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Has The Gang Truce In El Salvador Failed?
Violent drug gangs have been confronting El Salvador with an enormous internal security problem for more than two decades; inhibiting development and prolonging poverty and structural violence. If one considers the 1992 peace a...
Putting Youth At The Centre Of The Human Rights Agenda
Youth form a crucial constituency for the High Commissioner for Human Rights, and – to overcome their growing disenfranchisement – he should lead in the development of a specific framework that sets out and champi...
The Game of Europe’s Shortcomings
Let’s get straight to the point using someone else’s words: “We have construction mistakes of Economic and Monetary Union and it is time to correct them. It is clear that the core of the current debate has a name: further...
What We Know About The Internet And Political Protest (II)
I left you with a point in the previous article: it is unlikely that the Internet will lead to liberation – or oppression – all around the globe, just because of its inherent features. What usage of the Internet can...
Development For Whom?
Last March, Dr. K. M. Rabiul Karim of the University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh, and other scholars published an article on Global Water Forum about a water development project that caused an increase of marital violence in rura...
Israel’s Blind-Eye on Social Media Backfires with Harlem Shake
Over the past two weeks, Israel’s image has been smeared because of the use of social media, both by international activists and by one of its very own soldiers. Joining the viral craze of The Harlem Shake, and the exponentia...
