Tag: Democracy

The reconfiguration of power - Essays

• An analysis of human rights, religion and the dispute for democracy in Brazil •

Ronilso Pacheco | SUR N.32 | DEC/2022

2022 and the odyssey to combat misinformation in Brazil - Essays

• Analysis of the informational struggle in the 2022 elections •

Nina Santos | SUR N.32 | DEC/2022

Legal dilemmas related to the restriction of hate speech - Articles

• Discrimination, freedom of expression, and state regulation •

Víctor Abramovich | SUR N.32 | DEC/2022

Democracy and digital technology - The SUR file on Internet and Democracy

• The unique challenges that digital technology is presenting to democratic governments and how they, together with civil society, need to respond •

Ted Piccone | SUR N.27 | Jul/2018

Is Social Media Good or Bad for Democracy? - The SUR file on Internet and Democracy

Cass Sunstein | SUR N.27 | Jul/2018

Global challenges, local responses - Reclaiming Civic Space

• While recognising the interconnected nature of attacks on civic space, it remains critical to amplify local civil society voices and support local responses •

Dhananjayan Sriskandarajah, Mandeep Tiwana | SUR N.26 | Dec/2017

Resilience in times of repression - Reclaiming Civic Space

• “The basic motive of the resistance was indignation.” - Stéphane Hessel •

Carlos Patiño Pereda | SUR N.26 | Dec/2017

What an Era of Global Protests Says about the Effectiveness of Human Rights as a Language to Achieve Social Change - Language

Sara Burke | SUR N.20 | Jun/Dec/2014

Challenges to the Sustainability of the Human Rights Agenda in Brazil - Perspectives

Ana Valéria Araújo | SUR N.20 | Jun/Dec/2014

Minorias democráticas em democracias do século XXI - Voices

Pedro Abramovay, Heloisa Griggs | SUR N.20 | Jun/Dec/2014

Brazil’s Development Cooperation with Africa - SUR file on Foreign Policy and Human Rights

• What Role for Democracy and Human Rights •

Adriana Erthal Abdenur, Danilo Marcondes De Souza Neto | SUR N.19 | Dec/2013

Drug policy and The March of Folly - SUR file on Citizen Security and Human Rights

Pedro Abramovay | SUR N.16 | Jun/2012

Armed Forces, Truth Commission and Transitional Justice in Peru - Essays

Gerardo Arce Arce | SUR N.13 | Dec/2010

Human Rights for all: from the struggle against authoritarianism to the construction of an all-inclusive democracy - Essays

• a view from the Southern Cone and Andean Region •

Martín Abregú | SUR N.8 | Jan/2008

Judicialization of politics in Colombia - Essays

• cases, merits and risks •

Rodrigo Uprimny Yepes | SUR N.6 | Ene/2007

When Africa Unites - Voices

• How a new pan-African civil society initiative aims to foster peace, justice, democracy and human rights •

Kumi Naidoo | SUR N.23 | Jul/2016