Venezuela's flag, which is at the heart of this week's debate.
Of: Celina Lindgren
This week's debaters have focused on the whole world when the Davos summit ends and Venezuela enters political turmoil. At the same time, the political situation in Turkey is being discussed. Although the debaters are based on different continents, they agree that the outside world must react and take responsibility for human rights and democracy.
January 30, 2019, Current debate
The world's economic and political leaders meet at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland. Photo: US Embassy Bern / Eric Bridiers
Of: Christina Arvidsson
This week, the World Economic Forum is being held in Davos, Switzerland. There, some of the world's most influential business leaders and politicians meet to try to solve global problems. Based on the meeting in Davos, several debate articles have discussed both climate policy and the importance of transparency among the power elite.
January 23, 2019, Current debate
Anna-Karin Gauding, FUF laureate 2018.
Of: The Chancellery
It is now clear that the 2018 FUF Prize will be awarded to Anna-Karin Gauding. She has worked for several decades in Latin America to promote democracy, human rights and international exchanges. In addition, she has created many bonds between people in Sweden and Latin America.
January 21, 2019, News
Of: Daniel Wickstrom, Fredrik Svensson and Ulrika Strand
Strategies are the government's most important instrument for managing development cooperation and humanitarian aid. Although the government recognizes the links between human rights and sustainable peace, our study shows that the strategies do not do them justice. It writes representatives of the Fund for Human Rights.
December 17, 2018, Debate
Of: Louise Christianson
Before the Cambodia - Human Rights Exception seminar, I did not know much about the country, except that Cambodia had a history of colonialism and civil war, and that human rights are not respected. One of the speakers at the seminar is Thomas Hammarberg, who has been the UN Special Representative for Human Rights in Cambodia. He reproduces a short […]
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December 6, 2018, Think piece
Of: The Chancellery
Watch video interviews with human rights defenders, follow seminars on Twitter and see photos and surveys with visitors. FUF's editorial staff was present at the Human Rights Days in Stockholm.
November 15, 2018, News
We need to remember history to stop today's threat to democracy, writes Anders Lindberg in Aftonbladet. Here is a memorial site after the massacre in Srebrenica in Bosnia in 1995. Photo: Jolle Visset (CC BY 2.0 License)
Of: Maja Sundstrand
Last week's debate spreads uneasily between several areas related to global developments - from environmental issues in international trade to antibiotic resistance. But what dominates the debate are issues that connect scars from the past and contemporary threats to democracy and human rights.
November 14, 2018, Current debate
Researchers warn that chocolate may run out within 30 years. Climate change can hit hard on cocoa farmers.
Of: Maria Lövström
Today is chocolate day, but chocolate will not always be a matter of course. To ensure cocoa cultivation is free from human rights violations and with respect for the environment, we must review our consumer goods, writes Maria Lövström, chairman of the Fair Trade Retailers Organization.
November 11, 2018, Debate
Human rights activists in London are protesting against the arms trade with Saudi Arabia. Photo: Campaign Against Arms Trade (CC BY-SA 2.0)
Of: Celina Lindgren
The murder of the Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi still makes its mark on the Swedish debate. At the same time, other debaters are worried about Jair Bolsonaro's victory in the Brazilian presidential election. In addition, Sweden's deportations of children, and incorrect figures on the number of climate refugees, are being debated.
October 31, 2018, Current debate
In many places in the world, people are forced to move from their homes due to mining.
Of: Max Andersson
Global companies need to take responsibility for human rights violations, even when committed by their subcontractors. Now it is time for Sweden and the EU to stop slowing down negotiations in the UN on a binding agreement against global predation, writes EU parliamentarian Max Andersson (MP).
October 15, 2018, Debate
