This article sets out the conclusions of a year-long research project led by CIVICUS, the global civil society alliance. Our consultations heard the voices of people from around 80 countries. Civil society leaders, activists and stakeholders shared 54 written contributions and provided 97 interviews, while 26...
Even though freedom of expression and opinion are guaranteed under Palestinian Basic Law and also by International Laws and Conventions, violating this right has become a familiar occurrence in everyday Gaza....
What follows are the summary, introduction and conclusion from “Connection Interrupted: Israel’s Control of the Palestinian ICT Infrastructure and Its Impact on Digital Rights” published by 7amleh – The Arab Center for the Advancement of Social Media (December 2018).
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La salud es una condición de bienestar físico, mental y social. Va más allá de la ausencia de enfermedades. Este es el concepto de la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS), una visión integral que la presenta como un aspecto que cruza tres dimensiones, es...
“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.” Maya Angelou...
La lucha de los organismos de derechos humanos por el esclarecimiento histórico de los crímenes cometidos en el marco del Plan Cóndor durante las décadas de 1970 y 1980 hace de la Argentina un país reconocido internacionalmente. La Asamblea Permanente por los Derechos Humanos (APDH)...
It has been over four years since the heads of states gathered at a High level Plenary meeting of the UN General Assembly in September 2015 in New York and adopted a new development framework: “Transforming Our World: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”, in...
In the early 20th Century, the American pragmatist philosopher John Dewey argued in his Democracy and Education that society is intrinsically linked with and embedded in its communicative forms....
Drawing on learnings from WACC consultations with 92 organizations and academic institutions working on communication-related issues, this article examines the United Nations’ 2030 Agenda from a communication rights perspective. It argues for the missing SDG 18: Communication rights for all.
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In 1999, in a landmark essay, WACC’s former Director of Studies and Publications and Editor of its journal Media Development, Fr Michael Traber, explored the philosophical basis for communication in society. In doing so, he linked the right to communicate with other social and political rights...