During this last week of the campaign, the Ecosprinter decided to give you some insights on a few European candidates that are trying to make the Green Wave a reality in their respective country. We let each candidate interviewed chose her/his favorite topic. Today’s article is about human rights. Wanja Kaufman is a green hero…
Tag: Human rights
They have heard we are queers!
When does our vulnerability reach its highest point?! A question I had not thought about until 25th of August 2017. What hurts the most is thinking what’s worst, when pedestrians are violent towards you because of your gender expression or the fact that the police, who should be the last resort for seeking help, does…
Human Rights in the Climate Talks
Human rights and climate crisis might not be an obvious connection. Sea level rise might mean living nearer the coast, warmer temperatures sound like a nicer summer, regional bananas produced in the Global North sound yummy – that might be the first thing people care of if they hear the term „Global Warming“. But digging…
Why the European Court of Human Rights is no friend to migrants
As the migrant crisis in the Mediterranean continues, the public outcry against deaths at sea has forced the European Union (EU) into response mode. EU officials and member states have promised to do something about the situation. Alongside discussions about resettlement agreements, there are proposals to destroy the boats used by migrant smugglers before they…
War for foreign ‘interest’ and fatal war outcomes for have-not Nepalese
According to my understanding, is there any necessity of the 10 years Nepalese civil war (1996-2006) in Nepal? May be we need to revise the Mao political theory and its application in Nepal or need to study the sentiment of the then guerrillas leaders with today’s sentiment. But, one thing is almost crystal clear; Civil War…
Mayak – a forgotten nuclear emergency
In 1957, a nuclear accident in the Soviet military complex of Mayak, left 23.000 square kilometers of the Russian mountain slopes in the Ural contaminated. Our EC Member Philippe Schockweiler, organized with a conference together with the Young Greens from Luxembourg about the so called “Kychtym-Disaster” and invited the Russian human rights lawyer, Nadezhda Kutepova, the only…
Managing Groundwater as a Commons
In many regions of the world, particularly in arid areas, groundwater is essential for life. However, during the last years we can see a continuing overuse of groundwater basins by private companies. This has dramatic consequences for local inhabitants: deteriorating groundwater levels render pumping of fresh water energy-intensive and therefore unecological. Furthermore, the firms involved…
The True Faces of Migrant Women
Amina looks at the clear crystal sea, from the window in her small room. It is the same sea which years before brought her to this island, she thinks. Then her revolving thoughts transport her back to Africa, the country which she knew and loved. She had to escape from it due to war and…
The Charter of Fundamental Rights and protection of workers’ rights in the EU
With the ratification of the EU Reform Treaty, the Charter of Fundamental Rights will acquire a binding legal status, but not on all of the EU’s territory. In a highly regrettable move, the Governments of the UK and Poland have secured a so called opt-out from the Charter, by adding a protocol that the latter…
The right to unilateral secession – support it or throw it out of the window ?
In FYEG’s Political Platform under ‘Democracy’ it reads: “8.5 All countries should have in their legislation the inalienable right of regions to separate themselves unilaterally from the state of which they are part, in accordance with the right of self-determination”. In this article I shall argue that such a right to unilateral secession of a…