TNI in the news

TNI fellows, staff and consultants who are quoted, interviewed, featured or published in other media outlets. Please note that as many of our network also work for other organisations, we do not assume to take credit for all of these media "hits."

Latinamerika udfordrer USA i krigen mod narko
Dagbladet Information

En lang række latinamerikanske regeringer ønsker at legalisere narkotika for at undgå mere vold. USA kæmper imod

October 2012
Burmese Investment Boom Fuels Worries Over Land Grabs
Voice of America

The opening of Burma’s economy to foreign investors is leading to conflicts over land confiscation, as politically-connected businessmen seize agricultural lands for development projects

October 2012
Civil society wants social protection for Southeast Asians
Interaksyon

Civil society participants to the AEPF are demanding that their governments provide a “rights-based, universal, state-underwritten, legislated, and comprehensive” social protection system. 

October 2012
What Reforms Are Needed in Latin America's Prison Systems?
Latin America Advisor newsletter, Inter-American Dialogue

Are prison systems broken in Latin America? What are the economic costs of malfunctioning prison systems in the region? What kinds of reforms are needed?

October 2012
SA mining laws cause for concern
IOL News

Speaking at a recent conference in Iceland, David Fig of UCT questioned why SA remained trapped in an undemocratic industrial paradigm which gave primacy to its minerals and energy sector.

October 2012
Are our drug policies really working?
The Bangkok Post

As the Thai police announce their war on drugs a success, the Ministry of Justice, alongside the TNI and the IDPC hold their high level meeting to review the country's response to drug use. With the alarming rise of HIV-positive drug injectors, again comes the question, how to measure ‘‘success’’ when it comes to drug policies?

September 2012
Climate negotiations locked in stalemate
Bangkok Post - Opinion

Still there seems no progress among countries to commit to increasing the level of emission reductions for this decade. Why are the climate talks stalemated and what should be done to break the deadlock?

September 2012
De blazerbrigade doet het in zijn broek voor u, kiezer
Het Parool

Twee weken geleden riep de voorzitter van de Brabants-Zeeuwse Werkgeversvereniging zijn leden op hun steun voor de euro te betuigen. Met als motto: Hijs de vlag voor Europa!

September 2012
The Next Human Rights Challenge - Jenny Franco at World Water Week
Triple Pundit

Since the first huge spike in global food prices back in 2007-2008, companies and foreign governments have acquired or signed long term leases for land in Africa, Latin America and Southeast Asia. Many of these transactions were negotiated quickly and in secrecy.

August 2012
Burma’s peace process still fragile
Karen News

Positive political changes in Burma – including the release of 1,500 political prisoners – have unfolded rapidly since a flawed election saw ex-general Thein Sein come into power in 2011. But reform is “still at a tentative and early stage”.

August 2012
Se l'Olanda si tinge di rosso pomodoro
Il Manifesto

Il 12 Settembre i Paesi Bassi affrontano le elezioni politiche generali. Qui nessuno discute l'euro, ma cresce una certa insoddisfazione verso l'Europa. La crisi come colpa alla periferia che «ha vissuto al di sopra dei propri mezzi» fa parte del discorso politico dell'intero arco dei partiti in lizza, anche se con moltissime sfumature.

August 2012
Hoe groot mag het offer zijn?
Trouw 23 August 2012

Vruchtbaar en goedkoop land is gewild. In Afrika jagen zakenlui op dit 'groene goud'. Trouw schreef er een serie over. Ook in de Mekong- regio in Zuidoost-Aziëwordt land van bewoners afgepakt, vooral voor de rubberproductie. Foute zaak, zeggen mensenrechtenclubs. Maar de autoriteiten zijn blij met de investeerders.

August 2012
Gratis Water
De Groene Amsterdammer 32 - 2012

Hoewel kraanwater steeds populairder lijkt in Nederland, zeker ook met de (her)introductie van watertappunten, is de wereldwijde consumptie van flessenwater nog immer stijgend. 

 

August 2012
How Latin America is reinventing the war on drugs
Christian Science Monitor

Frustrated with US dictates, countries across the region are floating new ideas to curb drug trafficking, from 'soft' enforcement to legalization.

July 2012
Turn despair into hope at the Earth summit
The Guardian

More than 100 civil society organisations from every continent now join forces in a new major campaign, Stop Corporate Impunity, to dismantle corporations' power and end their impunity.

June 2012
Report condemns EU push for biomass-fuelled 'green economy' at Rio+20
Fresh Business Thinking

EU plans to promote the replacement of fossil fuels with biomass could lead to hunger and environmental devastation, according to a report released by the World Development Movement and the Transnational Institute.

June 2012
Bolletjesslikker opsluiten zinloos
Het Parool

Bolletjesslikkers horen niet in de gevangenis. Het berechten en opsluiten van ongeveer vijftienhonderd kleine drugssmokkelaars per jaar heeft geen noemenswaardig effect op de invoer van cocaïne en vormt een zware belasting voor Openbaar Ministerie, rechtbank en gevangenis

June 2012
‘Nature is not for sale’
Trouw

He wrote one of the most progressive laws for nature conservation. He organized the first international climate conference for common people. And now he wipes the floor with the UN proposal for a ‘green economy’. The Bolivian Pablo Solón thinks we should treat nature with more respect.

June 2012
Eerst zien, dan geloven
Noticias

Wat zijn de gevolgen van een vrijhandelsverdrag tussen de EU en Colombia/Peru? Daarover debatteerden vier Colombiaanse en twee Nederlandse deskundigen op 30 mei in De Balie in Amsterdam.

June 2012
Toujours aucune explication au refoulement de Walden Bello
Le Soir

Pourquoi Bello, figure de l’al-termondialisme, a-t-il été refoué à la frontière, vendredi?

May 2012