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Same Old Rights Violations in Tunisia
BEHIND THE FAÇADE: HOW A POLITICISED JUDICIARY & ADMINISTRATIVE SANCTIONS UNDERMINE TUNISIAN HUMAN RIGHTS Report from the Seventh IFEX-TMG Mission to Tunisia (6 June 2010) Behind the Façade: How a Politicised Judiciary & Administrative Sanctions Undermine Tunisian Human Rights About the IFEX Tunisia Monitoring Group (IFEX-TMG) The International Freedom of Expression Exchange Tunisia Monitoring Group (IFEX-TMG) is a coalition of 20 organisations set up in 2004 to monitor freedom of expression in Tunisia in the run up to and following the WSIS, held in Tunis in November 2005. The 20 organisations are all members of IFEX, a global network of around 90 national, regional and international organisations committed to defending the right to freedom of expression. The seventh mission of the IFEX-TMG to Tunisia took place in the context of a 30-month project Monitoring & Advocacy in Support of Independent Human Rights Defenders in Tunisia, funded by European donors and managed by Index on Censorship, which started in January 2010. It was comprised of Amadou Kanoute of ARTICLE 19, Yousef Ahmed of Index on Censorship, Anthony Mills of the International Press Institute (IPI), Carl Morten Iversen of Norwegian PEN, and Tamsin Mitchell of the Writers in Prison Committee of International PEN (WiPC). Barbora Bukovsa of ARTICLE 19 was not granted a visa on time by the Embassy in London (as has happened for previous members of IFEX-TMG missions requiring a visa. None of the other mission participants required a visa.) The first IFEX-TMG mission took place in January 2005 and led to the first report Tunisia: Freedom of Expression Under Siege, published in February 2005. -
• United Nations • UN Millenium Development Goals
• United Nations • The Bretton Woods Institutions http://www.un.org http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Current/P7/b wi/cccbw.html • UN Millenium Development Goals http://www.developmentgoals.org/ News • The Economist • MUNweb http://www.economist.co.uk/ http://www.munweb.org/ • Foreign Affairs • UN Official MUN website http://www.foreignaffairs.org/ http://www.un.org/cyberschoolbus/mod elun/ • Associated Press http://www.ap.org/ • UN System - Alphabetic Index of Websites of the United Nations • Russian News Agency System of Organizations http://www.tass.net/ http://www.unsystem.org/ • Interfax International Group • United Nations Development http://www.interfax-news.com/ Programme http://www.undp.org/ • British Broadcasting Corporation http://news.bbc.co.uk/ • UN Enviroment Programme http://www.unep.org/ • Reuters. Know. Now. http://www.reuters.com/ • Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights • Agencia EFE http://www.ohchr.org/english/ http://www.efe.es/ • International Criminal Court • Agence France Presse http://www.iccnow.org/ www.afp.com • International Criminal Tribunal for • El Mundo the former Yugoslavia http://www.elmundo.es http://www.un.org/icty/ • Aljazeera International English • United Nations Bibliographic Edition Information System http://www.aljazeera.com/ http://unbisnet.un.org/ • Foreign Affairs • International Criminal Tribunal for http://www.foreignaffairs.org/ Rwanda http://www.ictr.org/ • Associated Press http://www.ap.org/ • International Court of Justice http://www.icj-cij.org/ • Russian News Agency http://www.tass.net/ • World Bank Group http://www.worldbank.org/ • Interfax International Group http://www.interfax-news.com/ • European Union http://europa.eu.int/ • British Broadcasting Corporation http://news.bbc.co.uk/ • World Trade Organization http://www.wto.org/ • Reuters. -
In the Service of the Public Functions and Transformation of Media in Developing Countries Imprint Publisher Deutsche Welle 53110 Bonn, Germany
Edition dW AkAdEmiE #02/2014 mEdiA dEvElopmEnt In the Service of the Public Functions and Transformation of Media in Developing Countries Imprint pUBliSHER Deutsche Welle 53110 Bonn, Germany RESponSiBlE Christian Gramsch AUtHoRS Erik Albrecht Cletus Gregor Barié Petra Berner Priya Esselborn Richard Fuchs Lina Hartwieg Jan Lublinski Laura Schneider Achim Toennes Merjam Wakili Jackie Wilson-Bakare EditoRS Jan Lublinski Merjam Wakili Petra Berner dESiGn Programming / Design pRintEd November 2014 © DW Akademie Edition dW AkAdEmiE #02/2014 mEdiA dEvElopmEnt In the Service of the Public Functions and Transformation of Media in Developing Countries Jan Lublinski, Merjam Wakili, Petra Berner (eds.) Table of Contents Preface 4 04 Kyrgyzstan: Advancements in Executive Summary 6 a Media-Friendly Environment 52 Jackie Wilson-Bakare Part I: Developing Public Service Media – Kyrgyzstan – A Brief Overview 53 Functions and Change Processes Media Landscape 54 Obschestvennaya Tele-Radio Kompaniya (OTRK) 55 01 Introduction: A Major Challenge for Stakeholders in the Transformation Process 56 Media Development 10 Status of the Media Organization 56 Jan Lublinski, Merjam Wakili, Petra Berner Public Service: General Functions 61 Public Service Broadcasting – West European Roots, Achievements and Challenges 62 International Ambitions 12 Transformation Approaches 63 Lessons Learned? – Transformations Since the 1990s 14 Appendix 72 Reconsidering Audiences – Media in the Information Society 15 05 Namibia: Multilingual Content and the Need Approach and Aim of the -
Somali Fisheries
www.securefisheries.org SECURING SOMALI FISHERIES Sarah M. Glaser Paige M. Roberts Robert H. Mazurek Kaija J. Hurlburt Liza Kane-Hartnett Securing Somali Fisheries | i SECURING SOMALI FISHERIES Sarah M. Glaser Paige M. Roberts Robert H. Mazurek Kaija J. Hurlburt Liza Kane-Hartnett Contributors: Ashley Wilson, Timothy Davies, and Robert Arthur (MRAG, London) Graphics: Timothy Schommer and Andrea Jovanovic Please send comments and questions to: Sarah M. Glaser, PhD Research Associate, Secure Fisheries One Earth Future Foundation +1 720 214 4425 [email protected] Please cite this document as: Glaser SM, Roberts PM, Mazurek RH, Hurlburt KJ, and Kane-Hartnett L (2015) Securing Somali Fisheries. Denver, CO: One Earth Future Foundation. DOI: 10.18289/OEF.2015.001 Secure Fisheries is a program of the One Earth Future Foundation Cover Photo: Shakila Sadik Hashim at Alla Aamin fishing company in Berbera, Jean-Pierre Larroque. ii | Securing Somali Fisheries TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF FIGURES, TABLES, BOXES ............................................................................................. iii FOUNDER’S LETTER .................................................................................................................... v ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ............................................................................................................. vi DEDICATION ............................................................................................................................ vii EXECUTIVE SUMMARY (Somali) ............................................................................................ -
African Development News Flash Blogs, News Items, Op-Eds, Press Releases & More…
African Development News Flash Blogs, News items, Op-Eds, Press Releases & more…. brought to you by eca library & information management services [istd] Agriculture, Food Security, Land Policy/Agriculture, Sécurité alimentaire, Politique foncière African Media African Tobacco Farmers Oppose WHO Ban. The Herald (via AllAfrica.com.) 14 June 2012 ANC distances itself from Youth League land claims. The Africa Report, 7 June 2012 COTE D'IVOIRE : Ahoussou préoccupé par la famine en Afrique de l'Ouest au Forum AGOA 2012. Koaci.com, 12 juin 2012 The First World is impeding African agriculture. Creamer Media’s Engineering News, 15 June 2012 Land reform minister defends policies. "You cannot solve a national grievance through the market mechanism, because the assumption must be social equality." Sowetan Live, 15 June 2012 International Media Africa’s economy grows, but many stomachs are empty. Africa Human Development Report stirs debate on food security. Africa Renewal Online, 8 June 2012 *Download Full Report here. Drought drives Tanzanian herders into conflict with farmers. Reuters/AlertNet, 12 June 2012 Land grabs leave Africa facing ‘hydrological suicide’ – report. Reuters/AlertNet, 12 June 2012 *To download full report, see: Squeezing Africa dry: behind every land grab is a water grab. Malian farmers abandon pearl millet as rainy season shortens. Reuters/AlertNet, 11 June 2012 Mozambique Farmland Is Prize In Land Grab Fever. (Story & Podcast) NPR.org, 14 June 2012 (1st in a 2 part Story, for 2nd part, visit: African Land Fertile Ground For Crops And Investors, 15 June 2012) Sprouting success in Senegal: trees offer growing solution to Sahel. The Guardian, 11 June 2012 Climate, Environment/Climat, Environnement (also see Green Economy below) African Media AfDB to stimulate Africa’s climate resilience with $43m GEF fund. -
Tunisia: Freedom of Expression Under Siege
Tunisia: Freedom of Expression under Siege Report of the IFEX Tunisia Monitoring Group on the conditions for participation in the World Summit on the Information Society, to be held in Tunis, November 2005 February 2005 Tunisia: Freedom of Expression under Siege CONTENTS: Executive Summary p. 3 A. Background and Context p. 6 B. Facts on the Ground 1. Prisoners of opinion p. 17 2. Internet blocking p. 21 3. Censorship of books p. 25 4. Independent organisations p. 30 5. Activists and dissidents p. 37 6. Broadcast pluralism p. 41 7. Press content p. 43 8. Torture p. 46 C. Conclusions and Recommendations p. 49 Annex 1 – Open Letter to Kofi Annan p. 52 Annex 2 – List of blocked websites p. 54 Annex 3 – List of banned books p. 56 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The International Freedom of Expression Exchange (IFEX) is a global network of 64 national, regional and international freedom of expression organisations. This report is based on a fact-finding mission to Tunisia undertaken from 14 to 19 January 2005 by members of the IFEX Tunisia Monitoring Group (IFEX-TMG) together with additional background research and Internet testing. The mission was composed of the Egyptian Organization of Human Rights, International PEN Writers in Prison Committee, International Publishers Association, Norwegian PEN, World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters (AMARC) and World Press Freedom Committee. Other members of IFEX-TMG are: ARTICLE 19, Canadian Journalists for Free Expression (CJFE), the Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Studies (CEHURDES), Index on Censorship, Journalistes en Danger (JED), Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA), and World Association of Newspapers (WAN). -
Democratic Republic of Congo Public Disclosure Authorized Systematic Country Diagnostic
Report No. 112733-ZR Democratic Republic of Congo Public Disclosure Authorized Systematic Country Diagnostic Policy Priorities for Poverty Reduction and Shared Prosperity in a Post-Conflict Country and Fragile State March 2018 Africa Region Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Document of the World Bank Public Disclosure Authorized IDA (International IFC (International MIGA (Multilateral Development Association) Finance Corporation) Investment Guaranty Agency) Vice President: Makhtar Diop Snezana Stoiljkovic Keiko Honda Director: Jean-Christophe Carret Cheikh Oumar Seydi Merli Baroudi Task Team Leaders: Emmanuel Pinto Moreira (TTL) Adamou Labara (TTL) Petal Jean Hackett Chadi Bou Habib (Co-TTL) Babacar Sedikh Faye (Co-TTL) Franck M. Adoho (Co-TTL) This report was prepared by a World Bank Group team led by Emmanuel Pinto Moreira (Lead Economist and Program leader EFI (Equitable Growth, Finance, and Institutions), and TTL (Task Team Leader), including Adamou Labara (Country Manager and TTL), Babacar Sedikh Faye (Resident Representative and Co-TTL), Franck M. Adoho (Senior Economist and Co-TTL), Chadi Bou-Habib (Lead Economist and Program leader EFI, and Co-TTL), Laurent Debroux (Program Leader), Luc Laviolette (Program Leader), Andreas Schiessler (Lead Transport Specialist), Alexandre Dossou (Senior Transport Specialist), Jerome Bezzina (Senior Regulatory Economist), Malcolm Cosgroves-Davies (Lead Energy Specialist), Pedro Sanchez (Lead Energy Specialist), Manuel Luengo (Senior Energy Specialist), Anas Benbarka (Senior -
Indian Ocean : a New Vision
2013 (2) ISSN 2277 – 2464 FPRC Journal ________________________________________________________ (a Quarterly research journal devoted to studies on Indian Foreign Policy) ________________________________________________________________ Focus : Indian Ocean : A New Vision Responses, Articles ________________________________________________________ Foreign Policy Research Centre NEW DELHI (INDIA) ________________________________________________________ FPRC Journal 2013(2) Indian Ocean : A New Vision Preface Indian Ocean has the unique distinction of being the only ocean named after a country. For extra‐regional powers, the Indian Ocean has for decades fulfilled the role of an important transit corridor But Sardar KM Pannikar rightly said, “While to other countries, the Indian Ocean is only one of the important oceanic areas, to India it is a vital sea. Her lifelines are concentrated in that area, her freedom is dependent on the freedom of that water surface. No industrial development, no commercial growth, no stable political structure is possible for her unless her shores are protected...” Therefore, there is a realisation across the spectrum that the challenges, opportunities and roles the Indian Ocean provides, need to be discussed seriously in the light of the fragile security environment in the region. It is very heartening to note that a wide galaxy of writers have focused on important themes and other related issues in their writings and comments, for this special issue of FPRC Journal on Indian Ocean. We express our heart-felt thanks to our contributors who have shared our sentiments and accepted our invitation to enrich the contents of the Journal.They are always our source of strength. Mahendra Gaur Indira Gaur Director Mg. Editor Foreign Policy Research Centre New Delhi 1 FPRC Journal 2013(2) Indian Ocean : A New Vision FPRC Journal Focus : Indian Ocean : A New Vision Contributors : RESPONSES 1. -
Chad's Oil: Miracle Or Mirage? Following the Money
Chad’s Oil: Miracle or Mirage? Following the Money in Africa’s Newest Petro-State Ian Gary Catholic Relief Services Nikki Reisch Bank Information Center Report Team Authors: Ian Gary Strategic Issues Advisor – Extractive Industries Catholic Relief Services Nikki Reisch Africa Program Coordinator Bank Information Center Graphic Designer: Paul O’Donnell Senior Graphic Designer Catholic Relief Services Translators: Mike Flynn Anne-Marie Lavoie Research for this report was conducted from September 2002 to November 2004 and included field research in Chad in September 2002, August 2003 and May and October 2004. Acknowledgements: The authors would like to thank CRS staff at headquarters in Baltimore as well as field staff in Africa for providing invaluable assistance to make this report possible, especially Paul O’Donnell, Bill O’Keefe, Cecile Sorra, Caroline Brennan, Nicole Poirier, Marguerite Dombaya, Oliver Mokom, Jean Baptiste Talla, Jennifer Nazaire and Nell Bolton. Thanks also to Bank Information Center staff, including Manish Bapna and Graham Saul, for their support and feedback. This report would not have been possible without the continued collaboration, support and assistance of numerous individuals and organizations in Chad. We would like to thank the members of the civil society networks monitoring petroleum activities, including the Commissions Permanente Pétrole (CPPL/CPPN/RESAP); the Justice and Peace Commission of the Catholic Church; as well as GRAMP/TC, Intermon and Swissaid. We would also like to thank members and technical staff of the College de Controle et de Surveillance des Ressources Petrolieres, including Michel Barka, Thérèse Mékombé, Dobian Assingar, Naïmbayel Djékondé, Moctar Saadatu Abdou and Mahamat Ramadane Dagache, for their generous assistance. -
Quick Review the Arab Maghreb Union (Amu) : the « Forgotten Dream »
QUICK REVIEW THE ARAB MAGHREB UNION (AMU) : THE « FORGOTTEN DREAM » Date: 12 May 2018 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The Arab Maghreb Union (AMU) was established in 17 Feb 1989 when the five founding members Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco, Libya and Mauritania (currently with an overall estimated population of 96 million), signed the Treaty of Marrakesh. The AMU was supposed to be a competitive alternative to the Arab League and the African Union. Politicians and businessmen raised high hopes that AMU would also help the Maghreb use its strategic position between the Atlantic and Mediterranean to function as a trade hub and could serve as a negotiating block to achieve better, closer ties with unified Western Europe, the United States and China. KEY WORDS: Arab Maghreb Union, Western Sahara, economic growth, EU, Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco HIGHLIGHTS: - 1964 .The first Conference of Maghreb Economic Ministers (Algeria, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia) took place in Tunis. - 1988 .The first Maghreb Summit of the five Heads of State is held in Algeria. -1989.The Heads of State of Algeria, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco and Tunisia finally signed the Treaty establishing the AMU in Marrakech (Morocco). - AMU has not convened due to differences between Algeria and Morocco over Western Sahara Since 1994. - AMU renewal is progressively perceived by Algeria and Morocco as a way to address security and economic challenges common to the five countries - such as inadequate rate of economic growth, domestic unrests and terrorism threat. BACKGROUND. The Arab Maghreb Union (AMU), constituted by Algeria, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco and Tunisia, is a trade agreement aiming for economical and future political unity among Arab Countries of the Maghreb region in North Africa. -
Comité De Rédaction
Revue Africaine de Sociologie Un périodique semestriel de Conseil pour le Développement de la Recherche en Sciences Sociales en Afrique (CODESRIA) (Incorporant le South African Sociological Review) Rédacteurs en Chef: Olajide Oloyede Jean-Bernard Ouedraogo Elisio Macamo Dept. of Anthropology and Sociology, Université de Ouagadougou, Lehrstuhl für Entwicklungssoziologie University of the Western Cape, Burkina Faso Universität Bayreuth Private Bag X17, Bellville, [email protected] 95440 Bayreuth, Deutschland Cape Town, South Africa GWII, Zr. 2.24, Germany Tel: +2721959 3346; Tel. +49 921 55 4207 Cell: 0820541962 Fax. +49 921 55 4118 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Onalenna Selolwane Tel: 267-355-2758 Fax: 267-318-5099 Mobile: 267-71555321 E-mail: [email protected] Comité de Rédaction: Slaheddine Ben Frej, Tunisienne des Sociologues (ATS), Tunisie Ifi Amadiume, Dartmouth College, USA Gbein Paul N’da , Ecole Normale Supérieure, Abijan, Côte d’Ivoire Jimi O. Adesina, Rhodes University, Republic of South Africa. Olayiwola Erinosho, Social Science Academy of Nigeria, Abuja, Nigeria Rudebeck Lars Edward Axel, Uppsala University, Sweden Ben Magubane, South African Democracy Education Trust (SADET), Pretoria, South Africa Adama Ba Konaré, Bureau de l’Ancien Président, Niaréla, Bamako / Mali Ali El Kenz, Université de Nantes, France Alfred Babatunde Zack-Williams, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, Lancashire, Harri Englund, Free School Lane, Cambridge, United Kingdom Dzodzi Tsikata (PhD), University of Ghana, Ghana Jean-Ferdinand Mbah, Université Omar Bongo, Gabon Alcinda Honwana , The Open University , United Kingdom Elizabeth Annan Yao, Iford, Cameroun Fred Hendricks, Rhodes University, South Africa Winnie Mitullah, University of Nairobi, Kenya Jean Copans, Université René Descartes, Paris V, France Bawa Yamba, Diakonhjemmet College, Norway Carlos Lopes, New York, USA La Revue Africaine de Sociologie est une publication semestriel du CODESRIA à Dakar, au Sénégal. -
The Future of Work for Smallholder Farmers in Ethiopia
The Future of Work for smallholder farmers in Ethiopia The Future of Work for smallholder farmers in Ethiopia Policy paper by The West Wing Think Tank for the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs Directie Duurzame Economische Ontwikkeling / Directie Sociale Ontwikkeling 1 The West Wing Think Tank (DDE/DSO track 2018/2019) | Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs Track leader Andrew van Olst Editors Anouk de Vries Sebastiaan Olislagers Track members Adinda van de Walle Amerens Jongsma Eva Pander Maat Helena Arntz Isabella van der Gaag Jessica Sakalauskas Kevin van Langen Michael Holla Robin Klabbers Siert van Kemenade 2 The Future of Work for smallholder farmers in Ethiopia EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Future of Work creates various new opportunities, but also many challenges. While technological developments can drastically increase productivity and efficiency, it can also increase inequality if not dealt with correctly. Governments now have the responsibility to act. For this reason, the DDE/DSO- track of the West Wing Think Tank researched possible effects of the Future of Work. As a case study, this policy advice focuses on how the Future of Work will manifest itself in the agricultural sector of Ethiopia. Our central goal: having Ethiopian smallholder farmers benefit in an inclusive way from technological developments related to the Future of Work in the long-run. Existing research concerning the Future of Work is mainly oriented on Western labor markets. As the Ethiopian labor market is vastly different, the Future of Work will also take a different shape. We determined four relevant technological developments in the near future of the Ethiopian agricultural sector, namely mechanization, online platforms, big data, and artificial intelligence (AI).