Europe’s military response to Putin’s air provocations shows that its defences are in place. What remains missing is ...

Emin Abbasov is Chair of the Independent Lawyers Network (ILN), an Azerbaijan-based non-profit and non-governmental organisation established in 2020 by human rights lawyers to support and advance the ...

Maria Dahle is Director of Human Rights House Foundation, an international non-governmental organisation that establishes and supports Human Rights Houses — coalitions of local independent civil ...

Natallia Satsunkevich is a Board Member of Human Rights Centre Viasna, a Belarusian human rights organisation that aims to provide financial and legal assistance to political prisoners and their ...

This year’s Václav Havel Prize must signal the Council of Europe to turn praise of courage into action against autocrats, ...

Dr Charles Webel is currently professor and guarantor of the School of International Relations and Communications at the University of New York in Prague. He is also at present Fulbright Specialist in ...

Gaza has become the harshest test of international humanitarian law since Rwanda — yet the world’s most vital protection ...

However, in areas where the government expects little support, voting options have been restricted — this includes Russia and the breakaway region of Transnistria. Opinion polls do not capture the ...

Europe’s proposed visa restrictions for Russians are fuelling a hostile view of the West — and playing straight into Putin’s ...

In this sense, starvation is caused not only by bombs and tanks but also by tables, lists, barriers and rejections. Further, ...

The world’s commitment to Sudan needs to be strengthened and coordinated — for the people’s own benefit and for lasting peace ...

Global Public Policy Institute (GPPi) in Berlin, where she contributes to the institute’s work on peace and security. As a Next Generation Foresight Practitioners Fellow, her current work explores ...