Tag: civil liberties

2nd November 2015 Skopje, North Macedonia

Ilina Mangova and Ana Meshkovska

Chevening scholars

Conquering Civil Liberties: From Magna Carta to Carta Macedonia

“The human right to freedom is irrevocable. No person’s freedom can be restricted except by a court decision or in cases and procedures determined by law” is one of the guarantees of the Macedonian constitution of 1991. Unlike British history, Macedonian history does not have its own historical declarations of human and civil rights, however […]

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20th January 2012

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by Leigh Turner

Ambassador to Austria and UK Permanent Representative to the United Nations and other International Organisations in Vienna

Moldova overtakes Ukraine in Freedom House rankings

In a recent blog “Is Ukraine democratic?” I noted an “Economist”, report, The Democracy Index 2011 (pdf file), which showed Ukraine’s democratic ranking falling from 67th in 2010 to 79th in 2011 out of 167 countries.  I noted that we should not read too much into a single report; and said it would be interesting […]

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