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During this year’s Summer School on Democracy we will focus on political participation and how it leads to development and challenges for citizens with distinctive or overlapping backgrounds such as voters, party, trade union, or other organizational members; political figures and opposition leaders; climate and youth activists, social media, online campaigners; women’s rights advocates, minorities […]

The injunction was issued by the International Court of Justice at The Hague, where accusations of genocide have been brought against the Southeast Asian country. BANGKOK — Rejecting arguments made by Myanmar’s civilian leader, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, the International Court of Justice at The Hague ruled on Thursday that Myanmar must take action […]

      British and French soldiers who are part of NATO’s enhanced Forward Presence Battlegroup in Estonia pitted their respective tanks, the UK Challenger 2 and the French Leclerc, against each other in a test of accuracy and speed of destruction at Adazi Training Base in Latvia. Tank vs Tank: Video of competition

How corruption impacts political integrity. This year’s Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) reveals that a majority of countries are showing little to no improvement in tackling corruption. Our analysis also shows corruption is more pervasive in countries where big money can flow freely into electoral campaigns and where governments listen only to the voices of wealthy […]

Hypocritical attacks on Israel are common, but Sarah Leah Whitson takes them to a new level. As Middle East and North Africa director of Human Rights Watch, she is one of the sharpest critics of the Jewish state’s presence in the West Bank, promoting boycotts and international prosecution for the supposed crimes of occupation and […]

A court in Pakistan has overturned the death sentence handed down to former president Pervez Musharraf by declaring the legal process unconstitutional. Gen Musharraf had challenged the formation of special court which found him guilty of treason last December. On Monday, the Lahore High Court sided with the exiled general, who seized power in a […]

What Is Set to Change for Visa Applicants? The new rules will bring several changes to the visa application procedures, and improve the benefits that come with a visa. The main changes foreseen by the updated code are as follows: Higher visa fees. Extended application submission periods. Electronic application forms in most countries. Representative authorities […]