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Brunei’s Shariah Code & the New Stone Age

By Sivananthi Thanenthiran* This article of opinión  is part of a series on the role of civil society organisations (CSOs), which was the focus of International Civil Society Week (ICSW), sponsored by CIVICUS, in Belgrade, April 8-12 KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Apr 15 2019 (IPS) -…

Civil rights

Hungary Is Lost

By  Beda Magyar* – ZEIT ONLINE  Viktor Orbán is destroying Hungary’s democracy. The institutions, the legal system and the social fabric are nothing but a pile of rubble.

Democracy

Hacker, problem, stone in my shoe: why Ecuador turned on Assange

Dan Collyns* – The Guardian President Lenín Moreno made little secret of his desire to evict Assange from embassy building Ecuador’s decision to allow police to arrest Julian Assange inside its embassy on Thursday follows a fraught and acrimonious period in which relations…

Democracy

Omar al-Bashir: Sudan military coup topples ruler after protests

By BBC World After nearly 30 years in power, Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir has been ousted and arrested, the defence minister says Speaking on state TV, Awad Ibn Ouf said the army had decided to oversee a two-year transitional period followed by elections. He also said a…

Armed conflicts

Towards a Peaceful Change of the International Order

By  Fernando Ayala * – Wall Street International Magazine What only wars were able to do… so far The modern international order was born with the so-called Peace of Westphalia in 1648 that ended the 30-year war in Europe and gave rise to the concept of the sovereign State we…

Armed conflicts

Why Activists Fail

Burrowes*  Despite enormous ongoing effort over more than a thousand years, during and since the formation and shaping of the modern world, and as the number of issues being contested has steadily increased, activists of many types have made insufficient progress on key issues…

Civil rights

What are the policy-priorities of European citizens

Alexander Damiano Ricci* ,  for VoxEurop Within this unique public consultation organised by Civico Europa, millions of European citizens have proposed their solutions for reinventing Europe and voted on others to express their priorities. The environment and democracy are on…

Democracy

Hungary’s Orbán clings on to Europe’s power center

By Maïa de La Baume and Lili Bayer – Politico Opponents see suspension by conservatives as ‘political trick.’ Europe’s most powerful political family imposed a timeout on its troublesome son but stopped short of kicking him out. The European People’s Party (EPP), the…

Civil Society

A democratic constitution for the European Union

Cristina Sampaio – Movimento europeo in Italia (Rome) As the 23-26 May European elections are coming closer, the European Movement in Italy and the Academic Agora Europe network have listed “ten priorities for a united, democratic and supportive Europe, as an instrument of peace…

Civil Society

Multilateralism: a testimony

By Ambassador Idriss Jazairy and Roberto Savio (*) Joint Opinion Editorial For over 70 years, the UN system has been perceived as the guardian of peace and development in the world. However, multilateralism today is undeniably under strain. The effectiveness of global…