The EU Dilemma: Trade and Human Rights under Duterte
This paper was presented by Joseph Purugganan at the Asia Europe Peoples Forum in Ghent, Belgium...
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Save the Mekong Statement on the Collapse of the Xe Pian – Xe Nam Noy Hydropower Project
Save the Mekong, a coalition of non-government organizations, community-based groups and concerned...
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Access to Justice
Peasants march to commemorate 20 years since the Eldorado dos Carajas massacre. Photo by Shalmali...
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Rights of peasant women and other women working in rural areas
States shall take all appropriate measures to eliminate all forms of discrimination against...
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Unprecedented Long March of Peasants in Maharashtra
India – 12th March 2018 will be remembered as red-letter day in the history of farmers’...
Read MoreInfographic: The UN Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and other People Working in Rural Areas
“International human rights law lays down obligations which States are bound to respect. By becoming parties to international treaties, States assume obligations and duties under international law to respect, to protect and to...
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A Tribute to Local Food Systems
According to data compiled by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), enough food is produced...
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War on Drugs: “Punishing the Poor”
by Clarissa Militante About the cover photo: Rodrigo Duterte’s flagship domestic policy, The War...
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Duterte’s Social Development Agenda: Radical Change or Business as Usual?
By Raphael Baladad Since assuming office, President Rodrigo Duterte has constanly reassured the...
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Laban-Bawi *: Governing the Environment
by Mary Ann Manahan A day after President Duterte was sworn into office in June 2016, Gloria...
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Duterte’s In(depend)ent Foreign Policy
by Galileo de Guzman Castillo Rodrigo Roa “Rody” Duterte or DU30, as he’s fondly called by his...
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Continuity or Change?: Unpacking Duterte’s Agenda for the Countryside
by Mary Ann Manahan Candidate Rodrigo Roa Duterte promised a break from the past, by prioritizing...
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Stories Behind the Numbers: Dissecting Duterte’s Build, Build, Build Program
By Mary Ann Manahan The Duterte administration heralds the next five years as the “Golden Age of...
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Dutertenomics: Recipe for Inclusive Development or Deeper Inequality?
by Joseph Purugganan When Rodrigo Duterte won the presidency in May 2016, he inherited an economy...
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Democracy is ‘More Than Just Elections’
by Achara Ashayagachat in the Bangkok Post, 29 July 2014 Democracy in any country cannot be...
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