By Joe Powell The writer is Deputy CEO of Open Government Partnership (OGP). This article first appeared in Transparency International‘s blog Voices for Transparency. – The Editor WASINGTON, D.C. (IDN) – Corruption continued to dominate headlines across the world in 2017. It ended political careers, motivated citizens to organize and advocate for reform, and was […]
On the Use – or Abuse – of “Politically Correct”
Viewpoint by Marcelo Colussi* GUATEMALA CITY (IDN) – Although it is not very clear – or not at all clear – what the “correct” in “politically corrrect” consists of, there is a general consensus that we must practice “correctness”, that we must be “politically correct”. Pushed by this trend, then, we cannot say “blacks” but “people of colour” and […]
Independent Media and Civil Society Under Assault
By Sean Buchanan This is the fifth in a series of reports highlighting salient aspects of Transparency International‘s latest analysis on challenges posed by corruption around the world as well as successes and failures of efforts targeting a scourge that eats into the vitals of human rights. – The Editor. LONDON (IDN) – Civil society organisations […]
Corruption and Crackdowns on Civil Society Continue in Arab States
By Sean Buchanan This is the fourth in a series of reports highlighting salient aspects of Transparency International‘s latest analysis on challenges posed by corruption around the world as well as successes and failures of efforts targeting a scourge that eats into the vitals of human rights. – The Editor. LONDON (IDN) – In a region […]
Striving to Build a Broader Support for the Nuclear Ban Treaty
By Ramesh Jaura BERLIN | TOKYO (IDN) – The second session of the Preparatory Committee for the 2020 NPT Review Conference in April and the UN High-Level Conference on Nuclear Disarmament in May will draw the focus of the international community in the coming weeks as it moves toward paving the way for a nuclear-weapons […]
Patchy Progress on Fighting Corruption across Asia-Pacific
By Sean Buchanan This is the third in a series of reports highlighting salient aspects of Transparency International‘s latest analysis on challenges posed by corruption around the world as well as successes and failures of efforts targeting a scourge that eats into the vitals of human rights. – The Editor. LONDON (IDN) – When it comes […]
More Civil Engagement Called for in Eastern, South-East Europe
By Sean Buchanan This is the second in a series of reports highlighting salient aspects of Transparency International‘s latest analysis on challenges posed by corruption around the world as well as successes and failures of efforts targeting a scourge that eats into the vitals of human rights. – The Editor. LONDON (IDN) – When it […]
Erdoğan’s Neo-Ottomanism at a Dangerous Turning Point
By Pier Francesco Zarcone* ROME (IDN) – It is not being dealt with by major media, but there appear to be new and dangerous winds of war about to blow in the eastern Mediterranean. On October 15, 2016, in a speech at the university that (modestly) bears his name, Turkish President Recep Erdoğan outlined some […]
UN Peacekeeping Needs Thorough Reform
Viewpoint by Jonathan Power* LUND, Sweden (IDN-INPS) – The new, vicious, fighting in the Congo is the fourth round of warfare since independence in 1960. No other country has seen so many “blue berets” – UN peacekeeping troops – in its short history. The Belgian colonialists may have exploited it and transferred massive amounts of […]
Gifted African Filmmaker Leaves Behind an Impressive Legacy
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK (IDN) – Just days before a major retrospective of his cinematic work in Brazil, Idrissa Ouedraogo passed away in his home country of Burkina Faso on February 18. He was 64. “We talked two weeks ago,” said a grieving Janaina Oliveira of Brazil’s Center for Afro-Brazilian and […]