Ahora que el mundo es mucho más multipolar que antes, ¿por qué el poder de la sociedad civil aún reside desproporcionadamente en el Norte global? Una contribución al debate de openGlobalRights sobre la internacionalización de las organizaciones de derechos humanos. English, Português
Many Egyptians are smarting from the betrayal of their revolution while the military-backed regime tightens its grip. The international community can no longer ignore this.
The ability of India, Brazil and South Africa to emerge as moral voices from the south to reclaim the human rights narrative is not in doubt, but their willingness to take the global centre-stage is certainly in question. A contribution to the openGlobalRights debate on Emerging Powers and Human R
A tight overlap between economic and political elites creates a massive push to shrink the public sector to accommodate private interests. This amounts to an abdication of state responsibility and a betrayal of the social contract between citizens and the state.
In the name of ‘traditional values’ and raisons d’état, authoritarian governments and dictators around the world are targeting the civil-society organisations who animate the public square. Democratic states and the UN must stand up for international legal standards.
The fith BRICS summit held in Durban, South Africa in late March was largely a government – business show with scant involvement of civil society. But a positive step has been taken by the BRICS statement on humanitarian assistance to the people of Syria.
Critics fear that the renewed UN Millennium Development Goals starting in 2015 will fail to include democracy and human rights. But maybe the UN Declaration on Human Rights is still useful.
