Climate Change, Environmental Threats, and Human Rights
There are valuable lessons here relevant to other countries and regions The report, “There Is No Time Left: Climate Change, Environmental Threats, and Human Rights in Turkana County, Kenya,” highlights … Continue reading
Roundtable On Refugee Crisis: Historical Legacies, Political Context, and Legal Mechanisms
The policy response of Turkey, Jordan and Lebanon to this influx has come under deserved scrutiny. Still, whatever their faults these countries have hosted millions of refugees despite, in the … Continue reading
What I’m talking about when I’m talking about government as a platform
Originally posted on Dave Briggs:
So, a little while ago I posted about government as a platform, and mentioned three main components that matter, particularly to us at Adur and…
The World Bank and Human Rights – Report of the Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights
The report begins with an analysis of the confusing approaches to human rights taken by the World Bank in its legal policy, public relations, policy analysis, operations and safeguards. The … Continue reading
Illicit Economies, Sublegal Practices, and the State in Southeast Asia
A special issue of the journal Critical Asian Studies available for free for a limited time. This introduction develops the idea of “dirty money states” by defining and exploring the problem … Continue reading
Favelas: The “Real” Modernity in Latin America?
Originally posted on {FAVEL issues}:
All countries that constitute Latin America are developing countries; approximately 124 million of Latin American urban inhabitants live in poverty. The south-continent has always been…
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