Full Coverage: Governance
June 2008
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06/27/2008
ASUNCION, Jun 26 (IPS) - Paraguay's public hospitals are on the verge of collapse, due to a lack of resources for responding to the wave of southern hemisphere winter illnesses. The first measure to be adopted by the new government that will take over in August will be to declare a "social emergency" in healthcare, the future health minister told IPS.
Read moreFrom: Inter Press Service (IPS) Related: [Paraguay] [Health] [Disease/treatment] [Governance] |
06/26/2008
Corruption is a fundamental cause and catalyst of the global water crisis, which currently threatens the lives of billions of people around the world, says a new report from a global coalition against corruption.
Read moreFrom: Transparency International Related: [Food] [Poverty] [Water/Sanitation] [Climate Change] [Conservation] [Disease/treatment] [Corruption & Transparency] [Governance] Image: Buying water in Iraq. © United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network
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06/26/2008
The recent xenophobic attacks in South Africa and President Mbeki's "quiet diplomacy" towards Zimbabwe are signs that South Africa may not be ready to host the 2010 FIFA World cup, says editor Matthew Hennessey.
Read moreFrom: Policy Innovations Related: [Zimbabwe] [South Africa] [Civil Rights] [Race Politics] [Democracy] [Geopolitics] [Governance] |
06/26/2008
The Tajik government has torn down the only synagogue left in the country, bringing worship services and food aid programs for the Jewish community to a halt.
Read moreFrom: Forum 18 Related: [Tajikistan] [Shelter & Housing] [Social Exclusion] [Religion] [Social Exclusion] [Governance] [Law] |
06/25/2008
WASHINGTON, Jun 24 (OneWorld) - Zimbabwe's civil society groups and the U.S. government agree that the decision by opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai to withdraw from this Friday's run-off election was the right one, but as talk of potential negotiations and military interventions abound, no one can predict with any certainty what will happen next.
Read moreFrom: OneWorld US Related: [Zimbabwe] [Human Rights] [Civil Rights] [Politics] [Civil Society] [Codes of Conduct] [Democracy] [Geopolitics] [Governance] [Security] [United Nations] Image: Is the Mugabe-Tsvangirai fight reaching its final round? © Radio Netherlands Wereldomroep
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06/25/2008
To commemorate the birthday of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, the Pakistani government is recommending President Musharraf commute the death sentences of more than 7,000 prisoners to life imprisonment.
Read moreFrom: Asian Human Rights Commission Related: [Pakistan] [Human Rights] [Religion] [Ethics & Value Systems] [Governance] [Justice and Crime] [Law] |
06/24/2008
European governments are dodging the truth about the U.S. practice of kidnapping and illegally sending terrorism suspects for interrogation in countries with a reputation for torture, a leading rights group says in a new report.
Read moreFrom: Amnesty International - International Secretariat Related: [Europe] [United States] [International Cooperation] [Human Rights] [Codes of Conduct] [Corruption & Transparency] [Geopolitics] [Governance] [Justice and Crime] [Terrorism] Image: © Citizens for Global Solutions
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06/24/2008
A recent research paper titled: Recommendations for meaningful and successful e-governance in India published by IT for Change argues that the country’s e-governance strategies should be located within the overall public sector reform projects. It also discusses effective approaches to harness the potential of ICTs that are suitable to indigenous context.
Read moreRelated: [South Asia] [ICT] [Governance] |
06/24/2008
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 23 (IPS) - Two years after the African Union mandated Senegal to conduct the trial of Chadian dictator Hissene Habre, who is accused of thousands of political murders during his eight-year reign, the prosecution remains in limbo, six human rights groups complained in a joint statement Monday.
Read moreFrom: Inter Press Service (IPS) Related: [Senegal] [Chad] [Human Rights] [Civil Rights] [Codes of Conduct] [Ethics & Value Systems] [Geopolitics] [Governance] [Justice and Crime] [Law] |
06/23/2008
Privatization, free trade, and market forces...the rich world insists poor states play by our rules. But they don't work. Time to let countries determine their own destinies, asks Duncan Green.
Read moreFrom: New Statesman Related: [Botswana] [Haiti] [Poverty] [Democracy] [Geopolitics] [Governance] |
06/23/2008
In the wake of escalating violence, concerns of "genocide," and failed mediating attempts, Zimbabwe's main opposition leader declared Sunday that he would no longer participate in the final-round presidential vote scheduled for this week.
Read moreFrom: Mail and Guardian (South Africa) Related: [Zimbabwe] [Codes of Conduct] [Democracy] [Geopolitics] [Governance] [Security] Image: Mugabe and Tsvangirai have been sparring for years. The result: thousands of political deaths and detainees. © Radio Netherlands Wereldomroep
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06/23/2008
South Africa must stop deporting refugees back to Zimbabwe -- in violation of international law -- and grant them temporary asylum from the political repression that has forced so many to flee the country, says a human rights watchdog.
Read moreFrom: Human Rights Watch Related: [Zimbabwe] [South Africa] [Refugees] [Human Rights] [Civil Rights] [Codes of Conduct] [Democracy] [Geopolitics] [Governance] [Security] Image: A Zimbabwean family with little left. © United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network
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06/23/2008
One month after the largest, single-site workplace immigration raid in U.S. history, hundreds of residents of Postville, Iowa are unable to work or feed their families as they await deportation orders that could take months.
Read moreFrom: New America Media Related: [United States] [Mexico] [Guatemala] [Labor] [Migration] [Civil Rights] [Social Exclusion] [Governance] [Justice and Crime] [Law] |
06/21/2008
Un mes después de la mayor redada de inmigración en un solo lugar de trabajo en la historia de los EE.UU., las familias de Postville todavía viven con el miedo de que regresen los agentes de inmigración.
Read moreFrom: New America Media Related: [Guatemala] [Mexico] [United States] [Labor] [Migration] [Civil Rights] [Social Exclusion] [Governance] [Justice and Crime] [Law] |
06/20/2008
Several supporters of the Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi were arrested in Yangon (formerly Rangoon) Thursday while commemorating the democracy advocate's 63rd birthday.
Read moreRelated: [Myanmar] [Human Rights] [Activism] [Corruption & Transparency] [Democracy] [Governance] [Law] |
06/19/2008
Almost two years after 17 of its members were murdered, the humanitarian group Action Against Hunger has pulled out of Sri Lanka, beginning a new international campaign in the hope of finding justice.
Read moreFrom: Action Against Hunger-USA Related: [Sri Lanka] [Aid] [Nutrition/Malnutrition] [Civil Society] [Codes of Conduct] [Ethics & Value Systems] [Geopolitics] [Governance] [Justice and Crime] [Law] |
06/19/2008
U.S. presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama differ on how to approach the United Nations, a disagreement which may have a stronger effect on the United States' global legitimacy than the world body's, according to a Washington, DC think tank.
Read moreFrom: OneWorld US Related: [United States] [International Cooperation] [Geopolitics] [Governance] [United Nations] |
06/19/2008
WASHINGTON, Jun 18 (OneWorld) - Renewable energy is approaching a "tipping point" and should expand dramatically in the next decade, further narrowing the gap between alternative forms of energy and fossil fuel use, said environmental and economic experts at a forum here Monday.
Read moreFrom: OneWorld US Related: [Energy] [Capacity Building] [Consumption] [Credit and Investment] [Business] [Climate Change] [Renewable Energy] [Governance] |
06/18/2008
Wastepickers in Delhi, who live and work in profoundly unsanitary conditions, won a major concession earlier this month from their local government: a portable toilet.
Read moreThe Advocacy Project From: Advocacy Project Related: [India] [Poverty] [Water/Sanitation] [Social Exclusion] [Activism] [Civil Society] [Governance] |
06/17/2008
Sixteen U.S. congresspeople have asked the prime minister of India to support Bhopal activists, who survived the toxic 1984 explosion of a Union Carbide pesticide plant, by bringing this corporation and its new owner, Dow Chemical, to justice.
Read moreFrom: Bhopal.net Related: [United Kingdom] [Corporations] [Environmental Activism] [Pollution] [Health] [Disease/treatment] [Civil Rights] [Disability] [Activism] [Civil Society] [Geopolitics] [Governance] [Justice and Crime] [Law] |
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