Editor Selection
Palestinian Accession to the ICC Statute: Hope for Justice and Peace
Source: FIDH 2 January 2015 – FIDH welcomes the accession today of the State of Palestine to the Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC), and the Declaration to be presented on Monday, recognizing ICC […]
Sunday 4 January 2015Cultural Programmes of the Human Rights Week 2014 – Poets composed and young people played for peace
Armanshahr Foundation, in cooperation with the French Institute in Afghanistan, organised the Human Rights Week at the Institute’s premises from 7-10 December 2014.
Sunday 4 January 2015Armanshahr/OPENASIA HR & Civil Society Newsletter – issue 99 year VII
Armanshahr/OPENASIA HR & Civil Society Newsletter – issue 99 year VII
Saturday 3 January 2015Timeline: Gender Equality, 2014 Year in Review
2014 Year in Review From the passing of one of the Arab region’s most progressive constitutions enshrining women’s rights to changes in legislation to provide long overdue redress to wartime survivors of sexual violence, this […]
Thursday 1 January 2015Big ideas are destroying international development
If we really want to fix development, we need to stop chasing after ideas the way we go on fad diets. Successful programs should be allowed to expand by degrees, not digits (direct cash payments, which have shown impressive results in Kenya and Uganda, are a great candidate for the kind of deliberate expansion I’m talking about).
Thursday 1 January 2015Photo Gallery – Human Rights Week 7-10 December 2014, Kabul
Photo Gallery – Human Rights Week 7-10 December 2014, Kabul
Thursday 1 January 2015Afghanistan – Global Coalition to Protect Education from Attack
The UN reported more than 1,000 attacks on education in 2009-2012, including schools being set on fire, suicide bombings and remotely detonated bombs, killings of staff, threats to staff and abductions. Given the challenges in collecting and verifying reports in Afghanistan, the true number may well be significantly higher.
Monday 29 December 2014Armanshahr/OPENASIA HR & Civil Society Newsletter – issue 98 year VII
Armanshahr/OPENASIA HR & Civil Society Newsletter – issue 98 year VII
Monday 29 December 2014The Taliban’s ‘alarmingly efficient’ war on education
The attack in Peshawar that killed more than 100 children last week was just one of hundreds of Taliban attacks against schools, says a new report. And the violence is working, with millions of Pakistani children now out of school
Monday 29 December 2014Armanshahr/OPEN ASIA Special Events – Human Rights Week
The Human Rights Week has been organized by Armanshahr/OPEN ASIA for two consecutive years, 2013 and 2014. The Human Rights Week is a 4-5 day public event that combines a variety of programmes centred on human rights
Monday 29 December 2014