The Warsaw Summit failed. The sobs and the hunger strike of the representative of the Philippines were not enough. “It’s time to end this madness,” he told the stubborn leaders of the world, referring to global warming which exacerbated the effects of the Haiyan typhoon that destroyed his family.

Dejusticia asked participants of the First Global Action-Research Workshop what effects they think the workshop will have.

Dejusticia asked participants of the First Global Action-Research Workshop what role the Global South will play in the human rights movement.

Dejusticia asked participants of the First Global Action-Research Workshop to reflect on their human rights work.

Dejusticia asked Global Action-Research Workshop participants what the biggest difficulties are for human rights advocates.

An article in the New Yorker from last weeks tells the story of how members of the Tea Party - the radical branch of the American Republican Party - began to doubt their decision to block the passage of the federal budget as a way to oppose the implementation of Obamacare, when they saw that this lead to fewer police officers on duty and the closure of the World War II monument.