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COP20: A five minute history of climate politics
Today begins the UNFCCC’s COP20 which, since the failure of the Copenhagen Accord, will build on the Durban Platform which follows the Bali Roadmap and the Warsaw Outcomes to replace the Kyoto Protocol. Overwhelmed? Fair enou...
Does Sweden Show The Way For The Regulation Of Prostitution?
A little more than 15 years ago, Sweden passed a new revolutionary law to tackle its prostitution problem. The law, named ‘sexköpslagen‘ [Sex Purchase Act] in Swedish, was an exercise in thinking outside the box an...
Too Little, Too Late: The Cambodian Genocide Trial
The tribunal that was supposed to deliver justice for those killed under the Khmer Rouge has been dealt – quite literally – a deadly blow. The death last week of one of the few remaining on trial for crimes committed under ...
How will the Greek election result affect the rest of Europe?
“The vicious cycle of austerity is over,” declared Syriza leader Alexis Tsipras on the day of his party’s election win. After six years of austerity, recession, mass unemployment and falling living standards, the Greek pe...
Spain’s Southern Border Faces Yet Another Scandal
This much we know: at around 6 in the morning on Thursday, on the 6th of February, a group of around 250 people headed towards the Spanish-Moroccan border in Ceuta. Members of the Guardia Civil, the police force in control of S...
Can Kenya Learn from Park Geun-hye’s Presidency?
South Koreans elected their first female president, Park Geun-hye on December 19th 2012. Ms Park is the daughter of former military strongman Park Chung-hee who ruled South Korea with an iron fist for 18 years. Her campaign was...
