Last month I participated in a meeting of a dozen or so foundation leaders and think tankers. We spent two days grappling with, as the invitation put it, the “functions and dysfunctions of the present ...

This statement has been signed by 5 humanitarian disarmament coalitions and 77 civil society organizations across 39 countries. As civil society coalitions and organizations working to reduce the ...

Nicola de Jager receives funding from the National Research Foundation (NRF), South Africa. There is something inherent in the idea of democracy that invokes expectations of valuing human dignity and ...

The war in Ukraine has internally displaced over 8 million Ukrainians, forced more than 5 million Ukrainians to leave the country and cost the lives of over 14,000 civilians. Since Russia’s invasion ...

Autocrats desire a more autocratic world. A lack of transparency opens the door for greater corruption and kleptocracy and normalizes human rights violations. It also creates new international norms, ...

Inés M. Pousadela A political scientist by training, Inés is CIVICUS’ Senior Research Specialist. She is also a professor at Universidad ORT Uruguay and a researcher with the Open Government ...

Ahead Of House Vote On Bill That Would Stifle Dissent, Aclu Sounds Alarm Again. Explore Press Release. Aclu Cheers House Vote Blocking H.r. 9495. Explore Press Release.