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International Relations and Human Rights Observatory
12-09-2015
A Democracy Assembly to Face the New Authoritarian Challenges
Sixteen years after the first World Movement Assembly, the situation has dramatically changed. We no longer have the strong wind of triumphant democracy in our sails. Instead, we are facing a reinvigorated wind of authoritarianism that defies us not only in practice but also ideologically and tests our understanding of our own values, our consistency, and our commitment.
By Ladan Boroumand
During the last wave of democratization, civil society emerged as a recognized and legitimate actor on the international stage. If as civil society actors we are being silenced and made irrelevant in our countries, with the help of democratic governments and the global human-rights community we can use the virtual and international stage to reemerge as strong, relevant actors and impose ourselves as our governments’ interlocutors.
Ladan Boroumand
Cofundadora y directora de investigación de Abdorrahman Boroumand Foundation for the Promotion of Human Rights and Democracy en Irán, una organización no gubernamental que promueve la concientización de los derechos humanos a través de la educación y la difusión de información como base necesaria para el eventual establecimiento de una democracia estable en Irán. La fundación es conocida como la sede de Omid, un website que detalla los abusos a los derechos humanos cometidos por la República Islámica y conmemora a sus víctimas. La Dra. Bouroumand es autora de artículos sobre la Revolución Francesa, la revolución islámica en Irán, y la naturaleza del terrorismo islamista. También es autora del libro La Guerre des Principes (1999), un profundo estudio sobre las tensiones a lo largo de la Revolución Francesa entre los derechos humanos y la soberanía de una nación.
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