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Re-imagining the Future: Is UNESCO on to Something?
- Analysis
- August 26, 2021
Most famous for its World Heritage Programme, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has in recent years championed the idea of futures literacy – the skill and practice of diversifying why and how we imagine the future. Vis-à-vis increased reactionary use of an imaginary past, what can we take from how the organisation approaches
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What Canada Owes its Afghan Workers
- Analysis
- August 21, 2021
As dark clouds piled on the horizon and a catastrophic humanitarian crisis looms over Afghanistan, the Canadian government promised a special resettlement program for approximately 20,000 Afghans who fear reprisals from the Taliban for collaborating with the international community. The motive behind this decision is commendable. However, making it a reality is another question. There
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‘We Managed to Participate, but We Had to Fight for It’: Collective Reparation and Women in Colombia
- Analysis
- July 24, 2021
Collective reparations emerged in Colombia within the legal framework of the peace process of the Government of Álvaro Uribe Vélez with the United Self-defense Forces of Colombia (AUC in Spanish) of 2005. The legal framework focused on the rights of the victims to Truth, Justice and Reparation as part of former paramilitary members’ reincorporation and
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Transitional Justice in Colombia, Five Years After Signing the Peace Agreement
- Analysis
- July 22, 2021
Societies that have suffered massive violence require transitional institutions to manage injustices related to grave violations of human rights, document the truth of infringements and hold perpetrators accountable. The 2016 peace agreement in Colombia instituted the Truth Commission and the Special Jurisdiction of Peace (SJP) to provide truth and justice. The SJP is designed to provide a minimum of
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