PROGRAMOMRÅDEN

PROGRAMOMRÅDEN​

Tvinga fram en världsregering?
I en nyhetsartikel i Aftonbladet publicerad 2018-04-10 intervjuas filosofen Torbjörn Tännsjö om behovet av en världsregering, ett högaktuellt ämne för Demokrati utan gränser. Artikeln är en märklig blandning av allvar,
Hans Leander | 22.04.2018
A World Parliament: Governance and Democracy in the 21st Century
An event on 11 April 2018 hosted by the United Nations Correspondents Association at UN headquarters in New York marked the publication of the book A World Parliament: Governance and
DWB | 16.04.2018
Svensk gren av Democracy Without Borders bildad i Stockholm
Igår blev det möjligt att bli medlem i föreningen Demokrati utan gränser som bildades vid ett möte lördagen den 3 februari i Gamla stan. Föreningens syfte är bland annat att
Hans Leander | 11.04.2018
State of Civil Society Report 2018: limitations on civic space met defiant resistance
The international alliance of civil society organizations CIVICUS released a report on the State of Civil Society that highlighted ten different trends in 2017. According to the report, attacks on
Jessica Lee | 03.04.2018
Efforts for longevity must go along with strengthening global democracy
A growing interest in life extension technology has led to investments of billions of dollars with a plethora of intriguing technologies promising advances in combating aging. As average human life
Didier Coeurnelle | 30.03.2018
Event in Berlin: Strengthening democracy through a world parliament
Last Thursday (22 March), the participants in an event at Pariser Platz in Berlin hoped that the establishment of a parliamentary assembly at the UN would provide impetus for a
DWB | 28.03.2018
Campaign suggests that General Assembly should vote on Security Council reform
This month the Elect the Council campaign that is coordinated by the Institute for Security Studies in Pretoria released a recent summary of their suggestions on how to reform the
Phoebe Guinn | 21.03.2018
The Security Council has failed Syria: time to question its authority
In his final address to the Human Rights Council, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Prince Zeid decried the ”pernicious use of the veto” by the permanent members of the
Andreas Bummel | 09.03.2018
Human Rights Watch report highlights dissent against rising populism
Human Rights Watch released its annual report in January 2018, providing a summary of the key human rights issues investigated from late 2016 to November 2017 in over 90 countries and
Jessica Lee | 21.02.2018
EIU report: Freedom of speech under pressure, democracy continues to backslide
In the 10th edition of their Democracy Index, the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) recently reported the worst performance in global democracy since 2010-11 in the aftermath of the global economic
Phoebe Guinn | 19.02.2018
Svensk gren av Democracy Without Borders bildad i Stockholm
Vid ett möte lördagen den 3 februari i Stockholm bildades föreningen Demokrati utan gränser. Enligt stadgarna som antogs på mötet i Gamla stan är syftet med föreningen att ”stärka en
Hans Leander | 17.02.2018
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