Until a few weeks ago, nobody was talking about the ‘Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration’; a relatively unknown, non-binding UN document on international cooperation in the field of migration. In the last few weeks however, one state…
Continue reading The UN Migration Pact Affirms Human Rights: States Should Support It
This article is the introduction to a series by the IFLRY Climate Change Programme, looking at how different countries are implementing the Paris Agreement. 2018 is an important year for climate action and for IFLRY’s Climate Change Programme. This month,…
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It was not too long ago that the limelight was shone on private military and security contractor scandals in the Middle East and Africa. Since then one could argue that there has been a cultural shift in how they are…
Copyright laws have always struck me as a very good example of how Liberal ideas have been taken too far, subverting the rights and freedoms that they were initially supposed to confer. The first copyright law was the Statute of…
Continue reading Copyright Should Favour Creators – not Capital
Flooding in Japan, heatwaves in Canada and wildfires in Europe: 2018 couldn’t be a more important year for climate action. With this summer’s flooding in Japan, deadly heatwaves in Canada, and record-setting wildfires raging across Europe, California and Canada’s west…
Continue reading 2018: An Important Year for Climate Change and for IFLRY’s Climate Change Programme
Free Trade, Trade War, Tariffs, World Trade, Poverty, Job Cuts, Protecting Jobs. These are words and phrases that have dominated world news in the past few months, undoubtedly as a result of what has been termed the Trump effect. Many…
Viral hepatitis, which is hepatitis A, B, C, D, and E, is a heavy burden on global health. Acute hep-B and C account for 2.7 percent of deaths around the world. While 2 percent may seem like a small percent…
Continue reading World Hepatitis Day: Why You Sould Know about this Disease
African Free Market Think Tanks, let me pose you a question: other than fattening your participants and talented speakers, and giving them an opportunity to take epic photos next to the guy/ lady adorning the latest fashion design in high…
Liberal International organised its 200th Executive Committee in Berlin on June 22nd – 24th. The theme of the event was “Delivering Climate Justice: Liberal Responses to the Paris Agreement”. The IFLRY Climate Change Programme members are deeply grateful for the…
Public health funding in is slowly on the decline and we are seeing the terrible results in every sector of public health. From STDs on the rise to a bloom of infectious diseases, it is of the paramount importance that…
Continue reading Why Global Public Health Funding Is in Crisis
