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The preliminary draft law on the juvenile penal system in Argentina: a legal déjà vu in times of cholera

Leave a Comment / Children, Civil and Political Rights, Latin America - Caribbean, Preparedness /

The Bill promoted by Argentina’s Minister of Justice and Minister of Security aims at reforming the juvenile penal system and would reduce the age of criminal responsibility from 16 to 14 years. This has resumed the debate on the pending repeal of the current system. Instead of adapting it in line with human rights norms, the Bill responds to a punitivist logic reinstating the criminalization of adolescence in a situation of vulnerability.

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Thirty years after the war Bosnia Herzegovina families of the missing still seek answers

Leave a Comment / Alumni Regional Correspondents, Civil and Political Rights, Conflicts & Disasters, Preparedness, Southeast Europe /

Three decades after the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, more than 7,500 families are still searching for answers about their missing loved ones. Despite legal frameworks and international support, political barriers and time threaten to leave these stories unresolved forever.

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Witnessing the quiet dismantling of the Tunisian human rights system and preparing resilience

Leave a Comment / Arab World, Civil and Political Rights, Conflicts & Disasters, Democracy & Governance, Preparedness /

Tunisia illustrates how drastic political shifts can disrupt the functioning of national human rights systems. Most public actors have seen their mandates, roles, and interactions undergo significant changes in recent years. Several avenues can be pursued to support the resilience of Tunisia’s human rights actors.

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‘Little Davids fighting against Goliath’: Standing up for peaceful assembly in Indonesia

Leave a Comment / Alumni Regional Correspondents, Asia-Pacific, Civil and Political Rights, Preparedness /

Past Indonesian governments have infamously quelled movement for human rights reform. Now protestors face water cannons, tear gas, rubber bullets and police brutality as the incumbent regime of Prabowo Subianto turns its back on freedom of peaceful assembly.

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Attacks on civil and non-governmental organisations in Latin America

1 Comment / Alumni Regional Correspondents, Civil and Political Rights, Democracy & Governance, Human Rights Defenders, Latin America - Caribbean, Preparedness /

These past few years and with growing intensity these past few months, governments in Latin America have been passing laws to censor and prevent civil and non-governmental organisations receiving vital funds from international donors, a violation of human rights.

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Possible re-introduction of mandatory military training: a human rights battle for Filipino youth

Leave a Comment / Alumni Regional Correspondents, Asia-Pacific, Civil and Political Rights, Preparedness /

The Philippines is bracing itself for potential imminent revival of mandatory military training in schools, scrapped in 2002 following the abduction and murder of a student by his fellow cadets. What are the implications for Filipino youth?

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Another blow in Myanmar’s withering human rights record

Leave a Comment / Alumni Regional Correspondents, Asia-Pacific, Civil and Political Rights, Conflicts & Disasters, Preparedness /

In 2024 Myanmar’s military junta re-introduced another repressive measure that further sabotaged the human rights of its people—conscription. How has this affected Myanmar’s vulnerable groups, already at the receiving end of the regime’s barbarity since the dawn of the coup?

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Life of sexual minorities in the realm of Armenia

Leave a Comment / Alumni Regional Correspondents, Caucasus, Civil and Political Rights, Gender, Preparedness /

In modern Armenia, homophobic attitudes prevail, supported by state ignorance about prejudice against LGBTQIA+ people, hate speech propagated by executives, church representatives and public intolerance. Marginalised groups experience regular verbal, physical and sexual harassment, family violence and police threats, violating their fundamental rights.

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