Conflict-Related Sexual Violence: “We need recognition, safety and dignity” Published: 1 October 2024 Interview Ajna Jusić’s mother survived conflict-related sexual violence during the 1992–95 war in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Ajna is one of many children born as a result of such war crimes. Her organisation aims to improve the lives and legal situations of the victims and their children.
Limiting Space for Civil Society in Afghanistan: the implications of policies and legislations on NGOs Published: 13 July 2021 Report Emergence of diverse and inclusive Civil Society organizations, such as NGOs and associations are among the mentionable gains during the last two decades of Afghanistan history. Nevertheless, beside increasing threats of insecurity, NGOs are constantly faced with challenges of laws and policies. Abdul Wahed Zia Moballegh
Hungary to imprison NGO workers helping asylum seekers and other migrants Published: 26 June 2018 The Hungarian Government has voted to further deteriorate refugee people's rights and justify the imprisonment of NGO workers and attorneys who attempt to help them. Nóra Köves
Hungary 2017: Detained refugees, persecuted NGOs, lack of legal certainty Published: 29 December 2017 Hungary has reached a point where people fleeing from war and persecution can be detained, beaten and deprived of their rights, while those who endeavour to help them are cast as national security risks. Nóra Köves
Shrinking Spaces and the G20 Published: 12 July 2017 When the 19 member countries and the EU gathered in Hamburg for the G20 Summit one important topic was not on the agenda: from China to Mexico, Turkey to Russia, Saudi Arabia to India – the respect for fundamental human rights can no longer be taken for granted. Barbara Unmüßig
An eclipse of Myanmar’s civil society? Published: 5 July 2017 Myanmar’s transition to democracy has earned the country a lot of appraisal on the international stage. But over the last year, the boundaries between what is permitted and what will get people in trouble slid back and blurred again. Dr. Stefan Bächtold
We Will Stay and Fight Published: 23 June 2017 Interview On Tuesday, 13 June, Hungary’s National Assembly passed a law that requires NGOs which receive foreign funds above the annual threshold of 24000 EUR to register and label themselves as “foreign-funded organisations” on their websites and in their publications. Anna Frenyó
Towards a democratic and globally just resource policy Published: 22 May 2017 Germany depends on the import of metallic, mineral and fossil fuel resources. The extraction of these raw materials takes place at the expense of the environment and leads to human rights violations. The German Federal Government has to take these consequences adequately into account.
