To be Equal and Free: The Nexus Between Human Rights and Democracy Is the delivery of human rights a consequential outcome of liberal democracy? This paper explores the role of human rights in democracy, and specifically whether human rights is a necessary ingredient for its sustenance. Thandiwe Matthews
CEDAW 40 Years In: What Have We Learned and What Has Improved Introduction CEDAW is a key international human rights treaty aimed at the achievement of gender equality worldwide. It helps women around the world to bring about change in their daily life.
T. Jayashree’s Story: Queer Archive as a Site of Activism in India There was an atmosphere of fear, yet at the same time the need to confront and fight for basic human rights became urgent. There was also a need to document everything that happened and that is what this story is all about. T. Jayashree
Age of mistrust: crisis of co-operative security in Europe Analysis The OSCE was designed to promote a culture of cooperative security in Europe. But in recent years military tensions between Russia and the West have flared up again. Can the OSCE help to defuse these tensions and restore confidence in the Euro-Atlantic area? Pavel Kanevskiy, Juraj Nosál
“It is my job to tell the victim of violence that she is valuable." Portrait The Indian Dr. Prasanna Gettu is co-founder of the International Foundation for Crime Prevention & Victim Care in Chennai. Survivors of fire and acid attacks are cared for and advised here. The journalist Pragati K. B. met Gettu in her centre and talked to her about domestic violence and her long-standing struggle. Pragati K. B.
Dr. Prasanna Gettu Short Biography Dr. Prasanna Gettu receives the Anne-Klein-Frauenpreis 2020 for her commitment.
Pavel Kanevskiy Associate professor of political science and vice dean at the Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU) Faculty of Sociology
