Government

In my corner of the bush, the term ‘rule of law’ is acquiring popular coinage. Like its predecessors, “human rights and democracy”, “corruption...

On April 24th, 2013, Bangladesh faced its worst industrial disaster. An eight-story garment factory collapsed, resulting in the loss of more...

While gender equality is enshrined in the 1948 UN Declaration of Human Rights, in the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms...

What are the changes that happened in the past 50 years that West Papua has been ruled by Indonesia?  Why do I reflect...

Malawi is a multiparty democracy with a population of approximately 15 million. In April, 2012 Joyce Banda took over through a smooth...

Red light ticket cameras at intersections are becoming more prevalent with the...

The Right to Information (RTI) or Freedom of Information (FoI) movement has made huge strides since the first FoI law was enacted in Sweden in...

One of the intended uses of the WJP Rule of Law Index is as an action planning tool...

The Justice Rising Blog aims to highlight grassroots projects that are striving to advance the rule of law. If you would like to highlight...