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Candidates for the Human Rights Council election practice transparency and accountability
Por Dorothea Krueger
11-09-2020 | Articles
Summary 2019 of The Observatory of International Relations and Human Rights
03-02-2020 | Videos / English
Sybil Rhodes: «Migration cooperation is not a substitute for solving problems directly»
13-11-2019 | Videos / English
José Miguel Vivanco: «The most complex thing we face today is the rise of populist governments»
16-09-2019 | Videos / English
Migration crises and regional governance: The cases of Europe, North America and South America
Por Sybil Rhodes y Maëliss Bodenan
26-08-2019 | Articles
Human Rights from the International Relations
The doctrine of human rights was concretized after a process of development of more than three centuries after the end of the Second World War and has changed the institutional panorama and the relations between actors at the international level.
Por Alejandro Anaya Muñoz
29-07-2019 | Documents
The G20, civil society, and democratic commitment
Por Victoria Gaytan y Gabriel C. Salvia
30-08-2018 | Articles
Artistic Freedom Around the World
In the specific case of Cuba, the report questions the fact that artistic freedom on the island is subject to the aims of the Revolution and everything that is not framed within this premise is censored and repressed.
Por Diana Arévalo
19-03-2018 | Articles
An Act of Remembrance and Solidarity
From this year forward, the Argentine capital will be a pioneer city in Latin America as it commemorates the victims of totalitarianism every 23rd of August. Someone who will always be in our thoughts on this day will be Cecilia de la Torre, who passed last December.
Por Gabriel C. Salvia
23-08-2017 | Articles
Two reform proposals for membership in the UN human rights council
The biggest problem the UN is facing when defending Human Rights is that only a minority of its 193 members have a well-institutionalized democracy. Furthermore, unlike many authoritarian regimes and countries with poor democratic systems, which constitute the majority in the General Assembly, they do not coordinate their policy on human rights with each other.
Por Gabriel C. Salvia y Matthias Peschke
26-04-2017 | Documents
Rational Migration Policy in a Xenophobic World
(Latin America Goes Global) If Argentina were to help foment a global trend in xenophobia it would be worrisome, and surprising. The country has one of the most open migration regimes in the world.
Por Sybil Rhodes
21-02-2017 | Articles
Reflections on the Global Think Tank Summit
(Perfil/Buenos Aires, Argentina) The message I heard in Montreal was dire, both for the liberal values Cadal embodies and for the ability of think tanks and other civil society organizations to have any sort of effect on the world. However, I thought of reasons for optimism about Cadal´s ability to do good work even in the current difficult context.
Por Sybil Rhodes
18-02-2017 | Articles
Human Rights Defended by Dictatorships?
(Latin America Goes Global) Recently, a third of the members of the UN Human Rights Council were renewed with China, the biggest dictatorship in the world, accumulating no less than 180 votes which gives proof to the assumption that several developed democracies voted in China's favour.
Por Gabriel C. Salvia
29-11-2016 | Articles
Human Rights before and after the fall of the Berlin Wall
The historical framework. Human rights in a communist dictatorship. The Peaceful Revolution in Autumn 1989 and German Unity on 3 October 19904. The complexity of the world in 2016. The role of human rights today. Basic principles of human rights policy in Europe.
Por Günter Nooke
09-11-2016 | Documents
Dealing with the authoritarian resurgence
A renewed struggle between democracy and authoritarianism has emerged. The decade-long democratic decline reported by Freedom House has been most dramatic within the ranks of already authoritarian regimes, which have become even more repressive. At the same time, the most influential among them—China, Russia, and Iran—have become more internationalist. In doing so, they have found ways to exploit integration and to broaden their influence in the democratic world. Through the development of the antidemocratic toolkit of simulated NGOs, think tanks, election monitors, and news media, the autocrats are actively seeking to undermine democracy from within.
Por Christopher Walker
15-09-2016 | Documents
Günter Nooke: Human Rights before and after the fall of the Berlin Wall
23-08-2016 | Videos / English
A Democracy Assembly to Face the New Authoritarian Challenges
Sixteen years after the first World Movement Assembly, the situation has dramatically changed. We no longer have the strong wind of triumphant democracy in our sails. Instead, we are facing a reinvigorated wind of authoritarianism that defies us not only in practice but also ideologically and tests our understanding of our own values, our consistency, and our commitment.
Por Ladan Boroumand
09-12-2015 | Documents
Global Development: Democracy, Market and Transparency 2013: Editor's note
Of the 21 Latin American countries, eleven placed below the global average and only three received an ideal score in terms of civil liberties and political rights: Chile (14), Uruguay (21) and Costa Rica (41). They are also the only countries in the region to place among the top 50. However, these three countries make up part of a total of twelve in Latin America that dropped in ranking with respect to 2012. The biggest descents were the Dominican Republic (79), twelve positions; Panama (61), nine positions; and Argentina (85), six.
Por Gabriel C. Salvia y Hernán Alberro
18-02-2014 | Research Reports
Human Rights and Dictatorships at the UN
The Council has 47 member states, regionally elected by a majority of the UN countries. For the election of the members of the UN Human Rights Council, the contribution to the protection and promotion of human rights in the country should be taken into account. Now, regarding some of the countries that have just been elected to serve on this body, like Saudi Arabia, Cuba, China, Vietnam, and Russia, it remains clear that the fulfillment of its goal is unfeasible. Can there be a greater contradiction than a Human Rights Council that incorporates dictatorships?
Por Gabriel C. Salvia
27-11-2013 | Articles
Global Development - Democracy, Market and Transparency 2011
Chile heads the regional ranking, rising one position to 15th overall since 2010, overtaking Austria. Uruguay is the second country in the regional ranking and finds itself in 23rd place worldwide. Costa Rica continues its descent, losing five places since 2010 but maintaining its third place in the regional ranking, followed by Panama.
Por Gabriel C. Salvia y Hernán Alberro
28-06-2012 | Research Reports
Democracy, Markets & Transparency 2009
Leaders of development - The analysis of the cases of New Zealand and Denmark, heading the ranking for third consecutive year, indicates that there are powerful theoretical reasons to think that open economies, liberal democratic regimes and transparent public sectors go together.
Por Gabriel C. Salvia y Hernán Alberro
30-01-2010 | Research Reports
New World
In the midst of the storm, emerging countries –and Latin America in particular- are facing a novel challenge: the strong appreciation of their currencies against the dollar. Indeed. Unlike past crises, when a sneeze coming from Wall Street sparked capital flight and devaluation, nowadays the region’s governments see their currencies gain value against the greenback, to the chagrin of its export businesses.
Por Raúl Ferro
19-03-2008 | Articles
