Justice

Breaking the silos of the mainstream and in gender equality policies requires a new approach centred around justice.

Recent victories in the courts show how a human rights framework can be an instrument to fight suffering and injustice.

The pandemic has reconfigured the way we use and think about urban space. Will it be sufficient for a fairer, healthier city to emerge?

Could reforms on the horizon in Greece mean the end of environmental protection?

Even if tax scandals have been in the European media for years now, the Panama Papers revelations take the problem to a whole new level.

If we were constrained to choose between justice and democracy, surely we would opt for justice every time.

The recent accession of the right-wing Law and Justice Party (PiS) to power has seen the judiciary and legal systems in Poland struck by swift and far-reaching reforms, and the trend shows no sign of slowing. With the phrase “constitutional crisis” being increasingly heard, it is time to examine what is happening to the legal system in Poland.

Climate action has come to a political standstill, and in spite of mass mobilisation efforts, the general public still have not grasped the urgency of the situation. Will it really take something drastic to bring about real change? As more people begin to ask this question, some stop waiting for the answer and take control: by bringing climate change to the courtroom.

Today, we witness an anachronistic pattern of foreign policy: incoherent, homocentric, far removed from the reality of people, and dominated by economic and political interests (the neoliberal system).

The use of military force is a sensitive issue for the Dutch Greens.