributed much to it either. Sun, 29 Mar 2015 00:00:00 +0000 http://de.qantara.de/inhalt/kuenstler-in-der-tuerkei-kreativ-gegen-erdogans-zensur http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38152&lan=EN UN Human Rights Council members on March 26, 2015, took an important step in global efforts to protect privacy on the internet, as well as more broadly, Human Rights Watch said today. The council unanimously agreed to appoint a new UN special rapporteur, or expert, on the right to privacy. �oeHow privacy is protected online is one of the most pressing issues of our time,” said Eileen Donahoe, director of global affairs at Human Rights Watch. �oeOur hope is that the Human Rights Council resolution marks the beginning of a serious global reckoning with mass surveillance and its effects.” Thu, 26 Mar 2015 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38152&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38094&lan=EN As states meet in New York to evaluate commitments made 20 years ago in Beijing, women’s rights are under serious threat across the globe, FIDH said in a note. When governments gathered in Beijing in 1995, they signed up to a road map to eliminate discrimination against women in law and practice. In 2015, it is evident that the political will necessary to translate commitment into reform has fallen woefully short. Not only has progress been slow and halting but in some countries women’s rights have undergone serious setbacks. Fri, 06 Mar 2015 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38094&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38067&lan=EN One of the �oebiggest Snowden stories yet” has arrived on the 20th of February, according to journalist Glenn Greenwald. Spies from the United States’ National Security Agency (NSA) and the United Kingdom's Government Communication Headquarters (GCHQ) �oehacked into the internal computer network of the largest manufacturer of SIM cards in the world, stealing encryption keys used to protect the privacy of cellphone communications across the globe.” The information was obtained from top-secret documents leaked by Edward Snowden. Fri, 20 Feb 2015 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38067&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38064&lan=EN Governments pay lip service to the importance of protecting civilians. And yet the world's politicians have miserably failed to protect those in greatest need. Amnesty International believes that this can and must finally change. International humanitarian law - the law that governs the conduct of armed conflict - could not be clearer. Attacks must never be directed against civilians. The principle of distinguishing between civilians and combatants is a fundamental safeguard for people caught up in the horrors of war. Fri, 27 Feb 2015 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38064&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38061&lan=EN It’s true that in the last few years there has been an enormous decline on all fronts and in all areas. The world, Europe and Spain undoubtedly suffer its effects. Our political leaders have surrendered to the rules of the markets and obediently subject our society to �oeaustericide.” It is irrelevant that their formulas don’t work and that there’s no end in sight to their budget cuts. Spaniards are now �oecheaper” than a majority of the rest of Europeans. With the worsening of our standard of living we are also (paradoxically) more submissive, accepting whatever they impose. But not all of us, because a new type of citizen power is emerging that is so strong that it provokes much fear among members of the �oeestablishment.” Perfectly aware of what this means, they are attempting to stop this trend by any and all means at their disposal. Thu, 26 Feb 2015 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=38061&lan=EN http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/11402671/Killers-and-rapists-win-human-rights-victory-at-Strasbourg.html A serial killer, child murderers and paedophiles are among more than 1,000 criminals who have won a European human rights legal challenge over the ban on prisoner voting. The European Court of Human Rights said the offenders' rights had been breached by the blanket ban on votes for inmates. But in what will be interpreted as a conciliatory gesture to British politicians who have criticised Strasbourg's interference in our domestic laws, the judges said the criminals would not get one penny's compensation. Tue, 10 Feb 2015 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/11402671/Killers-and-rapists-win-human-rights-victory-at-Strasbourg.html http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/feb/05/antisemitic-attacks-uk-community-security-trust-britain-jewish-population The number of antisemitic incidents in the UK has reached the highest level ever recorded, with reports of violence, property damage, abuse and threats against members of Britain’s Jewish population more than doubling last year. The Community Security Trust, a Jewish security charity which runs an incident hotline, recorded 1,168 antisemitic incidents against Britain’s 291,000 Jews in 2014, against 535 in 2013 and 25% up on the previous record in 2009. Thu, 05 Feb 2015 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/feb/05/antisemitic-attacks-uk-community-security-trust-britain-jewish-population http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=37998&lan=EN Governments make a big mistake when they ignore human rights to counter serious security challenges, Human Rights Watch said in releasing its annual world report. In his introductory essay, Executive Director Kenneth Roth highlights the counterproductive circle-the-wagons approach to human rights that many governments adopted during the past tumultuous year. �oeHuman rights violations played a major role in spawning or aggravating many of today’s crises,” Roth said. �oeProtecting human rights and ensuring democratic accountability are key to resolving them.” Thu, 29 Jan 2015 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=37998&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=37988&lan=EN The European Committee of Social Rights (ECSR) publishes today its annual conclusions for 2014 showing 252 violations of the European Social Charter, a counterpart to the European Convention on Human Rights in the social and economic field, across 41 Council of Europe member states. The ECSR adopted 725 conclusions on the articles of the Charter relating to labour rights. Thu, 22 Jan 2015 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=37988&lan=EN http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/mexican-authorities-pronounce-43-missing-students-dead-but-parents-reject-murder-theory-10007294.html The 43 students abducted by police in Mexico have been officially declared dead for the first time, despite the fact that remains of only one person have been identified. Parents accuse the government of trying to close an investigation that has implicated security forces, the army and a mayor in a case that shocked the world. Mexico’s Attorney General, Jesus Murillo Karam, told families of the missing students that their children had been rounded up by police and handed over to a drug gang, who murdered them and incinerated their bodies at a rubbish dump, mistaking them for rival cartel members. Wed, 28 Jan 2015 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/mexican-authorities-pronounce-43-missing-students-dead-but-parents-reject-murder-theory-10007294.html http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=37978&lan=EN On Sunday, January 11, millions of protesters took to the streets throughout Europe to demonstrate their revulsion against the attempt to suppress freedom of expression and the attack against French magazine Charlie Hebdo. That same day, the interior ministers of European Union member countries met to discuss a common policy on combating terrorism in Europe. Many think that defending freedom has been short-lived for these leaders, since the measures being considered range from restricting the freedom of movement in the Schengen zone to collecting data on the communications and travel of certain people, as well as closely monitoring the Internet and social networks. Tue, 20 Jan 2015 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=37978&lan=EN http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2015/jan/22/congo-drc-women-peacekeeping Despite some success, women in DRC striving to help resolve the country’s conflicts are hindered by cultural constraints and entrenched gender roles. • Explainer: Has resolution 1325 made any difference for women? • Female UN peacekeepers: an all-too-rare sight Thu, 22 Jan 2015 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2015/jan/22/congo-drc-women-peacekeeping http://www.dw.de/opinion-solidarity-with-raif-badawi/a-18195242 Angela Merkel has again vowed to protect Muslims living in Germany from prejudice, but she also stressed: "religious freedom and tolerance doesn't mean that sharia law stands above the constitution." If Merkel were not the German chancellor, but a citizen of Saudi Arabia, this statement could likely earn her a draconian punishment - just like Raif Badawi. The Saudi blogger was sentenced to 1,000 lashes as well as 10 years in prison and a hefty fine for what was deemed an "insult" to Islam. Fri, 16 Jan 2015 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.dw.de/opinion-solidarity-with-raif-badawi/a-18195242 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=37929&lan=EN �oeHungary shouldbetter ensure media freedom, combat widespread intolerance and discrimination, and improve the protection of the human rights of migrants” said Nils Muižnieks, Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights. While welcoming improvements to Hungary’s media legislation introduced since the adoption of a restrictive media package in 2010, the Commissioner remains concerned that media in Hungary suffer from an inadequate legal framework and political pressures. �oeThe mere existence of some provisions, such as severe sanctions, chills media freedom and pushed a number of media outlets towards self-censorship.” The extensive administrative regulatory powers of the Media Council coupled with its vulnerability to political influence and control also remain problematic. Tue, 16 Dec 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=37929&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=37928&lan=EN A Tunisian blogger has been imprisoned after the Tunis military court sentenced him to a three-year term for �oedefaming the army” and �oeinsulting military high command” through Facebook posts. Authorities arrested Yassine Ayari upon his arrival at Tunis-Carthage airport from France on December 24, 2014. On December 25, he appeared before a military judge who informed him that a military court had convicted him in absentia on November 18. In another trial on November 18, the same military court sentenced in absentia Sahbi Jouini, a police union leader, to two years in prison under the same article of the military justice code concerning defamation. Tue, 06 Jan 2015 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=37928&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=37927&lan=EN A United Nations expert group on discrimination against women warned that Spain’s efforts to integrate women into public, political and economic life and to eradicate domestic violence are been threatened by policies adopted in the wake of the economic crisis. �oeSpain has established a groundbreaking legal and institutional infrastructure for gender equality. Prior to the economic crisis, this process had started to bring significant gains for women,” said Frances Raday, who currently heads United Nations Working Group on discrimination against women in law and in practice. Fri, 19 Dec 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=37927&lan=EN http://www.france24.com/fr/20150111-marche-republicaine-dirigeants-peu-attaches-a-liberte-presse-rsf/ More than 50 leaders from around the world took part in a massive march in Paris Sunday (January 11) in a show of unity against extremism and to honour the victims of the Charlie Hebdo massacre �" seen as an attack on free speech and freedom of the press. But Reporters Without Borders has highlighted how many of the heads of state and high-ranking ministers present on Sunday represent countries that themselves have highly questionable records when it comes to free speech, from the suppression of demonstrations to the imprisonment of journalists. Mon, 12 Jan 2015 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.france24.com/fr/20150111-marche-republicaine-dirigeants-peu-attaches-a-liberte-presse-rsf/ http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=37868&lan=EN South Sudan should make an unequivocal commitment to justice for serious crimes committed during the brutal war that began a year ago, Human Rights Watch said. The government should acknowledge that a purely domestic effort will not assure fair, credible trials given major deficiencies within the national courts. The 38-page report, �oeEnding the Era of Injustice”, draws from interviews with South Sudanese judges, prosecutors, private lawyers, victims, government officials, nongovernmental groups, UN staff, and foreign diplomats in October 2014 to explain why justice is needed, and makes recommendations to ensure perpetrators are held to account. Lack of justice in South Sudan has emboldened those carrying out abuses, and Human Rights Watch found strong support among activists, lawyers, and victims for prosecuting crimes committed during the current conflict. Thu, 11 Dec 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=37868&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=37839&lan=EN The proposed re-licensing of heavily polluted land in the Department of Loreto region of Peru would perpetuate and exacerbate serious violations of human rights of indigenous peoples, including their right to health, food and water, two United Nations experts on indigenous peoples and toxic waste have said. The UN human rights experts’ warning comes after the Peruvian Government’s decision to start licensing block 192 (formerly 1 AB) on 15 December 2014, despite a signed agreement between the State-owned oil company Petroperu and indigenous communities to clean up land and water heavily polluted by 44 years of oil spills. Mon, 15 Dec 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=37839&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=37830&lan=EN Campaigners, lawyers, journalists, community leaders and trade unionists, all human rights defenders who put their lives and liberty at risk in the fight for human rights, continue to suffer intimidation, harassment and violence across Latin America and the Caribbean according to a new Amnesty International report. Launching on International Human Rights Defenders Day, Defending Human Rights in the Americas: Necessary, Legitimate and Dangerous gives an overview on the situation of human rights defenders in the Americas region. Mon, 08 Dec 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=37830&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=37829&lan=EN The situation of Tajik migrants in Russia is deteriorating, said FIDH and ADC Memorial in a report. Increasingly restrictive migration laws are pushing migrants into irregular situations and increasing their vulnerability, while exploitation goes unchecked. The dire economic situation in Tajikistan, where around 40% of the population of working age is unemployed, continues to push hundreds of thousands of men and women to leave for Russia every year. According to official statistics, in 2014 there were over a million Tajik citizens in Russia. Thu, 11 Dec 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=37829&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=37828&lan=EN The year 2014 has been one of horror, fear and despair for millions of children, as worsening conflicts across the world saw them exposed to extreme violence and its consequences, forcibly recruited and deliberately targeted by warring groups, UNICEF said. �oeThis has been a devastating year for millions of children,” said Anthony Lake, UNICEF Executive Director. �oeChildren have been killed while studying in the classroom and while sleeping in their beds; they have been orphaned, kidnapped, tortured, recruited, raped and even sold as slaves. Never in recent memory have so many children been subjected to such unspeakable brutality.” Mon, 08 Dec 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=37828&lan=EN http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/iraq-150-women-killed-after-refusing-marry-islamic-state-fighters-1143454965 At least 150 women who refused to marry fighters belonging to the Islamic State (IS) group have been executed in the western Iraqi province of Anbar, the country's Ministry of Human Rights reported. According to a ministry statement, IS fighters carried out a number of attacks in Fallujah and buried the victims in mass graves in one of the city’s neighbourhoods. Tue, 16 Dec 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/iraq-150-women-killed-after-refusing-marry-islamic-state-fighters-1143454965 http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/dec/14/turkish-police-raid-opposition-media Turkish police have detained at least 23 people in orchestrated raids on opposition media outlets with close ties to the US-based Islamic cleric Fethullah Gülen, a key critic of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The raids came days after Erdogan announced a fresh operation against supporters of Gülen, a former ally whom Erdogan accuses of having established a �oeparallel organisation” �" an influential network within state institutions such as the police and judiciary as well as within the media �" that aims to overthrow the Justice and Development party (AKP) government. Gülen denies the charge. Sun, 14 Dec 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/dec/14/turkish-police-raid-opposition-media http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=37803&lan=EN Women and girls with disabilities in India are forced into mental hospitals and institutions, where they face unsanitary conditions, risk physical and sexual violence, and experience involuntary treatment, including electroshock therapy. As one woman put it, they are �oetreated worse than animals.” In a new report, Human Rights Watch found that women forcibly admitted to government institutions and mental hospitals suffer grave abuses and called for the government to take prompt steps to shift from forced institutional care to voluntary community-based services and support for people with disabilities. Wed, 03 Dec 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=37803&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=37792&lan=EN The US Senate Intelligence Committee’s report summary on the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) detention and interrogation program is a powerful denunciation of the agency’s extensive and systematic use of torture, Human Rights Watch said today. The 525-page partially redacted summary, released on December 9, 2014, is part of a 6,700-page classified report that the committee has still not indicated it plans to release. Wed, 10 Dec 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=37792&lan=EN http://cumbrepuebloscop20.org/fr/la-marche-des-peuples-pour-le-climat/ Wed, 10 Dec 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://cumbrepuebloscop20.org/fr/la-marche-des-peuples-pour-le-climat/ http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=37755&lan=EN The 2014 Global Report on Trafficking in Persons shows that one in three known victims of human trafficking is a child - a 5 per cent increase compared to the 2007-2010 period. Girls make up 2 out of every 3 child victims, and together with women, account for 70 per cent of overall trafficking victims worldwide. "The report shows there is no place in the world where children, women and men are safe from human trafficking," said UNODC Executive Director Yury Fedotov "Official data reported to UNODC by national authorities represent only what has been detected. It is very clear that the scale of modern-day slavery is far worse." Mon, 24 Nov 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=37755&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=37745&lan=EN Seve, a 19-year-old Yazidi woman, has vivid memories of the Islamic State fighter who locked her in his house and tried to rape her after she was kidnapped by IS in August. Seve’s story raises the question of what Muslim religious leaders in the United Kingdom, a recruiting ground for IS, could do to condemn sexual abuse by the extremist group. IS endorsed sexual slavery on 11th October in its online English-language magazine Dabiq, which targets potential recruits in countries such as the UK, the US and Australia. Tue, 25 Nov 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=37745&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=37740&lan=EN Civilians have continued to be killed, unlawfully detained, tortured and disappeared in eastern Ukraine, and the number of internally displaced people has risen considerably despite the announcement of a ceasefire on 5 September, according to a new UN human rights monitoring report. Thu, 20 Nov 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=37740&lan=EN http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/nov/23/iranian-british-woman-jailed-attending-iran-volleyball-match-bailed An Iranian-British woman jailed for trying to attend a men’s volleyball game in Iran has been released on bail, her family has said. Ghoncheh Ghavami, 25, was found guilty of �oepropagating against the ruling system” and received the custodial sentence. Sun, 23 Nov 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/nov/23/iranian-british-woman-jailed-attending-iran-volleyball-match-bailed http://www.amnesty.fr/Presse/Communiques-de-presse/Chine-Un-militant-est-accuse-de-subversion-pour-avoir-soutenu-les-manifestations-de-Hong-Kong-13275 The Chinese authorities appear to have intensified the crackdown against mainland activists for peacefully supporting the Hong Kong protests, Amnesty International said, following reports one faces the charge of �oeinciting subversion”. Mon, 17 Nov 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.amnesty.fr/Presse/Communiques-de-presse/Chine-Un-militant-est-accuse-de-subversion-pour-avoir-soutenu-les-manifestations-de-Hong-Kong-13275 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=37715&lan=EN Russian and local authorities have severely curtailed human rights protections in Crimea since Russia began its occupation of the peninsula in February 2014. The report, based on recent, on-the-ground research in Crimea, describes the human rights consequences of the extension of Russian law and policy to Crimea since the occupation. Russia has violated multiple obligations it has as an occupying power under international humanitarian law �" in particular in relation to the protection of civilians’ rights, Human Rights Watch found. Mon, 17 Nov 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=37715&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=37654&lan=EN Kurdish children from the Syrian city of Kobani (or Ain al-\'Arab in Arabic) were tortured and abused while detained by Islamic State (also known as ISIS), Human Rights Watch said. Four children gave detailed accounts of the suffering they endured while held for four months with about 100 other children. Tue, 04 Nov 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=37654&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=37627&lan=EN Gunmen from the Sunni extremist group Islamic State systematically executed some 600 male inmates from a prison outside the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, according to survivors’ accounts. The vast majority of those killed were Shia. Thu, 30 Oct 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=37627&lan=EN http://en.qantara.de/content/the-states-stranglehold-over-egyptian-society-egypts-1984 President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi's steps to quash dissent surpass those of the Mubarak era in scope and intensity. There is hardly any area of civil life that has not been left untouched by the raft of recent measures to assert control. Thu, 30 Oct 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://en.qantara.de/content/the-states-stranglehold-over-egyptian-society-egypts-1984 http://www.dw.de/in-cologne-a-clash-between-words-and-deeds/a-18022553 The demonstration in Cologne of "Hooligans against Salafists" was intended to be a peaceful protest against extremist violence. Sun, 26 Oct 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.dw.de/in-cologne-a-clash-between-words-and-deeds/a-18022553 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=37596&lan=EN The US government’s rapid-fire screening of unauthorized migrants at the border is sending Central Americans back to the risk of serious harm, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Thu, 16 Oct 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=37596&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=37589&lan=EN Women and girls abducted by the Islamist group Boko Haram are forced to marry, convert, and endure physical and psychological abuse, forced labor, and rape in captivity, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The group has abducted more than 500 women and girls since 2009, and intensified abductions since May 2013. Mon, 27 Oct 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=37589&lan=EN http://www.dw.de/in-cologne-a-clash-between-words-and-deeds/a-18022553 The demonstration started off as non-violently as had been announced, with some 2,000 people gathering at a square behind Cologne's central train station to protest against an extremist sect of Islam known as Salafism. Surrounded by hundreds of police equipped with riot gear, the crowd, led by various speakers on a stage set up at the front, waved German national flags and chanted a slew of anti-Salafist slogans. One rhyme, in particular, was repeated often: "Wir wollen keine! / Salafisten-Schweine!" (We don't want any! / Salafist pigs!) Sun, 26 Oct 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.dw.de/in-cologne-a-clash-between-words-and-deeds/a-18022553 http://en.qantara.de/content/interview-with-ramin-sadighi-from-the-iranian-music-label-hermes-records-the-fine-line Have the sanctions against Iran up to now had negative effects on Hermes Records? For example, when it comes to the provision of recording equipment and music productions? Ramin Sadighi, the founder of Iranian world music label Hermes Records, talks about the constraints on artists in the Islamic Republic, the battle against copyright infringement and what international sanctions mean for his record label. Mon, 20 Oct 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://en.qantara.de/content/interview-with-ramin-sadighi-from-the-iranian-music-label-hermes-records-the-fine-line http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=37561&lan=EN Mexico faces an extremely serious situation in the area of communication and media, characterized by an extreme deficit of democracy, a grave systematic attack on human rights and a constant infringement of the essential principles of a State of Law. This is the conclusion of the Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal (PPT). In the framework of the Session on Free Trade, violence, impunity and the rights of peoples in Mexico, the PPT, in Mexico City, held the final thematic session on Disinformation, censorship and violence against communicators, responding to a request for attention, denunciation and justice formulated by a wide network of associations, youth movements, communication workers and journalists, representatives of the academic world, free media and community radio stations. Tue, 30 Sep 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=37561&lan=EN http://www.amnesty.org/fr/news/flowers-anna-russia-s-offensive-media-and-truth-2014-10-07 On a quiet side-street in a well-heeled Moscow neighbourhood two kilometres from the Kremlin, Novaya Gazeta has its headquarters in a drab pink and grey concrete office block. Fiercely independent since it was set up in 1993 with funds from Mikhail Gorbachev’s Nobel Peace Prize, today the newspaper is one of a dwindling number of free media voices in Russia. Both at home and abroad, it has for years been seen as critical source of solid investigative journalism on the issues that matter most to Russian society. But that status has come at a price. Tue, 07 Oct 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.amnesty.org/fr/news/flowers-anna-russia-s-offensive-media-and-truth-2014-10-07 http://en.qantara.de/content/contrasting-images-of-islam-the-last-gasp-of-archaic-masculinity One in every two people in Germany believes that Islam is not part of German society. Until this attitude changes, the Islam we see in the evening news and not the actual reality of Islam in Germany will remain for many the genuine face of Islam. In this essay, Charlotte Wiedemann takes a closer look at Muslim women in Germany and shows how drastically they differ from the prevailing image of Islam in this country. Fri, 26 Sep 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://en.qantara.de/content/contrasting-images-of-islam-the-last-gasp-of-archaic-masculinity http://www.amnesty.org/fr/news/death-toll-mediterranean-rises-while-europe-looks-other-way-2014-09-30 A year on from the Lampedusa shipwrecks, which claimed more than 500 lives, a new report by Amnesty International highlights how the shameful inaction of European Union countries has contributed to a spiralling death toll with thousands of refugees and migrants losing their lives in a desperate bid to reach European shores. Tue, 30 Sep 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.amnesty.org/fr/news/death-toll-mediterranean-rises-while-europe-looks-other-way-2014-09-30 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=37493&lan=EN Governments wanting to limit impunity for the most serious international crimes should look to the examples of three European countries showing leadership in this area, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Specialized war crimes units composed of police, prosecutors, and immigration officials have the means to bring those responsible for atrocity crimes worldwide to justice and to ensure that war criminals don’t find safe haven when they flee their own country. Wed, 17 Sep 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=37493&lan=EN http://www.euractiv.com/sections/development-policy/millennium-goals-leave-most-deprived-behind-308442 A report by the NGO ATD Fourth World highlights the failures of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in the struggle against poverty, claiming some performance measures exclude the most disadvantaged. Wed, 17 Sep 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.euractiv.com/sections/development-policy/millennium-goals-leave-most-deprived-behind-308442 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=37472&lan=EN European leaders must do more to provide safe and legal ways for refugees and migrants to access international protection in the European Union, Amnesty International said today after a boat bound for Italy sank off the coast of Libya leaving many feared drowned. Mon, 15 Sep 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=37472&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=37456&lan=EN Torture and ill-treatment in Mexico is out of control with a 600 per cent rise in the number of reported cases in the past decade, according to a new report published by Amnesty International. Thu, 04 Sep 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=37456&lan=EN http://www.e-ir.info/2014/09/12/islamic-state-the-arab-spring-and-the-disenchantment-with-political-islam/ Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood being supported by a large part of the population despite the strong government repression it exercises, Islamist Militia haunting a barely existing central government in Libya, and various Jihadi groups playing a crucial role in the Syrian civil war all seem to be closely related to Political Islam. Above all, it is the sudden and strong presence of Islamic State (IS) in Iraq and Syria which adds most to the impression about a new era of dominance of Political Islam. However, developments like the success of the social protests in Northern Africa in ousting their autocratic governments as well as the image of Islamist militia in Libya, Syria, and Iraq as being a sectarian and self-serving actor may have brought about disenchantment with Political Islam as means for social and political justice. That being the case, Political Islam may face a significant decline in influencing national, regional and global events in the near future. Fri, 12 Sep 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.e-ir.info/2014/09/12/islamic-state-the-arab-spring-and-the-disenchantment-with-political-islam/ http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=37443&lan=EN The reported killing of 14 civilians, including two children, in a US/NATO airstrike in eastern Afghanistan highlights the urgent need for transparent investigations and justice for civilian casualties caused by foreign troops in the country, said Amnesty International. Wed, 10 Sep 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=37443&lan=EN http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/making-an-ethical-choice-on-smartphones/40599144 Tue, 09 Sep 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/making-an-ethical-choice-on-smartphones/40599144 http://www.e-ir.info/2014/09/10/sas-v-france-the-french-burqa-ban-and-religious-freedom/ On 1st July, the European Court of Human Rights made its most recent ruling regarding religious symbols in its decision in the case of France’s ban on face coverings, known as the ‘burqa-ban’. The Court held that this ban does not breach the right to freedom of religion as protected by Article 9 of the European Convention on Human Rights. Wed, 10 Sep 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.e-ir.info/2014/09/10/sas-v-france-the-french-burqa-ban-and-religious-freedom/ http://www.theguardian.com/law/2014/aug/18/hague-court-western-pressure-gaza-inquiry The international criminal court has persistently avoided opening an investigation into alleged war crimes in Gaza as a result of US and other western pressure, former court officials and lawyers claim. Mon, 18 Aug 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.theguardian.com/law/2014/aug/18/hague-court-western-pressure-gaza-inquiry http://fr.globalvoicesonline.org/2014/08/31/174154/ While some Arab countries saw political changes in 2011 ( president Ben Ali was ousted from power after ruling Tunisia for 24 years, Hosni Mubarak was deposed after ruling Egypt for 30 years ) many cultural and political boundaries still remain in place for artistic freedom. Fri, 29 Aug 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://fr.globalvoicesonline.org/2014/08/31/174154/ http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=37349&lan=EN The rare acquittal of a death row prisoner in China, who had languished in prison through six years’ of appeals, is another reminder of the need to immediately end all executions and abolish the death penalty in the country, Amnesty International said. Fri, 22 Aug 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=37349&lan=EN http://consortiumnews.com/2014/08/22/how-the-internet-checks-police-abuses/ Though often disparaged by the mainstream media, the Internet �" and its social media �" represent an important safeguard against civil rights abuses, like the police shooting in Ferguson, Missouri, from being covered up. That makes Net neutrality especially important, says Michael Winship. Fri, 22 Aug 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://consortiumnews.com/2014/08/22/how-the-internet-checks-police-abuses/ http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=37326&lan=EN Children accused of being members of armed groups in the conflict in Mali are languishing in adult jails while human rights abuses continue, said Amnesty International in a short briefing published today Thu, 21 Aug 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=37326&lan=EN http://fr.globalvoicesonline.org/2014/08/19/173545/ Thailand’s military government, known as the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO), has enacted an interim constitution that it claims will lead to democratic reforms in the country, but critics have pointed out that the new charter is designed to perpetuate a military dictatorship. Tue, 19 Aug 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://fr.globalvoicesonline.org/2014/08/19/173545/ http://theglobalobservatory.org/analysis/802-cameroon-growing-threat-boko-haram.html The Kolofata incident was by no means the first attack in Cameroon to be attributed to Boko Haram. Indeed, over the past 18 months, the sect has conducted a number of armed incursions in the country’s Extreme-Nord administrative division, which shares a long and porous border with Nigeria’s insurgent-embattled Adamawa and Borno states. Thu, 14 Aug 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://theglobalobservatory.org/analysis/802-cameroon-growing-threat-boko-haram.html http://www.fidh.org/fr/asie/cambodge/cetc/15880-cambodge-la-condamnation-de-2-anciens-dirigeants-khmers-rouges-a-la-prison The decision issued by the Trial Chamber of the ECCC represents an important step against the impunity of former Khmer Rouge high-ranking officials. It is also a positive message for younger generations that these crimes cannot go unpunished Thu, 07 Aug 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.fidh.org/fr/asie/cambodge/cetc/15880-cambodge-la-condamnation-de-2-anciens-dirigeants-khmers-rouges-a-la-prison http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=37267&lan=EN The United Nations refugee agency today expressed alarm that recent deportations of asylum-seekers from Sri Lanka back to Pakistan were growing in size and scope despite international calls to stop sending them back to a place where their lives could be in danger. Tue, 12 Aug 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=37267&lan=EN http://consortiumnews.com/2014/08/12/still-tolerating-torture/ President Obama admits that U.S. authorities engaged in torture during the �oewar on terror” but he has taken no action to hold the torturers accountable and even elevated one of its defenders, John Brennan, to chief of the CIA, notes William Blum. Tue, 12 Aug 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://consortiumnews.com/2014/08/12/still-tolerating-torture/ http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=37264&lan=EN Marking the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples today, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said indigenous peoples have a central interest in development and can act as �oepowerful agents of progress.” Sat, 09 Aug 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=37264&lan=EN http://fr.globalvoicesonline.org/2014/07/28/172595/ The Thai military junta has escalated its media war, now banning media organizations from publishing anything that �oecould create resistance against the junta” Mon, 28 Jul 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://fr.globalvoicesonline.org/2014/07/28/172595/ http://opiniojuris.org/2014/08/05/breaking-otp-rejects-jurisdiction-situation-palestine/ The ICC Office of the Prosecutor has just released the following statement: Palestine is not a State Party to the Rome Statute, the founding treaty of the ICC; neither has the Court received any official document from Palestine indicating acceptance of ICC jurisdiction or requesting the Prosecutor to open an investigation into any alleged crimes following the November 2012 United Nations General Assembly Resolution (67/19), which accorded non-member observer State status to Palestine. Tue, 05 Aug 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://opiniojuris.org/2014/08/05/breaking-otp-rejects-jurisdiction-situation-palestine/ http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=37210&lan=EN Describing the trade and exploitation of human beings through trafficking as one of the gravest and most comprehensive violations of human dignity, UN Human Rights Chief Navi Pillay marked the first-ever World Day Against Trafficking in Persons, by urging all governments to act: �oeEvery government has a responsibility to fight it, both directly�"through investigations and prosecutions �" and in the deeper sense of serious and sustained efforts at prevention.” Wed, 30 Jul 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=37210&lan=EN http://nationalinterest.org/feature/solving-the-middle-easts-refugee-disaster-10976 The current policy conversation about redrawing the Middle East map ignores a long-term problem that must be part of the solution: Iraqi and Syrian refugees. As nearly three million Syrian refugees have sought UN assistance in neighboring states, and more than one million Iraqis have fled this year, the international community must act now to avoid a greater security crisis. Wed, 30 Jul 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://nationalinterest.org/feature/solving-the-middle-easts-refugee-disaster-10976 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=37204&lan=EN Two United Nations human rights experts warned today that ethnic and religious minorities in Iraq are bearing the �oedevastating and irreversible” brunt of the conflict that has once again engulfed the country. Fri, 25 Jul 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=37204&lan=EN http://consortiumnews.com/2014/07/30/postponing-costs-for-bad-decisions/ Politicians from Washington to Beijing to Tel Aviv like to put off the negative consequences of their decisions as long as possible, but that often adds to the eventual costs to their people and the world, writes ex-CIA analyst Paul R. Pillar. Wed, 30 Jul 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://consortiumnews.com/2014/07/30/postponing-costs-for-bad-decisions/ http://opiniojuris.org/2014/07/25/jurisdictional-overlap-security-council-sanctions-icc/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+opiniojurisfeed+%28Opinio+Juris%29 A background paper for a High Level Review of Sanctions currently underway at the UN raises some important and interesting questions about the increasing �oejurisdictional overlap” between individuals designated on targeted sanctions lists and international criminal courts. Fri, 25 Jul 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://opiniojuris.org/2014/07/25/jurisdictional-overlap-security-council-sanctions-icc/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+opiniojurisfeed+%28Opinio+Juris%29 http://www.france24.com/en/20140725-israel-icc-war-crimes-gaza-complaint-filed/ A French lawyer said on Friday that he had filed a complaint on behalf of the Palestinian justice minister at the International Criminal Court (ICC), accusing Israel’s military of having carried out �oewar crimes” in the Gaza Strip. Fri, 25 Jul 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.france24.com/en/20140725-israel-icc-war-crimes-gaza-complaint-filed/ http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=37177&lan=EN For many, autonomous weapons or ‘killer robots’ are the stuff of science fiction, the stuff of nightmares, or both. Autonomous weapons, though, may soon become fact. Thankfully, careful ethical explorations are now underway to prevent killer robots from ushering in the dystopian horror that has stirred Hollywood and others for decades �" notably in 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Terminator, I, Robot, The Matrix, and Virtuosity. These discussions are the topic of this article �" is there anything morally wrong with deploying a killer robot in war? Wed, 23 Jul 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=37177&lan=EN http://www.fidh.org/fr/maghreb-moyen-orient/israel-territoires-palestiniens-occupes/15734-israel-territoires-palestiniens-occupes-un-nouveau-cycle-de-violence-avec The increased targeting of civilians and civilian objects in Israel‘s military operation in the Gaza Strip, dubbed �oeOperation Protective Edge” is unacceptable. The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network (EMHRN) and FIDH call on the EU to condemn the wilful targeting and killing of civilians and to ensure that all parties abide by their obligations under international law. Fri, 11 Jul 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.fidh.org/fr/maghreb-moyen-orient/israel-territoires-palestiniens-occupes/15734-israel-territoires-palestiniens-occupes-un-nouveau-cycle-de-violence-avec http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/4462/proportionality-doctrine Proportionality in international law is not about equality of death or civilian suffering, or even about [equality of] firepower. Proportionality weighs the necessity of a military action against suffering that the action might cause to enemy civilians in the vicinity. Sun, 20 Jul 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/4462/proportionality-doctrine http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=37140&lan=EN The Islamic State of Iraq and Sham (ISIS) is killing, kidnapping, and threatening religious and ethnic minorities in and around the northern Iraqi city of Mosul. Since capturing Mosul on June 10, 2014, the armed Sunni extremist group has seized at least 200 Turkmen, Shabaks, and Yazidis, killed at least 11 of them, and ordered all Christians to convert to Islam, pay �oetribute” money, or leave Mosul by July 19. Thu, 17 Jul 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=37140&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=37139&lan=EN Governments around the world should heed the findings of the UN’s human rights commissioner on mass surveillance, Human Rights Watch said today. Governments should rein in mass surveillance and respect the privacy of all Internet users, no matter where they are located. Thu, 17 Jul 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=37139&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=37138&lan=EN (Nairobi) �" Uganda is failing to protect homeless children against police abuse and other violence, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Street children throughout Uganda’s urban centers face violence, and physical and sexual abuse. Thu, 17 Jul 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=37138&lan=EN http://en.rsf.org/burma-police-investigations-and-10-07-2014,46614.html Until recently, the media freedom situation in Burma was very promising but this is no longer the case. Reporters Without Borders is alarmed by the interrogation of many newspaper editors since 20 June and by the president’s recent expressions of hostility to freedom of information. Thu, 10 Jul 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://en.rsf.org/burma-police-investigations-and-10-07-2014,46614.html http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=37103&lan=EN The European Court of Human Rights’ ruling approving France’s blanket ban on full-face veils undermines Muslim women’s rights, Human Rights Watch said today. The ban interferes with women’s rights to express their religion and beliefs freely and to personal autonomy. Thu, 03 Jul 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=37103&lan=EN http://www.euractiv.com/sections/languages-culture/european-court-upholds-french-ban-full-face-veil-303233 The European Court of Human Rights upheld France's 2010 ban on full-face veils in public on Tuesday (1 July) but acknowledged the law could appear excessive and feed stereotypes. Wed, 02 Jul 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.euractiv.com/sections/languages-culture/european-court-upholds-french-ban-full-face-veil-303233 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=37087&lan=EN �oeOne can never anticipate the ways of divine providence securely enough” to declare war because one held a belief of the future hostile intent of one’s adversaries, remarked Otto von Bismarck in 1875. Such arguments have surrounded the concepts of preemption and its illegitimate counterpart �" prevention �" long before the inception of the controversial Bush Doctrine in the 2002 National Security Strategy of the United States. Preemption has been practiced for centuries as a legitimate means of self-defense for states. Prevention, an aggressive strategy intended to neutralise a threat before it can come fully into existence, has traditionally been outlawed under international law, international organisations and Just War theory. Tue, 15 Jul 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=37087&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=37063&lan=EN The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this morning held a half-day general discussion on girls’ and women’s right to education, in view of receiving inputs and contributions for its draft General Recommendation on the issue. Mon, 07 Jul 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=37063&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=37060&lan=EN Israel’s military operations in the West Bank following the abduction and killing of three Israeli teenagers have amounted to collective punishment. The military operations included unlawful use of force, arbitrary arrests, and illegal home demolitions. Thu, 03 Jul 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=37060&lan=EN http://www.arctic-council.org/index.php/en/resources/news-and-press/news-archive/874-new-guidelines-from-pame-on-arctic-offshore-oil-and-gas-safety-management A new report from Working Group PAME provides guidance on options to promote improved safety culture and robust safety management systems in the Arctic offshore oil and gas industry. As interest in Arctic offshore petroleum resources continues to grow, there has been growing concern about the potential effects that an increase in such activities could have on the Arctic marine environment and the ways of life of indigenous people and local communities. Thu, 22 May 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.arctic-council.org/index.php/en/resources/news-and-press/news-archive/874-new-guidelines-from-pame-on-arctic-offshore-oil-and-gas-safety-management http://en.qantara.de/content/rohingya-muslims-in-myanmar-the-spectre-of-ethnic-violence-reappears In the light of a recent series of bills proposed by the Myanmar government that seek to restrict an individual's right to religious freedom, critics fear a further increase in discrimination and violence against the marginalised community of Rohingya Muslims. Mon, 23 Jun 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://en.qantara.de/content/rohingya-muslims-in-myanmar-the-spectre-of-ethnic-violence-reappears http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=37034&lan=EN The second ‘Human Rights Human Dignity’ Film Festival held in Yangon, Myanmar, on June 15-19 featured a total of 67 films, including 32 local films, dedicated to democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi and the late U Win Tin, Myanmar's longest-held political prisoner. Wed, 25 Jun 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=37034&lan=EN http://treatymovement.com/ This statement has been endorsed by a wide alliance of international networks, organizations and social movements. It represents the collective expression of a growing mobilization of global civil society calling for further enhancement of international legal standards to address corporate infringements of human rights. It welcomes the recent initiatives by States in the United Nations Human Rights Council to develop an international treaty on legally binding rules for TNCs on human rights issues. Fri, 27 Jun 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://treatymovement.com/ http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=37001&lan=EN An international armour is needed to help protect people from the asymmetry of power produced by the accumulation of wealth and the political advantages it creates. For this, we must overturn the system mounted through international arbitration tribunals that protect investors' rights (ICSID and WTO dispute panels) - that is, the rights of major transnational corporations, which are responsible for the majority of international trade and investment flows. Tue, 24 Jun 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=37001&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=37000&lan=EN Giving the EU a stronger role in protecting human rights could actually cement public support for the Union and the values it embodies. Doing so would require effective communication and leadership from EU governments, and commitment from EU institutions. But a Union that actually protects the rights of those living inside it would be a powerful rejoinder to those who assert that Europe is a bankrupt idea. Thu, 19 Jun 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=37000&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36998&lan=EN The Kurdish-run areas of Syria are quieter than war-torn parts of the country, but serious abuses are still taking place. The PYD is firmly in charge, and can halt the abuse. Nadim Houry, deputy Middle East and North Africa director Thu, 19 Jun 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36998&lan=EN http://de.qantara.de/inhalt/frauenbewegungen-in-den-arabischen-umbruchstaaten-prinzip-hoffnung Despite all the setbacks suffered by many women's rights groups in the transitioning Arab states, regional co-operation has improved considerably over the past few years. The radical changes in the Arab world mean women's rights groups face the major challenge of campaigning for both equality before the law and political democratisation simultaneously. Thu, 05 Jun 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://de.qantara.de/inhalt/frauenbewegungen-in-den-arabischen-umbruchstaaten-prinzip-hoffnung http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36987&lan=EN Mexicans and their communities become in fact second class citizens, since the rights of exploitation of hydrocarbons and minerals, in addition to the easements, in the hands of foreign companies, take precedence over all their individual and communitarian human rights. Fri, 20 Jun 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36987&lan=EN http://de.qantara.de/inhalt/fuenf-jahre-gruene-bewegung-im-iran-vergangenheit-und-gegenwart On 12 June 2009, millions of Iranians began protesting against President Ahmadinejad's re-election. Five years after these protests were violently crushed and the "Green Movement" failed, this chapter of modern Iranian history is still not closed. Fri, 20 Jun 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://de.qantara.de/inhalt/fuenf-jahre-gruene-bewegung-im-iran-vergangenheit-und-gegenwart http://en.qantara.de/content/the-israeli-army-in-the-west-bank-the-punishment-of-palestinian-citizens Israel's heavy-handed acts of retaliation against both Hamas and Palestinian civilians are threatening to provoke a new escalation of violence. The Israeli military deployment in the West Bank is the biggest since the end of the second Intifada in 2005. Wed, 25 Jun 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://en.qantara.de/content/the-israeli-army-in-the-west-bank-the-punishment-of-palestinian-citizens http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36984&lan=EN Yesterday's kick-off of the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil was partly overshadowed by demonstrations of parts of the host country's discontent population. The reasons for the unrest are comprehensible. To host the World Cup, Brazil had to spent hundreds of millions on stadiums and related infrastructure, while many social issues in the divided nation remain unsolved. Brazil's recent economic emergence has brought prosperity and wealth to parts of the population, while many have been left behind. Fri, 13 Jun 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36984&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36978&lan=EN An Islamic law court in Malaysia has sentenced 16 transgender women to seven days in prison and a fine for �oecross dressing,” in violation of their rights to freedom of expression and privacy, Human Rights Watch said. Mon, 23 Jun 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36978&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36976&lan=EN From 10 to 13 June 2014, in London, government representatives from over 120 countries, over 1,000 experts, faith leaders, youth organisations and representatives of civil society and international organisations came together at the Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict. Together, we committed to break the taboo around wartime rape and take action to put an end to its use, and to shatter the culture of impunity. Fri, 13 Jun 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36976&lan=EN http://www.enoughproject.org/blogs/minding-gap-london-hosts-unprecedented-global-summit-end-sexual-violence-conflict The summit emphasized the need to end impunity by holding perpetrators accountable for their crimes through the launch of a new UK-led International Protocol on the Documentation and Investigation of Sexual Violence in Conflict. As stated in the Chair’s Summary, the Protocol, a joint effort of 200 gender and sexual violence experts, will provide guidelines on how to investigate sexual violence. Fri, 20 Jun 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.enoughproject.org/blogs/minding-gap-london-hosts-unprecedented-global-summit-end-sexual-violence-conflict http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36970&lan=EN With this worldwide reading, the international literature festival Berlin calls on the United States Government to recognize that Edward Snowden's revelations are of essential importance for the safeguarding of democracy in the digital age, and thus that his actions must be seen to be covered by the Universal Unwritten Rule of the Ethical Right. Mon, 08 Sep 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36970&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36952&lan=EN The adoption by the International Labour Organization (ILO) on June 11, 2014, of a landmark new treaty will advance the fight to prevent forced labor, and to protect and compensate the estimated 21 million victims worldwide, Human Rights Watch said. Governments, trade unions, and employers’ organizations that make up the ILO overwhelmingly voted to adopt the Protocol of 2014 to the Forced Labour Convention, 1930, which updates a widely-ratified, but outdated, 1930 treaty in order to better address contemporary abuses, including against migrants and in the private sector. Wed, 11 Jun 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36952&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36944&lan=EN In order to consolidate the hemispheric commitments on human rights, reinforce the conditions for their realization and widen the reach for their fulfilment, the UNASUR countries have undertaken a process for strengthening the Inter-American System of Human Rights �" IASHR �" that includes, on the one hand, the consistency of content and methodology with the regional context, and on the other hand, universalization, that implies parity of the rules of the game for all the member countries. Wed, 11 Jun 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36944&lan=EN http://www.dw.de/un-verurteilt-hexenjagd-in-papua-neuguinea/a-17710128 There is growing concern about the Papua New Guinea's reported failure to prevent crimes related to the use of sorcery amd witchcraft. The United Nations, which has repeatedly expressed concern about "the growing pattern of vigilante attacks and killings" of persons accused of sorcery in the Pacific nation, now urges the government in Port Moresby to effectively and immediately investigate such cases. Mon, 16 Jun 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.dw.de/un-verurteilt-hexenjagd-in-papua-neuguinea/a-17710128 http://en.qantara.de/content/honour-killings-in-pakistan-little-hope-of-change In the space of just a few weeks, two cases of honour killings in Pakistan shocked the world. Although some might expect such global outrage and attention to help trigger change, activists in Pakistan do not hold out much hope for improvement in the near future. Tue, 10 Jun 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://en.qantara.de/content/honour-killings-in-pakistan-little-hope-of-change http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36914&lan=EN A new campaign designed to raise awareness of the sexual exploitation of minors in Brazil during the World Cup was today launched by the European Commission President, José Manuel Barroso. The ‘Don’t Look Away’ (or �oeNão Desvie o Olhar” in Portuguese) campaign is being supported by well-known Brazilian footballers, such as Kaká and Juninho Pernambucano, and targets Brazilians and foreigners who are attending the World Cup 2014, raising awareness that sexual exploitation is a crime. The project involves setting up training seminars for public managers and debates on the subject in each host city of the World Cup matches, as well as increasing support to combat sexual exploitation and making victims aware of their rights. Thu, 12 Jun 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36914&lan=EN http://en.qantara.de/content/turkey-a-year-after-the-gezi-protests-the-dream-is-over The lack of mass protests against Erdogan's policies on the first anniversary of last summer's demonstrations in Taksim Square and Gezi Park highlights the lack of unity within the Gezi movement and the continuing crackdown on civil society activists and organisations in Turkey. Mon, 02 Jun 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://en.qantara.de/content/turkey-a-year-after-the-gezi-protests-the-dream-is-over http://en.qantara.de/content/lgbt-asylum-seekers-a-silent-revolution While it is a well-known fact that LGBT people face discrimination and violence in Muslim and Arab countries, it is not quite as well known that LGBT people seeking asylum in the West also face considerable difficulties and in some cases gross insensitivity. Some of those who have been granted asylum are now using the Internet to try and foster tolerance in their native countries. Mon, 02 Jun 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://en.qantara.de/content/lgbt-asylum-seekers-a-silent-revolution http://www.dw.de/indias-pink-warriors-take-on-injustice/a-17665865 Clad in pink colored saris and armed with sticks, a gang of women is fighting rapists, domestic abuse, corrupt officials and patriarchy in India. The Pink Warriors are ordinary women who have come together in solidarity to fight against injustice. Tue, 03 Jun 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.dw.de/indias-pink-warriors-take-on-injustice/a-17665865 http://de.qantara.de/inhalt/das-baath-regime-und-die-zukunft-syriens-assad-und-die-zeit-nach-der-ewigkeit Eternity, as we know, is the aim of all those fanatical about power and the weakness of all despots. It was delusion that caused Emperor Caligula to proclaim that he wanted to hold the moon in his hands �" in a play by Albert Camus at least �" and in a stage play by Eugène Ionesco, as the king lies on his deathbed, his final wish is immortality. But the despotic fantasy of President Assad Senior surpassed that of all his predecessors: at some point, the adulatory banners were no longer emblazoned with the words "Assad forever", but with the slogan "President forever and the time thereafter". Wed, 04 Jun 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://de.qantara.de/inhalt/das-baath-regime-und-die-zukunft-syriens-assad-und-die-zeit-nach-der-ewigkeit http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/pepsi-coke-sugar-land-grabs-conflicts-oxfam The Sirinhaem River twists to the southern Atlantic through the Brazilian state of Pernambuco, breaking into a small delta once lush with mangrove trees where Maria Nazarete dos Santos is no longer allowed to live. Blame the world's ravenous demand for sugar. Dos Santos is a member of one of more than 50 families that lived on small islands and fished the Sirinhamem for nearly a century until 2002. That's when a militia working for the Trapiche sugar company, owner of a nearby mill and cog that supplies major companies like Coke and Pepsi, swept through their villages, burning their dwellings. Tue, 03 Jun 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/pepsi-coke-sugar-land-grabs-conflicts-oxfam http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36879&lan=EN UNICEF and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) welcomed the first African Union campaign to end child marriage launched in Addis Ababa today. �oeBefore we heard concerned individuals from Africa raising their voices. What we are seeing today is an Africa-wide movement of leaders and organizations collectively saying ‘No to Child Marriage,’” said Martin Mogwanja, Deputy Executive Director of UNICEF, speaking from Addis Ababa. Thu, 29 May 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36879&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36874&lan=EN We are increasingly aware that preventing gender-based violence and protecting survivors requires the involvement of the entire society. Neighbors, friends and family, school systems and media professionals are all responsible for detecting, denouncing and publically condemning violence against women. An African proverb says: �oeIt takes a village to raise a child.” To paraphrase: �oeIt takes a community to end violence against women.” Mon, 02 Jun 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36874&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36871&lan=EN While the United Nations celebrates its 70th anniversary in 2015, Koreans will lament 70 years of national division. Considering all of the challenges and opportunities that the divided peninsula faces �" and will continue to confront in the coming years �" unification remains an important goal that we must continue to pursue. Mon, 02 Jun 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36871&lan=EN http://www.dw.de/china-will-have-to-confront-tiananmen-trauma/a-17666639 For decades, China's leaders have been trying to wipe out the memory of the crackdown in Tiananmen Square. 25 years on, eyewitness and analyst Orville Schell suggests Beijing has little choice but to deal with its past. Wed, 04 Jun 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.dw.de/china-will-have-to-confront-tiananmen-trauma/a-17666639 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36829&lan=EN Rights to land are being sold from beneath the feet of rural communities in mining areas as the government of Senegal grants concessions to mining companies without safeguarding human rights in a flagrant breach of their duty under international law, a new report by Amnesty International published today has found. The report, Mining and Human Rights in Senegal, reveals that communities are being relocated without due regard for the impact on their livelihoods and access to food and water to make way for international mining companies, eager to exploit the country’s rich reserves of gold and other minerals. Fri, 30 May 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36829&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36822&lan=EN Today the European Commission adopted a Communication to contribute to the EU position in international negotiations on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), as the follow-up to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The SDGs are intended to reinforce the international community's commitment to eradicating poverty and supporting sustainable development, challenges that affect the lives of current and future generations. The Commission Communication describes key principles and proposes priority areas and potential targets for the years following 2015, as a step towards establishing a limited number of Sustainable Development Goals. Mon, 02 Jun 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36822&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36821&lan=EN Recent mass demonstrations, instigated by the right-wing in a variety of countries, indicate their capacity to co-opt symbols that they used to scorn, to the confusion of many on the left. When public opinion has the force of a superpower, governments have attempted to understand what is happening in order to dominate, manipulate, and lead it into areas that are more easily controlled than street uprisings, aware of the fact repression alone does not achieve much. Fri, 07 Mar 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36821&lan=EN http://de.qantara.de/inhalt/gender-und-frauenrechte-in-der-arabischen-welt-palaestinas-frauenschattenraete In the Palestinian Territories, a legal quota stipulates that at least 20 per cent of all seats on municipal councils must be held by women. As progressive as this sounds, elected councilwomen often face opposition and obstacles. A local non-governmental organisation is lending them support in a most original way. Thu, 08 May 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://de.qantara.de/inhalt/gender-und-frauenrechte-in-der-arabischen-welt-palaestinas-frauenschattenraete http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36807&lan=EN �oeThey called us prostitutes and spat on our faces…I was hanged against a wall for three days, and frequently beaten with an electric cable. I used to pass out from the pain,” recounts WA, a 26-year-old Syrian woman. She was arrested along with several other women and for more than two weeks she faced torture, including sexual violence, while being held by security forces. Wed, 28 May 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36807&lan=EN http://en.qantara.de/content/presidential-election-in-egypt-the-deja-vu-state Hardly anyone doubts that Abdul Fattah al-Sisi will sweep to victory in Egypt's presidential election on 26 and 27 May, restoring the old, repressive Egyptian state. In this essay, Atef Botros outlines why he feels that it is questionable whether Sisi will succeed and be able to maintain his grip on power in the long term. Fri, 23 May 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://en.qantara.de/content/presidential-election-in-egypt-the-deja-vu-state http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36742&lan=EN Brazil recently hosted NETmundial, the first global conference on Internet governance, attended by 800 representatives of governments, corporations, civil-society organizations, and technologists. Based on the notion of �oemulti-stakeholderism,” the meeting produced a 12-page �oeoutcomes” document. Nonetheless, at the end of the conference, there was still no consensus on global cyber governance. Many governments continued to advocate traditional United Nations voting procedures for making global decisions, and defend their right to control domestic cyber activities. Fri, 16 May 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36742&lan=EN http://en.qantara.de/content/interview-with-the-human-rights-activist-sihem-bensedrine-tunisias-democratic-awakening The well-known Tunisian human rights activist Sihem Bensedrine talks to Moncef Slimi about the arduous process of democratic transformation in the motherland of the Arab Spring. Bensedrine: In an unstable state, the democratic order is also threatened. Violence is the enemy of democracy. In the shadow of violence, free elections cannot take place, and democratic institutions cannot be established in the country. Fri, 09 May 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://en.qantara.de/content/interview-with-the-human-rights-activist-sihem-bensedrine-tunisias-democratic-awakening http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36728&lan=EN Brazil is set to host the World Cup this year and the Olympics in 2016. In preparation Brazil is evicting 200,000 people from their homes, eliminating poor neighborhoods, defunding public services, investing in a militarized police and surveillance state, using slave and prison labor to build outrageous stadiums unlikely to be filled more than once, and "improving" a famous old stadium (the world's largest for 50 years) by removing over half the capacity in favor of luxury seats. Meanwhile, popular protests and graffiti carry the message: "We want 'FIFA standard' hospitals and schools!" Fri, 02 May 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36728&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36727&lan=EN Since 1990, almost 2 billion people globally have gained access to improved sanitation, and 2.3 billion have gained access to drinking-water from improved sources. Some 1.6 billion of these people have piped water connections in their homes or compounds, according to a new WHO/UNICEF report, entitled Progress on drinking water and sanitation: 2014 update, which also highlights a narrowing disparity in access to cleaner water and better sanitation between rural and urban areas. Thu, 08 May 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36727&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36726&lan=EN After the umpteenth time that people have thrown bananas at black football players in Europe, Daniel Alvez decided to eat the banana and Neymar declared: �oeWe are all monkeys” (Somos todos macacos). This is the beginning of the reaction, that Europeans appear to be incapable of making, against discrimination in football stadiums, a mere continuation of what goes on in daily life in countries that think of themselves as �oewhite and civilized”. Wed, 30 Apr 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36726&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36724&lan=EN After being in the cold for over five months courtesy of government-sponsored forced evictions and because of broken promises for compensation from the Kenyan President and his deputy, the Maasai community of Narasha is living with uncertainty for the future. According to community leaders, the current actions by KenGen and the committee appointed to look into ways of settling the dispute and compensate those whose houses were razed down by fire in July 2013 leaves a lot to be desired. On its part, the World Bank Kenya country office had called for a meeting in November 2013, but to date the community has not received any feedback on the promises the Bank made to the community of investigating the events that led to the forced evictions in July 2013. Fri, 14 Mar 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36724&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36717&lan=EN The United Nations refugee agency said today it is alarmed at the recent wave of attacks on civilians in north-east Nigeria which has led to population displacement both inside the country and into neighbouring States. �oeThe brutality and frequency of these attacks is unprecedented,” Adrian Edwards, spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), told reporters in Geneva. Mon, 12 May 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36717&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36715&lan=EN For UNESCO, global citizenship education (GCE) develops the knowledge, skills, values and attitudes learners need to build a more just, peaceful, tolerant, inclusive, secure and sustainable world. In a globalized and fast-changing world, these are critical skills that current and future generations need to act today and find solutions to tomorrow's global challenges. Mon, 12 May 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36715&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36714&lan=EN A new harvest is ready, and Celestine Aisa Maino, a seasonal worker from Papua New Guinea, has just embarked on her latest overseas journey. Working on a large Australian fruit farm gives her more income, and an ILO project helps her to use it to build a brighter future for her and her family. With financial support from the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, the ILO is working with the Government of PNG to implement a programme (�oeStrengthening Labour Migration Management in Papua New Guinea and Nauru in the context of the Australia Seasonal Worker Program”) designed to help the government prepare workers better for their departure abroad and their return. This includes training on using their skills and savings to start a small business. Fri, 02 May 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36714&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36713&lan=EN The 4th EU-Africa Summit brought together more than 60 EU and African leaders, and a total of 90 delegations, to discuss the future of EU-Africa relations and reinforce links between the two continents. In the summit declaration, leaders highlighted the close nature of EU-Africa relations and the shared values of democracy, respect for human rights, the rule of law and good governance as well as the right to development. Wed, 07 May 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36713&lan=EN http://www.dw.de/central-african-journalists-face-threats-and-intimidation/a-17608784 The power struggle in Central African Republic and the violence between Christian and Muslim militias hamper the work of the country's journalists. Providing up-to-date, objective reporting is a major challenge. No radio or TV news, no newspapers for sale. That was the situation a year ago on the "Day without Media," initiated by journalists in Central African Republic (CAR) in response to the plundering of their offices and threats they received following a coup in March 2013. Fri, 02 May 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.dw.de/central-african-journalists-face-threats-and-intimidation/a-17608784 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36686&lan=EN Sexual harassment and assault against women remain rife, our organisations warn in a report released today, constituting major obstacles to their participation in the political transition of their country. Successive governments have failed to take measures to stop violence against women and such crimes continue to meet with complete impunity. Attacks in Tahrir Square represent the most visible manifestation of a long-standing systemic problem. Women in Egypt are subjected to daily sexual harassment and assault on the streets, on public transport and in the workplace. Wed, 16 Apr 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36686&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36667&lan=EN IFC-supported private hospital project eating up 51% of Lesotho’s health budget. A new privately-run hospital supported by the World Bank’s private sector arm, the IFC, is threatening to bankrupt the health budget of one of the poorest and least-healthy countries in the world. Mon, 07 Apr 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36667&lan=EN http://reliefweb.int/map/world/world-human-rights-risk-index-2014 Tue, 15 Apr 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://reliefweb.int/map/world/world-human-rights-risk-index-2014 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36657&lan=EN The United Nations human rights chief today condemned the rampant use of torture, including allegedly of children, in detention facilities across Syria by Government forces and some armed opposition groups. �oeIn armed conflict, torture constitutes a war crime. When it is used in a systematic or widespread manner, which is almost certainly the case in Syria, it also amounts to a crime against humanity,” said High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay. Mon, 14 Apr 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36657&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36656&lan=EN UNESCO’s Rabat Office releases a comparative study on recent advances in freedom of information standards and practices worldwide, and a freedom of information practical guide for the general public and civil society organizations in Morocco. Both publications have been produced with the support of the government of Finland. Mon, 14 Apr 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36656&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36655&lan=EN Strasbourg, 09.04.2014 �" �oeThe so-called referendum” in Crimea was unconstitutional. Its outcome and �oethe illegal annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation therefore have no legal effect and are not recognised by the Council of Europe”, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) stated today in an resolution adopted at the end of an urgent debate. Mon, 14 Apr 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36655&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36653&lan=EN The former US National Security Agency (NSA) contractor Edward Snowden has told the Council of Europe that the NSA spied on human rights organizations, but did not identify which groups. If Snowden’s assertion is accurate, it is an example of behavior the US government condemns around the world. Tue, 08 Apr 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36653&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36650&lan=EN The Seleka militia (meaning �oealliance” in Sango, the national language) was responsible for widespread and systematic human rights abuses in the Central African Republic (CAR) over the course of 2013. After a murderous rampage that started in the north-east, the Seleka spread out across the country, seizing the capital Bangui and ousting then-President François Bozizé in March 2013. Over the following 10 months, Seleka forces killed countless civilians, burned numerous villages, and looted thousands of homes. Wed, 09 Apr 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36650&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36627&lan=EN Air pollution �" both indoor and outdoor �" killed some 7 million people across the globe in 2012, making it the world’s largest single environmental health risk, according to new figures released today by the UN World Health Organization (WHO). �oeThe risks from air pollution are now far greater than previously thought or understood, particularly for heart disease and strokes,” said Maria Neira, Director of WHO’s Department for Public Health, Environmental and Social Determinants of Health. �oeFew risks have a greater impact on global health today than air pollution; the evidence signals the need for concerted action to clean up the air we all breathe,” Dr. Neira added. Tue, 25 Mar 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36627&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36622&lan=EN Tue, 11 Mar 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36622&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36613&lan=EN Nigel Timmins is Oxfam’s deputy humanitarian director. He heads the organization’s response to the Syria crisis. Here, he reflects on his personal experiences working with Syrians. The story of Sabeen, who fled Syria just 24 hours after giving birth to her baby, will stay with me forever. As she sat on the floor of her caravan in Zaatari camp, in Jordan, she quietly looked into the distance and told me how, when approaching her due date, she had been forced to leave her home in Syria. Sabeen’s neighbor’s house had just been razed to the ground by heavy shelling, and she and her husband feared their house might be next. Thu, 13 Mar 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36613&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36610&lan=EN The International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination is an opportunity for women and men, along with the whole United Nations System, to renew their commitment to building a world of justice, equality and dignity, where racial discrimination has no place. Racial discrimination violates the inherent rights and dignity of women and men. It holds back entire societies from lasting peace, and it sets obstacles before inclusive, sustainable development. Bigotry impoverishes the world, seeking to divide humanity against itself and undermine the inexhaustible strength that lies in our diversity. Tue, 18 Mar 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36610&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36606&lan=EN In advance of International Women’s Day on 8 March 2014, WHO is launching new guidance to help countries ensure human rights are respected in providing more girls, women, and couples with the information and services they need to avoid unwanted pregnancies. An estimated 222 million girls and women who do not want to get pregnant, or who want to delay their next pregnancy, are not using any method of contraception. Access to contraception information and services will allow better planning for families and improved health. Thu, 06 Mar 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36606&lan=EN http://www.savethechildren.net/article/syria-crisis-what-world-doing-help Imagine you have a young child whose legs were amputated because the hospital didn’t have the proper equipment to treat them. Imagine a world in which patients opt to be knocked unconscious with metal bars because there are no anesthetics. Imagine a life where newborn babies die in their incubators because of power cuts. Millions of people in Syria don’t have to imagine �" this hell is their reality. Wed, 12 Mar 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.savethechildren.net/article/syria-crisis-what-world-doing-help http://www.ccaf.info/item.php?r=0&id=597 In a decision of 17 December 2013, which will remain an absolute disgrace in the history of the European Court of Human Rights, this jurisdiction which has never so little deserved its name, decided to give reason to Dogu Perincek, the zealous and determined denier of the Armenian Genocide by proposing to condemn Switzerland for its infringement of freedom of expression! Thu, 06 Mar 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.ccaf.info/item.php?r=0&id=597 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36578&lan=EN Within the next fifteen or twenty years we could live in a world where everyone has enough food, access to basic health services, schooling and jobs. That’s a different world from the one we inhabit today, but I’m optimistic, because a new emerging vision is galvanizing support from governments, business and civil society. My optimism comes from following the Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals (OWG). Mon, 24 Feb 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36578&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36567&lan=EN Binding rules on search and rescue to clarify how border guards serving in Frontex sea operations should deal with migrants and where they should disembark them were approved by the Civil Liberties Committee on Thursday. The rules were informally agreed by Parliament and Council negotiators on 11 February. Fri, 21 Feb 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36567&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36561&lan=EN Social justice marks the difference between patronizing charity and a firm rights-based approach to development and human wellbeing. Effective social justice transforms altruistic gestures into justiciable rights, particularly for the benefit of the most vulnerable people. Thu, 20 Feb 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36561&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36526&lan=EN The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination will hold its eighty-fourth session at the Palais Wilson in Geneva from 3 to 21 February 2014 to review anti-discrimination efforts undertaken by the Governments of Honduras, Montenegro, Belgium, Poland, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Luxembourg and Switzerland. Thu, 30 Jan 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36526&lan=EN http://www.hrw.org/fr/news/2014/01/21/rapport-mondial-2014-la-guerre-affectant-les-civils-syriens-echappe-tout-controle The Syrian government’s policy of waging war by killing civilians, and increasing abuses by rebel groups, elicited horror in 2013 but not enough pressure from world leaders to end atrocities and hold perpetrators to account. Tue, 21 Jan 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.hrw.org/fr/news/2014/01/21/rapport-mondial-2014-la-guerre-affectant-les-civils-syriens-echappe-tout-controle http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2014/feb/06/africa-attacks-international-criminal-court/?pagination=false What are we to make of the fact that in its eleven-year history, the International Criminal Court (ICC) has prosecuted only Africans? Should the court be condemned for discrimination�"for taking advantage of Africa’s weak global position�"as some African leaders contend? Or should it be applauded for giving long-overdue attention to atrocities in Africa�"a sign that finally someone is concerned about the countless ignored African victims, as many African activists contend? This debate is at the heart of one of the most serious challenges the ICC has ever faced. If the current attack on it succeeds, the court’s future may be in doubt. Wed, 08 Jan 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2014/feb/06/africa-attacks-international-criminal-court/?pagination=false http://policydialogue.org/publications/working_papers/world_protests_2006-2013/ Sat, 14 Sep 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://policydialogue.org/publications/working_papers/world_protests_2006-2013/ http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36412&lan=EN Children whose rights have been violated will soon be able to complain to a key UN Committee after a new legal instrument on the rights of the child was ratified by the required 10 countries. Tue, 14 Jan 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36412&lan=EN http://www.hrw.org/news/2014/01/06/why-tech-double-edged-sword-human-rights Tech has been turned against human rights �" or so it seemed from Edward Snowden’s revelations last year. The technological advances that enabled the Arab Spring and empowered citizen journalists were exposed as facilitating unfettered surveillance worldwide and outstripping legal protections. Mon, 06 Jan 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.hrw.org/news/2014/01/06/why-tech-double-edged-sword-human-rights http://www.hrw.org/reports/2014/01/12/reporters-guide-covering-2014-winter-olympic-games-sochi-russia This guide provides an overview of the context and risks for journalists in covering the Olympics and the Paralympics in Sochi. Tue, 14 Jan 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.hrw.org/reports/2014/01/12/reporters-guide-covering-2014-winter-olympic-games-sochi-russia http://www.hrw.org/news/2014/01/07/time-un-can-t-let-africa-fail Until recently, thousands of people escaping violence in the Central African Republic at least could find refuge in the capital, Bangui. I was one of them. I had been in the northern town of Bouca where a massacre of civilians sheltering in a church compound was narrowly averted by the arrival of African Union troops. And so I was grateful, days later, to reach the relative safety of Bangui. Tue, 07 Jan 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.hrw.org/news/2014/01/07/time-un-can-t-let-africa-fail http://www.hrw.org/fr/news/2014/01/03/tunisie-renforcer-la-protection-des-droits-humains-dans-la-nouvelle-constitution Guarantee Equality for All; Affirm International Law Obligations Fri, 03 Jan 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.hrw.org/fr/news/2014/01/03/tunisie-renforcer-la-protection-des-droits-humains-dans-la-nouvelle-constitution http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/12/31/silver-lining-year-2013-human-rights With the slaughter of civilians in Syria still horribly unrestrained, it is easy to be discouraged about human rights. There is, of course, every reason for outrage about Syria, and about the international community's narrow focus on peace talks, unlikely as they are to succeed anytime soon, without any comparable effort to stop the killing of civilians while the fighting continues. But there has been human rights progress in many areas in 2013. Tue, 31 Dec 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/12/31/silver-lining-year-2013-human-rights http://www.hrw.org/fr/news/2013/12/18/republique-centrafricaine-les-atrocites-sectaires-sintensifient The 43-page report, �oe‘They Came To Kill’: Escalating Atrocities in the Central African Republic,” based on weeks of field research in Ouham province, documents the surge in violence by Christian anti-balaka (�oeanti-machete”) militias since September 2013. Thu, 19 Dec 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.hrw.org/fr/news/2013/12/18/republique-centrafricaine-les-atrocites-sectaires-sintensifient http://www.hrw.org/fr/node/121373 Stories of Rights Activists in Saudi Arabia Wed, 18 Dec 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.hrw.org/fr/node/121373 http://www.hrw.org/fr/news/2013/12/17/arabie-saoudite-des-militants-defient-le-statu-quo Activists in Saudi Arabia face a repressive and intolerant government as they advocate popular political participation, judicial reform, and an end to discrimination against women and minorities, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today Wed, 18 Dec 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.hrw.org/fr/news/2013/12/17/arabie-saoudite-des-militants-defient-le-statu-quo http://www.courrierinternational.com/article/2013/12/17/lettre-ouverte-aux-bresiliens-mon-aide-contre-l-asile-politique?page=all The promise of help is in an "open letter to the people of Brazil" obtained by Folha that will be sent to authorities and will be part of an online campaign, hosted on the site of NGO Avaaz, which specializes in petitions. Tue, 17 Dec 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.courrierinternational.com/article/2013/12/17/lettre-ouverte-aux-bresiliens-mon-aide-contre-l-asile-politique?page=all http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/12/17/syria-holistic-approach-needed-justice Concerned governments should take steps toward a comprehensive approach to accountability for the serious crimes committed in Syria, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Policymakers and international donors who support credible criminal prosecutions for grave violations in Syria should learn from the successes and shortcomings of accountability efforts in other parts of the world. Tue, 17 Dec 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/12/17/syria-holistic-approach-needed-justice http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36242&lan=EN He added that Member States have the primary obligation to protect human rights and prevent violations at a national level, and to stand up when other States fail to live up to their commitments. This is not always easy, Mr. Ban noted, adding that over the past 20 years, the world has seen genocide and many other appalling and large-scale violations of international human rights and humanitarian law. Tue, 10 Dec 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36242&lan=EN http://www.ishr.ch/international-film-festival-and-forum-human-rights ISHR is pleased to be moderating the launch of the Swiss 'Guidelines on the Protection of Human Rights Defenders' at the International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights, this Tuesday 10 December. Tue, 10 Dec 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.ishr.ch/international-film-festival-and-forum-human-rights http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36234&lan=EN Twenty years ago, a historic document was adopted in Vienna. It crystallized the principle that human rights are universal, and committed States to the promotion and protection of all human rights for all people, regardless of their political, economic and cultural systems. Tue, 10 Dec 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36234&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36220&lan=EN Organized by the Secretariat for Human Rights of the Brazilian Presidency, in partnership with civil society, government agencies and international organizations, including UNESCO, the World Human Rights Forum will be held in Brasilia, from 10 to 13 December 2013. Tue, 10 Dec 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36220&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36213&lan=EN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has expressed his profound sadness at the passing of Nelson Mandela, extolling the life of the late human rights lawyer, prisoner of conscience, international peacemaker and first democratically-elected President of post-apartheid South Africa as an inspiration for all. Thu, 05 Dec 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36213&lan=EN http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36194&lan=EN Top United Nations officials marked the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery today with a call for concerted action to eradicate the contemporary forms of this heinous practice. Mon, 02 Dec 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36194&lan=EN http://voiceofrussia.com/news/2013_11_28/Russian-court-releases-last-Greenpeace-activist-on-bail-9643/ A Russian court on Thursday released on bail the last of 30 Greenpeace crew members who had been held in detention since their September open-sea protest against Arctic oil drilling. Australian citizen Colin Russel, radio operator of the Arctic Sunrise, released on bail. Thu, 28 Nov 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://voiceofrussia.com/news/2013_11_28/Russian-court-releases-last-Greenpeace-activist-on-bail-9643/ http://www.transparency.org/whatwedo/pub/whistleblowing_in_europe_legal_protections_for_whistleblowers_in_the_eu This report is an overall assessment of the adequacy of whistleblower protection laws of 27 member countries of the European Union (EU). Tue, 05 Nov 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.transparency.org/whatwedo/pub/whistleblowing_in_europe_legal_protections_for_whistleblowers_in_the_eu http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/11/17/icc-africa-should-reject-free-pass-leaders African governments should reject special exemptions for sitting officials before the International Criminal Court (ICC), African organizations and international organizations with a presence in Africa said in a document released today. The ICC’s annual meeting, the Assembly of States Parties (ASP), will take place from November 20 to 28, 2013, in The Hague, Netherlands. Mon, 18 Nov 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/11/17/icc-africa-should-reject-free-pass-leaders http://www.ishr.ch/news/governments-should-support-strong-international-resolution-women-human-rights-defenders Governments should support an important international resolution on the situation and protection of women human rights defenders, the International Service for Human Rights said today. Thu, 14 Nov 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.ishr.ch/news/governments-should-support-strong-international-resolution-women-human-rights-defenders http://www.ishr.ch/news/states-and-corporations-must-protect-human-rights-defenders-advocating-large-scale-development A panel of leading international human rights experts has called on governments and corporations to better respect and protect human rights defenders who work on issues related to large-scale development projects and corporate accountability. Wed, 30 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.ishr.ch/news/states-and-corporations-must-protect-human-rights-defenders-advocating-large-scale-development http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36049&lan=EN The Women’s Environment and Development Organization (WEDO) is pleased to share this statement to the United Nations 58th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW). The statement highlights recommendations and analysis on the crucial need to create a transformative and sustainable development agenda that moves beyond the limited and siloed agenda of the Millennium Development Goals and promotes actions that address the intersectionality of the incredible challenges facing people and the planet. Tue, 29 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=36049&lan=EN http://www.hrw.org/fr/node/120207 With just 100 days before the opening ceremonies of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has a key opportunity to speak out about abuses linked to Russia’s preparations for the Games. Mon, 28 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.hrw.org/fr/node/120207 http://www.hrw.org/fr/news/2013/10/27/les-pressions-s-intensifient-pour-que-les-travailleuses-et-travailleurs-domestiques- Legal Advances in Two Dozen Countries as Domestic Workers Meet for Historic Congress. Despite recent legal advances in some countries (see report map on p.8), many domestic workers are still grossly underpaid and forced to work long hours, seven days a week. Mon, 28 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.hrw.org/fr/news/2013/10/27/les-pressions-s-intensifient-pour-que-les-travailleuses-et-travailleurs-domestiques- http://www.friendsofeurope.org/Contentnavigation/Publications/Libraryoverview/tabid/1186/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/3569/Aung-San-Suu-Kyi-must-help-end-BuddhistMuslim-violence.aspx Myanmar opposition leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s presence in Strasbourg to receive the European Parliament’s Sakharov Prize is a potent reminder of just how far the Nobel laureate and her once-pariah nation have travelled in the last few years. Fri, 04 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.friendsofeurope.org/Contentnavigation/Publications/Libraryoverview/tabid/1186/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/3569/Aung-San-Suu-Kyi-must-help-end-BuddhistMuslim-violence.aspx http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/fr/news-room/content/20131021STO22708/html/Aung-San-Suu-Kyi-re%C3%A7oit-son-Prix-Sakharov-23-ans-plus-tard Myanmar human rights legend Aung San Suu Kyi finally received her Sakharov Prize on 22 October, 23 years after it was awarded by the European Parliament. Tue, 22 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/fr/news-room/content/20131021STO22708/html/Aung-San-Suu-Kyi-re%C3%A7oit-son-Prix-Sakharov-23-ans-plus-tard http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/10/22/jordan-reform-agenda-falling-short Other countries should use the upcoming periodic review of Jordan’s human rights record at the United Nations Human Rights Council to press for concrete reforms, Human Rights Watch said today. In particular, country representatives gathering in Geneva for the review process on October 24, 2013, should press Jordan to amend its penal code to remove vague charges that limit rights to free expression, assembly, and association. Wed, 23 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/10/22/jordan-reform-agenda-falling-short http://www.ishr.ch/news/ngos-call-african-states-respect-and-protect-human-rights-defenders A broad coalition of local, national, sub-regional, pan-African and international NGOs have adopted a consensus statement on the protection of human rights defenders in advance of the 54th session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights which commences in Banjul, The Gambia on 22 October 2013. Sun, 20 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.ishr.ch/news/ngos-call-african-states-respect-and-protect-human-rights-defenders http://www.hrw.org/fr/news/2013/10/14/tunisie-une-occasion-historique-deliminer-la-pratique-de-la-torture Tunisian legislators should electqualified, independent experts to a new body created to combat and prevent torture. Mon, 14 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.hrw.org/fr/news/2013/10/14/tunisie-une-occasion-historique-deliminer-la-pratique-de-la-torture http://www.hrw.org/reports/2013/10/10/you-can-still-see-their-blood The 105-page report presents evidence that the civilians were killed on August 4, the first day of the operation. Two opposition groups that took part in the offensive, the Islamic State of Iraq and Sham and Jaish al-Muhajireen wal-Ansar, are still holding the hostages, the vast majority women and children. The findings strongly suggest that the killings, hostage taking, and other abuses rise to the level of war crimes and crimes against humanity, Human Rights Watch said. Fri, 11 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.hrw.org/reports/2013/10/10/you-can-still-see-their-blood http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/fr/news-room/content/20131009IPR21810/html/Malala-Yousafzai-laur%C3%A9ate-du-Prix-Sakharov-2013 Pakistani campaigner for girls' education Malala Yousafzai is the laureate of the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought 2013, following today's decision of the Conference of Presidents (EP President and political group leaders). She will be invited to receive the award at a ceremony in Strasbourg on 20 November. Thu, 10 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/fr/news-room/content/20131009IPR21810/html/Malala-Yousafzai-laur%C3%A9ate-du-Prix-Sakharov-2013 http://www.hrw.org/fr/news/2013/10/10/syrie-executions-et-prises-d-otages-par-des-rebelles Armed opposition groups in Syria killed at least 190 civilians and seized over 200 as hostages during a military offensive that began in rural Latakia governorate on August 4, 2013, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. At least 67 of the victims were executed or unlawfully killed in the operation around pro-government Alawite villages. Fri, 11 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.hrw.org/fr/news/2013/10/10/syrie-executions-et-prises-d-otages-par-des-rebelles http://www.oxfam.org/fr/cultivons/policy/fievre-sucre This paper sets out how one crop �" sugar �" has been driving large-scale land acquisitions and land conflicts at the expense of small-scale food producers and their families. At least 4 million hectares of land have been acquired for sugar production in 100 large-scale land deals since 2000, although given the lack of transparency around such deals, the area is likely to be much greater. Wed, 02 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.oxfam.org/fr/cultivons/policy/fievre-sucre http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=35894&lan=EN The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the European Union have today announced they will strengthen their cooperation and scale up their joint operations on areas of mutual interest, such as education, culture, science and technology, water and oceans, and freedom of expression. Tue, 08 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=35894&lan=EN http://www.hrw.org/fr/news/2013/10/03/conseil-de-securite-de-lonu-il-faut-faire-cesser-les-violations-des-droits-humains-e United Nations Security Council members should use their visit to the Great Lakes region of Central Africa to help end human rights abuses and impunity for the worst crimes in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Human Rights Watch said in a letter to Security Council members sent on October 2, 2013. Thu, 03 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.hrw.org/fr/news/2013/10/03/conseil-de-securite-de-lonu-il-faut-faire-cesser-les-violations-des-droits-humains-e http://www.worldcoalition.org/fr/worldday.html Wed, 02 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.worldcoalition.org/fr/worldday.html http://www.cetim.ch/fr/interventions/367/les-principes-directeurs-relatifs-aux-entreprises-et-aux-droits-de-l-homme-ou-la-caution-de-l-impunite-du-pouvoir-economique-transnational In 2013, a series of dramatic accidents in Bangladeshi textile factories caused thousands of casualties, spurring worldwide protests. In the wake of this uproar, a number of corporations and trade unions involved concluded the �oeAccord on Fire and Building in Bangladesh”. This deal has incidentally been publicized and celebrated as an example of corporate social responsibility. The agreement is largely based on the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (also known as the Ruggie principles), which are supposed to prevent human rights violations. However, this initiative turned out to be one more of countless deceits by transnational corporations. They burnish their image before the public, without genuinely taking responsibility for respecting human rights. Thu, 29 Aug 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.cetim.ch/fr/interventions/367/les-principes-directeurs-relatifs-aux-entreprises-et-aux-droits-de-l-homme-ou-la-caution-de-l-impunite-du-pouvoir-economique-transnational http://www.adolfoperezesquivel.org/?p=3324 The situation in Syria is worrying and once again the U.S., setting themselves up as policeman of the world, seeks to invade Syria in the name of �oefreedom” and �oehuman rights”. Your predecessor, George W. Bush, in his messianic madness knew how to implement religious fundamentalism to perform messianic wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. When stated that he talked to God and God told him that he had to attack Iraq, he did because it was God’s ruling to export �oefreedom” to the world. Wed, 04 Sep 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.adolfoperezesquivel.org/?p=3324 http://www.surjournal.org/esp/conteudos/getArtigo17.php?artigo=17,artigo_06.htm The main steps forward involve investment law’s increasing engagement with human rights issues, including a heightened awareness of the abuses that are taking place via investment contracts that are largely kept secret. This is a positive step because there is now growing pressure to make these contracts public, and generally I think there is growing pressure to make a lot of other elements of investment law more human rights-friendly. Tue, 03 Sep 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.surjournal.org/esp/conteudos/getArtigo17.php?artigo=17,artigo_06.htm http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/a-life-of-torture-starvation-and-executions-inside-north-koreas-horrifyingly-cruel-prison-camps-8777170.html A mother made to kill her own baby. Starving children forced to eat live rats and frogs. Public executions. Torture. Mutilation. These are just a few of the horrific yet routine occurrences in North Korea’s prison camps, according to two former inmates who testified today before a United Nations commission of enquiry in Seoul, South Korea. The Pyongyang regime, by contrast, denies such camps even exist. Wed, 21 Aug 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/a-life-of-torture-starvation-and-executions-inside-north-koreas-horrifyingly-cruel-prison-camps-8777170.html http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2013/aug/16/ban-ki-moon-development-aid-decline There is an urgent need to reverse the fall in official development assistance (ODA), said Ban Ki-moon, the UN secretary general, as he set out key elements for a development agenda beyond 2015. In a progress report to the UN general assembly on the millennium development goals (MDGs), Ban expressed concern at the drop in ODA �" which comes under MDG8, the global partnership �" over the past two years. Fri, 16 Aug 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2013/aug/16/ban-ki-moon-development-aid-decline http://www.surjournal.org/esp/conteudos/getArtigo16.php?artigo=16,artigo_05.htm The powerful ideas that shaped human societies up until the past three hundred years were almost all religious, with the notable exception of Chinese Confucianism. Since the Peace of Westphalia,1 Liberalism was the main secular ideology to produce a worldwide effect, a doctrine associated with the rise of the middle class, first commercial and then industrial, in parts of Europe in the 17th century (FUKUYAMA, 2012). As enunciated by classical thinkers such as Locke, Montesquieu and Mill, Liberalism preaches that the legitimacy of State authority derives from the State’s ability to protect the individual rights of its citizens and that the power of the State needs to be limited by law. Fri, 01 Jun 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.surjournal.org/esp/conteudos/getArtigo16.php?artigo=16,artigo_05.htm http://www.amnesty.org/fr/news/report-2013-world-increasingly-dangerous-refugees-and-migrants-2013-05-23 Global inaction on human rights is making the world an increasingly dangerous place for refugees and migrants, Amnesty International said today as it launched its annual assessment of the world’s human rights. The organization said that the rights of millions of people who have escaped conflict and persecution, or migrated to seek work and a better life for themselves and their families, have been abused. Governments around the world are accused of showing more interest in protecting their national borders than the rights of their citizens or the rights of those seeking refugee or opportunities within those borders. �oeThe failure to address conflict situations effectively is creating a global underclass. The rights of those fleeing conflict are unprotected. Too many governments are abusing human rights in the name of immigration control �" going well beyond legitimate border control measures,” said Salil Shetty, Secretary General of Amnesty International. Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.amnesty.org/fr/news/report-2013-world-increasingly-dangerous-refugees-and-migrants-2013-05-23 http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/17/opinion/sunday/why-gender-equality-stalled.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&smid=fb-nytimes Sat, 16 Feb 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/17/opinion/sunday/why-gender-equality-stalled.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&smid=fb-nytimes http://www.unodc.org/unodc/fr/frontpage/2012/September/smuggling-of-migrants-generates-billions-each-year-for-criminals.html?ref=fs1 Thu, 06 Sep 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.unodc.org/unodc/fr/frontpage/2012/September/smuggling-of-migrants-generates-billions-each-year-for-criminals.html?ref=fs1 http://www.un.org/fr/events/humanrightsday/ Mon, 10 Dec 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.un.org/fr/events/humanrightsday/ http://www.policyinnovations.org/ideas/commentary/data/000241 Fri, 06 Jul 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.policyinnovations.org/ideas/commentary/data/000241 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=35150&lan=EN Tue, 19 Jun 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=35150&lan=EN http://www.state.gov/j/tip/rls/tiprpt/index.htm Wed, 20 Jun 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.state.gov/j/tip/rls/tiprpt/index.htm http://www.unesco.org/new/fr/unesco/events/prizes-and-celebrations/celebrations/international-days/world-day-for-cultural-diversity-for-dialogue-and-development/ Mon, 21 May 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.unesco.org/new/fr/unesco/events/prizes-and-celebrations/celebrations/international-days/world-day-for-cultural-diversity-for-dialogue-and-development/ http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=34996&lan=EN Wed, 21 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mondialisations.org/php/public/art.php?id=34996&lan=EN http://www.policyinnovations.org/ideas/briefings/data/000232 Wed, 29 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.policyinnovations.org/ideas/briefings/data/000232 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