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Glasgow 2014 and the politics of the Commonwealth Games

by rcraggs | Jul 21, 2014 | Blog, Uncategorized

by Ruth Craggs, Lecturer in Human Geography, King’s College London The 20th Commonwealth Games will open in Glasgow on Wednesday. Riding a wave of interest in athletics following the London 2012 Olympics, this summer’s events look set to be a sell out. Yet,...

Commonwealth Questions and Answers

by rcraggs | Jun 10, 2014 | Blog

By Dr. Sue Onslow, Senior Research Fellow, ICwS This oral history project has reminded me again and again of the importance of a good relationship between the interviewer and transcriber. This aspect of research output – especially on a Research Facilitation project...

Nelson Mandela and the Commonwealth

by commonwealth-oral-history-project | Dec 12, 2013 | Apartheid, Blog, Human Rights, United Kingdom

By Dr. Sue Onslow, Senior Research Fellow, ICwS In the cascade of tributes to Nelson Mandela following his death last Thursday, personal friends, liberation fighters in the struggle, fellow politicians and commentators have addressed Mandela’s complex personality and...

The Commonwealth: Crisis, Controversy and CHOGMS

by commonwealth-oral-history-project | Nov 14, 2013 | Blog, CHOGM, Commonwealth Secretariat, Diplomacy, Human Rights, India, Queen, Rhodesia (see also Zimbabwe), South Africa, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe (see also Rhodesia)

by Dr. Sue Onslow The disastrous decision for Sri Lanka to host the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting, taken in 2009 and reaffirmed at the 2011 Perth CHOGM, has come back to bite the Commonwealth on the backside. The Canadian and Indian heads of Government have...

Gambia Pulls out of the Commonwealth

by commonwealth-oral-history-project | Oct 3, 2013 | Blog, CHOGM, Human Rights, United Kingdom

Political commentators have been left scratching their heads today with the sudden news on Gambian state radio, informing the Gambian public that that the country was pulling out of the Commonwealth with immediate effect. Gambia came off the Commonwealth Ministerial...

Gearing up for the launch!

by rcraggs | Sep 11, 2013 | Blog, Uncategorized

We are currently gearing up for the official project website launch in November. We will be launching with at least ten oral history interviews, which will be fully searchable. Please excuse the look of this site whilst we test different designs and get all the...

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Richard Bourne

Richard Bourne (b.1940) is a British journalist, writer and human rights advocate who has acted as Deputy Director of the Commonwealth Institute (1983-89), Director of the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (1990-92) and Head of the Commonwealth Policy Studies Unit (1999-2005). He is a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, Secretary of the Ramphal Institute, and was a correspondent for The Guardian and deputy editor of the London Evening Standard.

Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative

The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) is an international, non-governmental organisation established in 1987 to support the implementation of the Harare Declaration in the Commonwealth of Nations. It provides thematic human rights reports to every Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting. In 1993, its headquarters moved from London to New Delhi, India.

Jammeh (Yahya Jammeh)

Yahya Jammeh (b.1965) became President of Gambia in 1994 following a military coup. He was re-elected in 1996, 2001, 2006 and 2011. His political party is the Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction.

Commonwealth Magistrates and Judges Association

Founded in 1970, the Commonwealth Magistrates and Judges Association acts as a network for judicial officers in the Commonwealth. The work of its Secretary General, Executive Committee and General Assembly is directed to promoting the independence of the judiciary and advancing education in law, justice and the prevention of crime.

Idi Amin

Idi Amin (c. 1925-2003). Became President of Uganda, 1971-79, after seizing power through a military coup.

ZANU

Zimbabwe African National Union. A militant political organisation founded in 1963 to campaign against white minority rule in Rhodesia. It won power in 1980, and in 1987 merged with ZAPU to form ZANU-PF.

United Nations. Major international organisation, founded in 1945.

Robert Mugabe

Robert Mugabe (b.1924). Zimbabwean resistance leader and politician. Served as Prime Minister (1980-1987) and President (1987-) of Zimbabwe.

Don McKinnon

Sir Donald McKinnon (b. 1939) is a New Zealand politician who served as Deputy Prime Minister for the National Party (1990-96), Foreign Minister (1990-99) and Secretary General of the Commonwealth of Nations (2000-08).

European Union. International organisation of European states. Known as the European Economic Community before 1993.

CMAG

Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group. Established by Commonwealth Heads of Government in 1995, the CMAG upholds the terms of the Harare Declaration.

CHOGM

Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting. Every two years Commonwealth heads of government meet to discuss global and Commonwealth issues, with the aim of promoting common initiatives.

Glasgow 2014 and the politics of the Commonwealth Games

Commonwealth Questions and Answers

Nelson Mandela and the Commonwealth

The Commonwealth: Crisis, Controversy and CHOGMS

Gambia Pulls out of the Commonwealth

Gearing up for the launch!

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