Articles directly or indirectly related to human rights.
"Over the course of a lifetime, we face only a few moments where the decisions we make and the actions we take will shape our history for years to come. This is one of them." Bill Clinton, Jan 25. The political situation is disastrous and generates a palpable sense of unease in everyone. At the very least, the suffering is profound for those who wish to preserve democracy. Entire parts of the world we once knew are collapsing a little…
I have worked with international NGOs in the capital of human rights, Geneva. I cofounded one of them, and founded yet another in Latin America. I know the international world as a practitioner and it seems necessary to me to denounce the damaging activities of UN Watch. The latter has been around for two decades and is damaging the international system by distorting the general public's perception of the institutions. When lies and biases are produced with the sole aim…
Time is running out. In Colombia, Bolivia, Brazil and Peru, we continue to lose the Amazon. The medicines we take come from the Amazon. Gold, cobalt, wood, meat and much more are extracted from the Amazon every day. Does this mean that our species is doomed? No, we refuse to be fatalistic. The Guardians of the Amazon was born on 3 April 2024. This is a new kind of Colombian NGO, designed to unite modern people and indigenous populations to…
A long time ago, I considered Cuba as a power against a uniform, unequal and tough Western-driven world. Cuba was the sand in the gears, reminding everybody that women’s rights and minorities’ rights have to stay high on the agenda. This was my belief until I started working in the human rights field. Whilst it is true that Cuba is facing one of the most prominent long-lasting injustices of our time (the US Embargo), the Caribbean Island is also creating…
Here is an article Oksana Chelysheva sent me few days ago. How embarrassing it is for European people. Stanislav Dmitrievsky, 06.09.2008 (translated from Russian and abridged) http://www.kasparov.ru Yesterday, I was asked to formulate my suggestions to European politicians who will take part in the next OSCE meeting on the human dimension. The question I was asked was: "What should European politicians do to defend civic society, civic and political activists in Russia?" I find it very hard to formulate my…
