10th December 2010 Chevening, UK
My name is Ahmad Nadeem Khan and I am from Pakistan. I was a Chevening fellow in the year 2008 in the University of Birmingham and participated in the course ‘What makes democracy work’. I still cherish those days and the great learning environment. I just wanted to share on the occassion of International Human […]
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10th December 2010 Chevening, UK
Lishia Erza, a recent Chevening alumnus from Indonesia writes; We can be heroes, even just for one day. Great song to ring in my head on human rights day. Anyway… Back to topic. Nobody should be excluded or discriminated against in their effort to access basic rights. That is the general belief. While it is […]
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10th December 2010 Chevening, UK
A blog from Angelina Montserrat Vidal Leon, L.L.M, University of Birmingham 2010-2011. As in many other countries, the role played by human rights defenders in Mexico has proved to be of fundamental importance for the implementation of human rights and consequently, the strengthening of democracy in the national context. Nevertheless, due to the complex reality […]
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10th December 2010 Chevening, UK
My name is Francis Moneke, Chevening Scholar 2010. I have an LLM in International Human Rights Law from SOAS, University of London. As we celebrate this year’s international human rights day, I wish to call the attention of the international community to the massive economic discrimination going on in Nigeria. Increasingly, the poor and the […]
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12th November 2010
The British and Canadian embassies in Kyiv organised a short ceremony at the Park of Glory on 11 November to mark Remembrance Day. There was a good turnout. The ceremony, which included prayers, poems, the Act of Remembrance, the Last Post, a two minute silence and the laying of wreaths, took place under a clear […]
15th October 2010 Chevening, UK
Water is an essential source of life. Let’s start today to use this rare resource of the planet more sensibly. We should treasure every drop of it when we have clean water from the tap conveniently everyday. Flo, Hong Kong, 1998 British Hyder Chevening Scholar in Engineering Geopolitics of water has affected Asia. India is […]
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15th October 2010 Chevening, UK
Women and children are badly affected by the absence of water and sanitation services; therefore women and children will get the most benefit from water and sanitation development program. Rini astute, Indonesia Water shortage is a serious problem that faces the Middle East and Palestine is no exception. In addition to the arid/semi arid climate, […]
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26th March 2010 Islamabad, Pakistan
In response to an earlier blog of mine someone asked whether I really meant my description of Pakistan as a proud country or whether I was just being polite. I was not just being polite. I meant proud. And proud in ways that diplomats like me need to understand and remember. The celebration of Pakistan […]