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The slowly changing face of parliamentary representation was not an inevitable consequence of the broadening of the political space in democratization processes. Rather, it has resulted from sustained mobilization, institutional engineering, political party commitment and […]

This is Chapter 10 of Has Liberalism Failed Women? Parity, Quotas and Political Representation.

7 ridiculous restrictions on women’s rights around the world

EastTime.ru Over the next three months, the countries belonging to the Organization of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) will carry out the first stage of strengthening Tajikistan’s border with neighboring Afghanistan. This information told […]

Two hundred and eighteen rights defenders in Shanghai signed a public appeal urging the United Nations not to elect China to the 47-member Human Rights Council. The election will be held on November 12 among UN member states in the General Assembly.

The GlobeandMail REVIEWED BY CHRIS BERUBE Special to The Globe and Mail Published Friday, Oct. 11 2013 In March, if everything goes smoothly, Canada will finally be out of Afghanistan. The bulk of our military operations […]

The GlobalandMail REVIEWED BY ILANA TEITELBAUM Special to The Globe and Mail Published Friday, Oct. 25 2013 “I once lived in a harem in Afghanistan” is the gripping opening sentence of An American Bride in Kabul, in which […]

IRIN humanitarian news and analysis (a service of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs) What will the humanitarian enterprise look like in 10-year-time? What are the risks, the opportunities? This new In-Depth […]

Transitional Justice Theories is the first volume to approach the politically sensitive subject of post-conflict or post-authoritarian justice from a theoretical perspective. It combines contributions from distinguished scholars and practitioners as well as from emerging academics from different disciplines and provides an overview of conceptual approaches to the field.

“Long live death!” is how Franco’s militias sometimes celebrated their victories during the 1930s Spanish civil war. Yes, there have always been – and remain – those States that champion death over life, barbarism over reason. And what better symbol of this outmoded ideology than the death penalty?