Mariama Conteh
For now, the answer is: yes it can. But the real issue becomes: to what extent? In one sense, the African...
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The future of rights in Western Asia, as in other theatres, will require an abiding rights ‘culture’ that is not so much...
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In a 2009 interview with GB, Louise Arbour, former UN Human Rights Commissioner and current President and CEO of the International...
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FIFA World Cup notwithstanding, the answer for now seems to be “not so well”
In 2010, while it remains an issue of...
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Pablo Policzer
“South Africa, hands down. True, South Africa does not stand a chance against soccer giants like Brazil,...
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