A MODEL FOR SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ADMINISTRATION IN THE HYDROCARBON SECTOR

Learning Online: Openness, Diversity and Access Debates at the Internet Governance Forum’s Second Meeting Author: Francesca Musiani Originally Published at Peace and Conflict Monitor on: 12/04/2007 Category: Special Report Encouraging openness on, promoting diversity in, developing widespread access to the Internet: all of these issues, among the most important and

This issue's editorial is provided by Animesh Roul who asks could Brazil and with it Argentina go nuclear? The author thinks it is possible if the military in Brazil so decided.

In this keynote address at the Opening Ceremony of University for Peace Model United Nations Conference, Ambassador Tadeu Valadares discusses the pressing issues of UN reform, globalization, poverty, and human rights, emphasizing the need for stronger collaboration and multilateralism in the international system in order to promote peace and sustainable

Leonard Ghione argues that the Brazilian truth commission has a strong legal mandate to achieve the goal of creating an authoritative historic account of the country’s violent past. Its main challenge will be coping with the limited number of staff and the long period of time it must cover. The

Originally published by Carlos Goés at Instituto Mercado Popular. Translated by Pedro Henrique L. do Nascimento

Paulo Guerra sent us this commentary from the protests in Brazil.

An interview conducted by Vicky Rossi with Ms Julia Marton-Lefèvre, Rector of the Universidad para la Paz, and Prof. Abelardo Brenes who is Head of the Peace Education Programme, University for Peace. The interview originally appeared on the Transnational Foundation for Peace and Future Research website, and was conducted

Catherine Bellamy sits ringside to witness one NGO’s work to bring pride and hope to the violent favelas of Rio de Janeiro.

This article explores the problems and possibilities of implementing Buddhist mindfulness meditation in critical pedagogy. Buddhism and critical pedagogy are compared, particularly their conceptions of suffering, liberation, and self. Challenges to the adaptation of critical pedagogy in Buddhist cultural contexts are addressed. Mindfulness meditation is proposed to enrich critical pedagogy