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22nd March 2016 Skopje, North Macedonia

Dimitar Nizamovski

Dimitar Nizamovski

Programme coordinator at the Youth Education Forum in Macedonia

Dialogue and Democracy – the Value of Magna Carta for Contemporary Times

On 15 June 2015, the United Kingdom marked the 800th anniversary of the sealing of the Magna Carta Libertatum, one of the most significant legal documents ever written. “No freeman shall be taken, or imprisoned, or outlawed, or exiled, or in any way harmed, nor will we go upon him nor will we send upon […]

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4th February 2016 Colombo, Sri Lanka

Laura Davies » Deputy High Commissioner to Sri Lanka and the Maldives

by Laura Davies

Former Deputy High Commissioner to Sri Lanka and the Maldives

Democracy at Home and Abroad

Earlier this week in Colombo, we gathered together a group of civil society and human rights organisations.  For different reasons, Sri Lanka and Maldives are priorities for human rights for the UK.  That gives the High Commission access to the Magna Carta Fund, a strategic programme fund dedicated to tackling the root causes of human […]

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2nd November 2015 Skopje, North Macedonia

Ilina Mangova and Ana Meshkovska

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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14th September 2015 Havana, Cuba

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by Tim Cole

Former British Ambassador to Cuba

Civil society; democracy’s oxygen

15 September marks the UN International Day of Democracy, a day on which Governments are encouraged to strengthen national programmes devoted to the promotion and consolidation of democracy. The UN General Assembly resolution establishing the day encourages all member states to bring the day to the awareness of their citizens. The resolution also reaffirms the […]

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11th February 2013

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by Paul Madden

British Ambassador to Japan

Bob Carr talks about human rights at our Magna Carta Lecture

I was privileged to chair Foreign Minister Senator Bob Carr’s Magna Carta lecture, an annual event organised by the British High Commission here. Each year we ask a prominent figure to speak about a modern issue relevant to the values enshrined in the 1215 charter, often described as the greatest constitutional document of all time. […]

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