Human Rights NGOs: “Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?”

Council on Foreign Ralations, Pressure Points June 20, 2022

by Elliott Abrams

How much reliance should be placed on the major international human rights NGOs? Can they be trusted to work without bias? How are they governed?

These are subjects I discussed recently in a short paper done for the Council on Foreign Relations’ Diamonstein-Spielvogel Project on the Future of Democracy. It is entitled Human Rights NGOs: “Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?” and can be found here.
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Bóng chuyền: Nên học người Thái

HUY THỌ 15/6/2022 6:00 GMT+7

TTCTDù thể thao Việt đã có nhiều thành tích đáng tự hào, chúng ta còn phải học người Thái dài dài.

Đêm 5-6, làng bóng chuyền thế giới chấn động với chiến thắng 3-2 của đội nữ Thái Lan hạng 15 thế giới trước đội hạng nhì Trung Quốc tại giải Nations League 2022 ở Thổ Nhĩ Kỳ. 

Xem trận đấu này mới thấy thất bại 0-3 của các cô gái Việt Nam, hạng 84 thế giới, trước Thái Lan ở chung kết SEA Games 31 hai tuần trước tại Quảng Ninh là chuyện bình thường.

 Đội tuyển bóng chuyền Thái Lan đã vươn tầm thế giới. Ảnh: Volleyball World

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The World Responsible for Myanmar Becoming Failed State: National Unity Government foreign minister Minister of Myanmar

National Unity Government foreign minister Daw Zin Mar Aung. / The Irrawaddy

By THE IRRAWADDY 1 April 2022

Challenging the regime’s legitimacy at home and abroad, Myanmar’s shadow National Unity Government (NUG) foreign minister Daw Zin Mar Aung, 45, has engaged with foreign governments and parliaments, international aid agencies and Myanmar’s many armed groups.

However, the elected lawmaker from the ousted National League for Democracy and winner of the 2012 International Women of Courage Award said international assistance is largely limited to moral support.

She exclusively tells The Irrawaddy about the importance of international support, including funding and arms, Myanmar’s friends and foes and how it receives different treatment from Ukraine.

It has been more than a year since the revolution against military rule was launched. We heard the revolution has received no assistance from foreign countries. Why is that?

It is mainly because the international community regards the crisis as a domestic issue if we compare it with the Ukraine war. It is widely believed that countries should not interfere in domestic affairs.

Yangon in February last year protests after the military coup.

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