scholarly journals “But the Law Won’t Help Us”: Challenges of Mobilizing Law 348 to Address Violence Against Women in Bolivia

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (12-13) ◽  
pp. 1471-1492
Author(s):  
Ashley Rogers
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Violence Against Women ◽  
Ethnographic Study ◽  
Civil Society Organizations ◽  
Women's Voices ◽  
The Law ◽  
Legal Strategies ◽  
Culture Of Impunity

Drawing on findings of an original 12-month ethnographic study, this article presents the challenges that Bolivian women face in accessing a new law that has been designed to protect them, Law 348 to “Guarantee Women a Life Free from Violence.” Data reveal that while the law creates opportunities for the (re)conceptualization of violence, mobilizing the law is fraught with difficulties and a culture of impunity prevails. The challenges of implementation are both nationally and internationally significant as other countries seek to enact similar legal strategies. In Bolivia, this article suggests, civil society organizations and women’s voices are central to the full realization of the law.

Analysis on the Effect of China’s Overseas ngo Law under the Differences in Legal Thinking

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-43
Author(s):  
Xijin Jia
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Mainland China ◽  
Civil Society Organizations ◽  
Chinese Government ◽  
The Public ◽  
Political Purpose ◽  
Standard Procedures ◽  
Legal Thinking ◽  
The Law ◽  
Illegal Activities

The Law on the Management of Overseas NGOs’ Activities in Mainland China has come into effect on January 1, 2017. Ever since its second draft was unveiled to the public and then the final draft was adopted, Chinese and international civil society organizations have expressed their concerns and criticisms, far beyond the expectation of the Chinese government that intends to regulate illegal activities and protect legitimate rights with this law. This paper argues that the unexpected responses are provoked not only by the political purpose behind the adoption of this law – to safeguard national security – but also by the different interpretations of the law due to the differences in legal thinking. Beginning with an analysis of the law’s text, this paper continues to look at the regulatory framework and what has provoked the unexpected responses from the public, examines the differences in legal thinking – an underlying issue in this regard, and proposes that to ensure the effective enforcement of the law efforts should be made in three aspects, i.e. making clarification, establishing standard procedures, and protecting rights, to settle the idea differences between the legislature and the overseas civil society.

scholarly journals Encroachment and Reaction of Civil Society in Non-liberal Democracies: The Case of Israel and the New Israel Fund

2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hagai Katz ◽  
Benjamin Gidron
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Public Relations ◽  
World Order ◽  
Civil Society Organizations ◽  
Left Wing ◽  
Liberal Democracies ◽  
Passive Response ◽  
Media Work ◽  
Legal Strategies ◽  
New Israel

Abstract Recent decades have seen a major political shift in many nations, manifested in democratic regression, rise of populist non-liberal democracies, resurgence of extreme right, infractions against democratic watchdogs, and increasing nationalism and unilateralism. A central manifestation of this process is the active encroachment by governments on civil society, and particularly on its liberal elements. These manifestations allegedly emanate from resistance to the liberal world order and to threats from pressures imported by national NGOs, and are made possible by changing political opportunity structures. We explore the case of Israel, through an analysis of the New Israel Fund (NIF), as a particular yet demonstrative example of these dynamics. The manifestations of civil society encroachment in Israel include concerted and coordinated actions meant to weaken and delegitimize left-wing civil society actors and their supporters and donors, by Israel’s right-wing governments and their NGO allies, through legislation and rhetorical assaults; attempts to curb international funding of human rights organizations; and differential treatment of civil society organizations according to political stance. Interviews with former and current leaders of the NIF show that the attacks have galvanized liberal civil society actors to counteract, and drove them from passive response to active and strategic engagement, professionalization of media work and program evaluation, adjustment of public relations and legal strategies, and even adjustment of programmatic choice, shifting focus to supporting the infrastructure of civil society and democracy. The discussion stresses pressures by international illiberal forces, alongside the backlash to liberal world society, as causes for encroachment, and highlights the less explored reactions of civil society actors to such encroachment.

scholarly journals Religious Diversity and Blasphemy Law: Understanding Growing Religious Conflict and Intolerance in Post-Suharto Indonesia

2017 ◽  
Vol 55 (1) ◽  
pp. 105-126
Author(s):  
Noorhaidi Hasan
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Civil Society ◽  
Religious Freedom ◽  
Religious Diversity ◽  
Civil Society Organizations ◽  
Religious Conflict ◽  
Constitutional Court ◽  
Proper Management ◽  
Religious Activism ◽  
The Law

This paper will look at how the explosion of militant religious activism and violence against minorities in post-Suharto Indonesia is embedded in the state’s failure to apply a proper management of religious diversity and civic pluralism. In the bottom of this issue lies controvertial Law No. 1 of 1965 on the prevention of the abuse or insulting of a religion,  known as the Blasphemy Law. Debates have abounded on the extent to which the Law has transgressed the principles of religious freedom guaranteed by the Indonesian Constitution. This paper will thus also examine petitions filed by human rights activists and civil society organizations to demand judicial reviews of the Law before the Constitutional Court[Artikel ini akan menjelaskan bagaimana militansi aktifis agama dan kekerasan terhadap minoritas pasca Soeharto yang muncul akibat kegagalan Negara dalam mengelola keragaman agama dan pluralitas masyarakat. Dasar dari persoalan ini berpangkal pada kontroversi UU No. 1 Tahun 1965 tentang Pencegahan Penyalahgunaan dan/atau Penodaan Agama atau yang dikenal dengan UU Pencemaran Agama. Perdebatan yang panjang telah mengarah pada pelanggaran prinsip hukum mengenai jaminan kebebasan agama oleh konstitusi. Artikel ini juga akan membahas petisi yang diajukan oleh aktifis HAM dan ornop untuk mengajukan judicial reviews ke Mahkamah Konstitusi.] 

scholarly journals Violence Against Women In Punjab: Prevalence, Varying Trends And Efforts Of Media And Civil Society

2015 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-58
Author(s):  
Sadia Rafi ◽  
Mumtaz Ali ◽  
Irfan Nawaz
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Violence Against Women ◽  
Civil Society Organizations ◽  
Women Violence ◽  
Emergency Measures

This study aims at highlighting common types of violence against women in Punjab, then present research discusses varying trends of violence against women in this province and efforts, which were taken by media, police, government of Punjab and civil society organizations, to combat violence against women were analyzed in broader context. Combating violence, it needs emergency measures to be taken and redefine continued efforts. Thus, it is suggested that it is the need of the hour to pave way for women friendly legislations and prohibits all practices of women violence by improving efficacy of existing policies for combating women violence.

scholarly journals Sustentabilidade na Lei nº 13.019/2014 (Estatuto das Parcerias)

2019 ◽  
Vol 278 (2) ◽  
pp. 211
Author(s):  
Jenifer Weber ◽  
Inácio Fabiano Lermen ◽  
Leonardo Da Rocha de Souza
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Civil Society ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Civil Society Organizations ◽  
Public Power ◽  
Private Initiative ◽  
Legal Text ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Law ◽  
Public Entity

<p>Sustainability in Law No 13.019/2014 (Partnership Statute)</p><p> </p><p>A Lei nº 13.019/2014 (Estatuto das Parcerias) surgiu para regular as parcerias entre a administração pública e organizações da sociedade civil. Nessa lei, a sustentabilidade é citada como um dos requisitos que devem ser observados pelas entidades que almejam firmar parcerias com o ente público. Todavia, o texto legal é superficial, deixando de detalhar a forma como será analisada a sustentabilidade nos projetos propostos pelas entidades. Com isso, as entidades e o Estado ficam sem parâmetros para avaliar sua efetividade. Observou-se que a sustentabilidade, apesar de amplamente discutida, nem sempre vem acompanhada de resultados e ações efetivas, mesmo diante do dever constitucional de proteção do meio ambiente por parte do poder público e da coletividade. O objetivo deste artigo é analisar essa problemática, utilizando o método de abordagem dedutivo, partindo da interpretação das normas acerca das parcerias entre o poder público e a iniciativa privada e o que se entende por sustentabilidade e desenvolvimento sustentável.</p><p> </p><p>The Law No 13.019/2014 (Partnership Statute) was created to regulate partnerships between Public Administration and civil society organizations. In the law 13.019/2014, sustainability is cited as one of the requirements that must be observed by entities that want to establish partnerships with the public entity. However, the legal text is superficial, since it only mentions sustainability as a requirement for partnerships, failing to detail how it will be analyzed in the projects proposed by the entities, thus causing na uncertainty both for the entities and for the State to evaluate effectiveness. It is observed that sustainability, although widely discussed, is not Always accompanied by effective results and actions. The objective of this article is to verify how the Partnership Statute contemplates the sustainability. The method used is the deductive one, based on the interpretation of the norms about the partnerships between the public power and the private initiative and what is meant by sustainability and sustainable development.</p>

scholarly journals Women Reporting Violence: Conditions and Implications

1970 ◽  
pp. 28-37
Author(s):  
Azza Charara Baydoun
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Civil Society ◽  
Family Violence ◽  
Battered Women ◽  
Violence Against Women ◽  
Civil Society Organizations ◽  
Professional Support ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Advocacy Campaigns

Lebanese civil society organizations that work to promote the principles and values of human rights led the efforts to publicly expose the issue of violence against women (hereafter VAW) in the mid-90s of the last century. Since 2008, a coalition of these organizations has been working on a draft law that protects women from family violence, organizing media and advocacy campaigns, and lobbying with legislative bodies and policy makers to promote the passing of the bill. These campaigns with respect to the draft law are a culmination of a number of activities aimed at assisting battered women by lending an ear to their suffering; providing them with legal, medical, psychological, and professional support; and offering shelter to those in danger.

scholarly journals Harmonization of International Law in Indonesian Legal System: The Study of Indonesian Migrant Workers Protection Overseas

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Achmad Zulfikar ◽  
Satria Sukananda ◽  
Hamza Baharuddin ◽  
Said Sampara
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
International Law ◽  
Legal System ◽  
Migrant Workers ◽  
House Of Representatives ◽  
Political Process ◽  
Civil Society Organizations ◽  
The Law ◽  
International Conventions

This study aims to describe and analyze the development of the harmonization of international conventions of migrant workers rights with the Indonesian Migrant Workers Act and to examine the process of adopting the substance of international conventions on the protection of migrant workers' rights into the Indonesian Migrant Workers Act. This study useslegalnormative research methodby reviewing principles, concepts of law and related legislations and regulations. The results of this study shows that: harmonization of international conventions on the protection of migrant workers' rights into Law No. 18 of 2017 is carried out through a transformation that refers to the position of international conventions in Indonesian national law; and the substance of international conventions to protect the rights of migrant workers is adopted through two processes which are a political process of discussion of Amendment of Law No. 39 of 2004 to become Law No. 18 of 2017 by the House of Representatives of Republic of Indonesia and civil society organizations and a legal processof referring Law No. 6 of 2012 in Amendment to Law No. 39 of 2004 to become Law No. 18 of 2017 version of May 2016 and identifying seven findings to compare the Law No. 18 of 2017 and the ratification law of the Convention.

The elimination of violence and terrorism in Iraq strategy

2019 ◽  
pp. 375
Author(s):  
Mona Ali Duaij ◽  
Ahlam Ahmed Issa
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Political Institutions ◽  
The State ◽  
Civil Society Organizations ◽  
State Institutions ◽  
Terrorist Organization ◽  
The Media ◽  
Causes Of Crime ◽  
Religious Aspect

All the Iraqi state institutions and civil society organizations should develop a deliberate systematic policy to eliminate terrorism contracted with all parts of the economic, social, civil and political institutions and important question how to eliminate Daash to a terrorist organization hostile and if he country to eliminate the causes of crime and punish criminals and not to justify any type of crime of any kind, because if we stayed in the curriculum of justifying legitimate crime will deepen our continued terrorism, but give it legitimacy formula must also dry up the sources of terrorism media and private channels and newspapers that have abused the Holy Prophet Muhammad (p) and all kinds of any of their source (a sheei or a Sunni or Christians or Sabians) as well as from the religious aspect is not only the media but a meeting there must be cooperation of both parts of the state facilities and most importantly limiting arms possession only state you can not eliminate terrorism and violence, and we see people carrying arms without the name of the state and remains somewhat carefree is sincerity honesty and patriotism the most important motivation for the elimination of violence and terrorism and cooperation between parts of the Iraqi people and not be driven by a regional or global international schemes want to kill nations and kill our bodies of Sunnis, sheei , Christians, Sabean and Yazidi and others.

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