Guest Blog: Global Challenges, Local Responses
Dhananjayan Sriskandarajah , is the Secretary General of CIVICUS, a global alliance of civil society organisation, and Mandeep Tiwana, Chief Programmes Officer at the global civil society alliance, CIVICUS. This was first published in Sur International Journal on Human Rights, published by Conectas Introduction: a multitude of contributing factors While the early 2010s were characterised by large scale people’s uprisings – whether against dictators or against neo-liberal economic policies – it seems that the second half of the decade will be defined by the rise of the strong man and a general degradation of constitutional democracy. This shift represents a major blow for human rights activists and civil society organisations pursuing social justice, already challenged by routine manipulation of the global security discourse to crush dissent at the national level. Yet, if we situate this shift within a context of cause and effect, where uprisings lead to...