Anti-gay laws are gaining popularity in Africa.
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Ghana’s anti-gay bill will affect heterosexual’s too
John Hlophe has become the first judge to be impeached in democratic South Africa.
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John Hlophe’s impeachment sets an example to other members of the judiciary who may feel tempted to abuse their power.
A memorial to Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny laid in Saint Petersburg on February 16, 2024.
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Donald Trump says he’s being politically persecuted, like Russian democracy martyr Alexei Navalny, who died while in a Russian prison on Feb. 16. A scholar says there’s no comparison between the men.
National Socialist troops marching in Berlin to celebrate Adolf Hitler taking over power. Hitler’s accession to chancellor on Jan. 30, 1933, gave the Nazi party its “in” to eventually consolidate absolute control over the country in the months soon after, setting it on the path to the Second World War.
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Adolf Hitler’s rise to power was aided by courts and lawyers in pre-war Germany. A similar situation exists today in the United States.
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New Zealand was mostly stable in key international rankings and domestic socio-economic measures. But there are signs of slippage in some areas and not enough progress in others.
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The government is attempting to overrule the supreme court by passing a new law.
Populist politicians accuse the judiciary of stalling societal changes.
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The governing ANC’s indifference to constitutionalism has left the constitution vulnerable to opportunistic attack by politicians.
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Court decisions based on a judge’s discretion rather than the letter of the law are increasingly common. But this risks undermining some basic liberties.
Vladimir Putin and Ramzan Kadyrov have a personal relationship based on mutual dependence.
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The leader of Chechnya rules with brute force, impunity and near autonomy. Why doesn’t Vladimir Putin rein him in?
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Contempt of court is a serious matter. It shouldn’t be a politicised issue.
Former South African president Jacob Zuma in court over corruption charges in 2018.
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If an offender is lawfully released on medical parole, but their health improves or even if they are cured, they cannot be forced to return to prison.
Increases in the number of women lawyers does not equate institutional change in the legal profession.
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Philanthropic investments must support the capacity of women in law and leadership.
Presidents Hage Geingob, left, and Cyril Ramaphosa at the Union Buildings in Tshwane.
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How Swapo and the ANC respond to any further decline in electoral support will define the future of democracy in both countries.
Former President Donald Trump arrives at the Manhattan Criminal Courthouse on April 4, 2023, before his arraignment.
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Presidents have historically criticized judicial decisions. But Trump is taking it a step further with potentially dangerous personal attacks on judges.
The High Court in Accra, Ghana’s capital. Strengthening the judiciary would ensure a better democratic outcome.
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Ghana’s flawed democracy has failed to establish mechanisms to effectively control corruption.
Presidents Cyril Ramaphosa and Vladimir Putin at the first Russia-Africa Summit in Sochi, Russia, in 2019.
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The government must not trample on its own laws and court decisions. Compliance with the constitution must be the priority.
Demonstrations against South African power supplier ESKOM in 2015.
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South Africa’s courts are likely to set a high bar in cases brought against the government’s most recent state of disaster declaration.
Achieving greater transparency and accountability in democratic governance and in capitalist economics must occur simultaneously.
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Raymond W. Baker says the estimated hundreds of billions of dollars in hidden wealth a decade ago has skyrocketed to trillions today.
Matshela Koko, former acting group CEO of Eskom, testifies at the state capture commission in 2021.
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The culture of impunity that has lingered since the presidency of Jacob Zuma has to give way to a new era of integrity and accountability.
Many Americans, many of them Republicans, seek leaders who would violate basic principles of democracy.
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A large proportion of Americans is willing to support leaders who would violate democratic principles.