Tag: Civil Society
122 Articles
- Dialogues
Adom Getachew on Anticolonial Worldmaking of the Past and Present
GJIA: Plenty of historical literature and political theory already exists on the decolonization period, but the reorientations to the Black Atlantic and global transformative…
February 13, 2023
- Dialogues
Fabian Salvioli on the UN Redress for Kenyan Land Dispossession Under British Colonization
GJIA: In your own words, how would you describe your role and responsibilities as the UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non…
February 2, 2023
- Human Rights & Development
A Guatemalan Judiciary Tailored for the Mafia Needs Reform
In recent years, Guatemala has shifted from an incipient democracy to a kleptocracy, where the justice system is at the service of a criminal alliance between corrupt, …
July 8, 2022
- Society & Culture
State-Society Relations & Global Pandemic Responses: Why Gender Quotas in India Matter
As the world seeks to navigate the COVID-19 global pandemic, one thing is clear: trust in the government matters. A recent study finds low rates of COVID-19 infections (and high…
April 6, 2022
- Conflict & Security
Cuba’s N15: The March That Never Was
In October 2021, Cuban authorities denied Archipiélago permission to carry out its proposed march based on a peculiar interpretation of Article 56 of the new Cuban constitution,…
February 2, 2022
- Global Governance
To Promote Democracy in Sudan, Focus On the People
The Chinese word for crisis, consisting of the concepts “danger” and “turning point,” offers a valuable framing for considering how to break a disturbing and chaotic…
December 27, 2021
- Global Governance
Elusive Truths: Why Good Policies Alone Won’t Save Democracy
The battle over vaccine mandates in Chicago and the catastrophic flooding in Germany earlier this year appear to be worlds apart. But their parallel trajectories underscore a…
December 9, 2021
- Global Governance
Why Global Leadership is Key to International Development
As developing countries continue to deal with the pandemic without equitable access to vaccines, mounting international debt, and worsening challenges stemming from climate,…
October 25, 2021
- Human Rights & Development
Contextualizing Erdogan’s Attacks on Bogazici University
On January 2, 2021, Turkey woke to the news that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan appointed Melih Bulu as the Rector (President) of Bogazici University (BU), one of the country…
October 7, 2021
- Human Rights & Development
Cultural Rights Defenders: Strengthening Protections for Artists and Creatives
In January 2020 the United Nations Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights, Karima Bennoune, released a report devoted to the notion of “cultural rights.” …
October 5, 2021