ፍትህ ለሁሉም / Justice for All
Berhanu Anteneh World Report 2021, Human Rights Watch’s 31st annual review of human rights practices and trends around the globe, reviews developments in more than 100 countries. In his introductory essay, Executive Director Kenneth Roth calls on the incoming US administration to more deeply embed respect for human rights as an element of domestic and foreign policy to …
The Covid-19 pandemic altered the lives of everyone in the European Union in 2020, with some member states more affected than others by the public health emergency and socioeconomic consequences of lockdown measures. Despite some efforts at the EU and national levels to mitigate the worst impacts, the public health crisis had a disproportionate impact …
Following the second world war, a series of declarations and covenants began to articulate universal human rights. In 1948, for the first time, countries agreed on a comprehensive list of inalienable human rights. In December of that year, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), a milestone that would profoundly influence …
The international human rights movement was strengthened when the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) on 10 December 1948. Drafted as ‘a common standard of achievement for all peoples and nations, the Declaration for the first time in human history spell out basic civil, political, economic, social, and cultural …
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) is a document that acts as a global road map for freedom and equality – protecting the rights of every individual, everywhere. It was the first time countries agreed on the freedoms and rights that deserve universal protection in order for every individual to live their lives freely, …
The United States House of Representatives (HR) is working on this Bill which subjects Ethiopia to sanctions based on what the US identifies as actions intended to or group(s) working to perpetuate conflict among belligerent groups in Ethiopia. Here the danger is the fact that the US acts for its own interest and can identify …
Politics is exciting because people disagree. They disagree about how they should live. Who should get what and how power and other resources be distributed. Should society be based on cooperation or conflict? And so on. They also disagree about how such matters should be resolved. How should collective decisions be made? Who should have …
Every person is entitled to certain rights – simply by the fact that they are human being. They are “rights” because they are things you are allowed to be, to do or to have. These rights are there for your protection against people who might want to harm or hurt you. They are also there …
The main purpose of this article is to provoke discussions on the“sacred”, yet very important issue of this country-the Question ofNationalities. The article as it was prepared for a special occasion(where detailed analysis was due time and other inconveniencesimpossible) suffers from generalizations and inadequate analysis. ButI still feel it is not mediocre for a beginning. …
The period of counter-revolution in Russia brought not only “thunder and lightning” in its train, but also disillusionment in the movement and lack of faith in common forces. As long as people believed in “a bright future,” they fought side by side irrespective of nationality – common questions first and foremost! But when doubt crept …