Fractured Authority and Resource Politics in Myanmar: New Report on Rare Earth Mining Published: 22 April 2025 Study The mining of rare earths is not just about international raw materials policy, as a new study from Myanmar shows. It is also about environmental justice, local governance and the future of the civil war-torn country. By Shanan Foundation
Cambodia’s National Election 2023: Pressure, Control and Legacy Published: 24 August 2023 Analysis Preventing the opposition from meaningfully participating in this election has once again ensured the landslide victory for the ruling Cambodian People's Party (CPP). By Sok Leang
A state in danger - special legal order introduced in Hungary Published: 1 April 2020 Analysis The Hungarian Parliament passed an Act on the Protection Against the Coronavirus. It gives an already authoritarian government extraordinary, dangerous powers. By Domokos Lázár
Syria’s Disappeared Published: 2 August 2017 Over the past years, tens of thousands of men, women and children in Syria havee become subject to forced disappearances in Syria. On July 12, the film "Syria's Disappeared" was screened in which survivors of Syrian prisons and relatives of some tortured to death speak out. By Bente Scheller
Azerbaijan – Closed Space? Published: 4 July 2017 On 22 June 2017 international experts Gerald Knaus, Rebecca Vincent, and Berit Lindeman spoke with Anar Mammadli and other representatives of Azeri civil society about the critical human rights situation in the country, ways to potentially solve it, and European strategies. By Alexander Formozov
Behind global crackdown on NGOs, recognition of their power Published: 23 June 2016 Around the world, autocratic regimes, and some that consider themselves democratic, are restricting the work of civil society groups that hold them to account. By Peter Ford
Dealing with Authoritarian Regimes: Challenges for a Value-based Foreign Policy Published: 16 November 2015 From China to Russia to Iran, voices questioning the universality of liberal democracy are growing louder. How confidently can and should the West stand up for democracy and human rights in the world? By Ralf Fücks
