In memoriam: Asma Jahangir
The Iran Human Rights Review Editorial team are saddened to hear of the sudden passing of valiant human rights icon, Asma Jahangir, and offer her family our condolences. Having served…
Articles, Briefings and Essays
The views expressed in the articles are those of each respective author and do not necessarily reflect the views or position of the Foreign Policy Centre.
FPC Briefing-Election Observation in the European Space: The Role of the OSCE/ODIHR, the Council of Europe and EU
As the history of structured and methodologically-based election observation is nearing its twenty-fifth anniversary, it seems that the time is ripe to take stock of the current state of play…
FPC Briefing – Thinking Big: Modi’s Foreign Policy Priorities for India
Following the landslide general election victory by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in May 2014, India’s Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) proclaimed a ‘renewed energy, vigour, and planning in India’s…
FPC Briefing: Competing norms- Why defence of human rights is strategically important in a multipolar era
Since the financial crisis of 2008 and the outbreak of the Syrian war many of the received wisdoms and institutions that have underpinned international action 70 years are being shaken.…
Closing the Door: Executive summary
The expert contributors to this essay collection describe an extremely challenging situation for political and NGO activists, along with other at-risk people from the former Soviet Union (FSU) who are…
Introduction: Closing the door on those in need
It is not a good time to be seeking refuge from authorities who wish you harm. The cumulative impact in recent years of the Mediterranean migrant crisis, increasing fear of…
The region less-explored: Europe’s response to persons coming from the former Soviet Union in a changing Common European Asylum System
In the Foreign Policy Centre’s 2014 publication ‘Shelter from the Storm’, The European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE) gave an overview of the development of the Common European Asylum…
The pushback of asylum seekers from the North Caucasus and Central Asia at the Polish border
The situation at the Belarusian-Polish border For many years, refugees from countries of the former Soviet Union have transited through Belarus in order to seek international protection in Poland. The…
Azerbaijan: Challenges to migrants and asylum seekers from the oil-rich state
Political migration from Azerbaijan during the last decade was consistently on the rise due to the increasingly authoritarian rule in the country, boosted by high world oil prices. The cautious…
Tajikistan: Placing pressure on political exiles by targeting relatives
In September 2016, a crowd of students, teachers and local journalists burst into a school in Kulob, a city in the south of Tajikistan. When they found the nine-year-old girl…