Scenarios for Justice: ICC investigates the situation in Afghanistan Published: 28 January 2020 Report From December 4-6, 2019 the International Criminal Court organized a series of hearings on alleged war crimes in Afghanistan. In April 2019, the pre-Trial Chamber II of the court unprecedentedly denied the request of the court’s prosecutor for authorising an investigation. By Abdul Wahed Zia Moballegh
"We will give blood, but not our land" - The Citizenship Amendment Act protests in the context of Northeast India Published: 21 December 2019 Background India’s Northeast, a land of volatile identities having an uneasy experience with migration, is held together by a fragile consensus forged in the larger interest of peace and co-existence. The seams of these fault-lines pass by people’s lived realities, always at the risk of being burst open with an act of insensitivity. The enactment of the CAA is considered by many as one such act. By Dr Kaustubh Deka
“There is so much more the world should know about Afghanistan” Published: 13 December 2019 Interview Omaid Sharifi is a pioneer Afghan activist and one of the co-founders of ArtLords, an artist association which has been attracting widespread international attention in recent years. By Lin Xin and Luzie Mayer
The 2019 Philippine Elections: Consolidating Power in an Eroding Democracy Published: 21 June 2019 The outcome of the 2019 midterm elections in the Philippines displayed the domineering political influence of President Rodrigo Duterte, a crowded-out opposition, and the limits of his promise for genuine and meaningful socio-political change. By Aries Arugay
Jokowi’s Triumph in the 2019 Presidential Election and the Future of Binary Politics Published: 6 June 2019 Article On 17 April 2019, Indonesia held the world’s largest, and arguably most complicated, one-day election involved presidential, legislative (national and local), and senate elections – done simultaneously. Voters’ attention, however, was largely on the presidential election, which led to a turnout of 81%, the highest in Indonesia’s electoral history in the post-reform era. By Deasy Simandjuntak
Natural Resources Revenue Sharing in Afghanistan Published: 28 February 2019 Afghanistan is a resource rich country with reserves estimated to worth around 3 trillion USD which almost have remained untapped. Afghanistan is prompt to invest in its extractive industry to cover the state expenses and budget deficits and to fund its development projects to alleviate poverty in the country. By Dr. Mohammad Qasim Wafayezada
Procedure for Distribution of 5% Revenue of Natural Resources for Provincial Development Published: 27 February 2019 Investment in infrastructure and channeling the revenues for equal development and enabling economic factors that would precipitate long-lasting and sustaining economic growth is important for making the best use of natural resources.
Human Rights Against Populism: A Progressive Response to the Politics of Duterte and Mahathir Published: 28 December 2018 Background As the world celebrates the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), the region of Southeast Asia highlights two compelling political phenomena: the emergent ‘authoritarian populism’ and the return to the ‘Asian Values’. By Bonn Juego
Championing a Fair Future: Journalists on Climate Change & Resource Equity Published: 7 January 2019 Event report Heinrich Boell Stiftung (hbs) Pakistan organized an event to acknowledge the contributions of the cohort of Journalists on environment
Authoritarian Turn and Human Rights Crisis in the Philippines Published: 30 November 2018 Background Since winning the presidency in 2016, Rodrigo Duterte’s regime has enacted policies of fear and repression that have eroded democratic norms and endorsed violations of fundamental rights. By Joshua Makalintal