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The West likes to think it has abandoned the racist habit of ascribing different value to human life in different places. But in practice it does not always act accordingly.
My Foreign Policy call for a global reassertion of humanitarian universalism:
foreignpolicy.com/2024/01/17/ukr…
📢New report!
Ahead of the European Parliament election, leaders are discussing the key issues that will shape European politics. Our new survey tells the story of European politics & the experiences deriving from the new crises.
✍️Mark Leonard & Ivan Krastev
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“Philanthropy must adopt a more disruptive role, moving out from under the tumbling pillars and walls of the old order and helping lay the foundations of a new, better one,” writes Open Society President Mark Malloch-Brown. foreignaffairs.com/united-states/…
“The UN is and remains a lifeline for people affected by conflict,” says our Natalie Samarasinghe in this Doha Debates podcast in conversation with Anjali Dayal 🦒🦒🦒. twitter.com/DohaDebates/st…
Leading fashion brands, including Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger, will compensate garment workers in Mauritius after an investigation by our grantee Transparentem found evidence of forced labor, illegal recruitment fees, and unsanitary conditions. theguardian.com/global-develop…
Human rights are on the back foot globally and neither the UN alone nor old 'naming and shaming' practices can address that.
My column for tomorrow's Financial Times outlines a way forward for human rights, focused on bottom-up change:
ft.com/content/a36607…