Our system is the binary gender system.
The role that have nowadays words such as Man or Woman, and what it means nowadays to be a man or a woman, and to fulfill the role, it is an important topic in these days.

Nowadays seems to be fair enough that words such as freedom, democracy, development, have become bare containers full of rhetoric with no meaning.
Too often we hear examples of good or bad governance based more on economical concepts instead of human rights.

The plight of migrants, the ‘globalisation’ of the human condition, poses again the question of solidarity and demands a response of planetary ambition and responsibility.

In its Universal Periodic Review, the UN Human Rights Council criticised the policies of the Italian government and the terms of its “security package”. Italy will be called on to respond to these recommendations.

Livorno, Tuscany, 8 am: the day designated for the eviction of the “Roma camp” in Via di Levante, a large piece of land that defines the boundary between a large street and cemetery. The land belongs to a private person who has legitimately asked the police to clear the ground by those unwelcome guests.

The Roma are an integral part of Europe since thousands of years, nowadays a rough estimate of 10-12 million people; the largest ethnic minority present in all 27 states, in many of whom are recorded episodes of major violence and intolerance, which increase day-by-day.

The Schengen Agreement, extended in 2007 many Eastern European countries, eliminates frontier checks between most European countries. But this means stronger control against non-member States.

January 19 marks the third anniversary of the death of the Armenian Hrant Dink, writer and journalist killed in 2007 of the offices of the newspaper “Agos“, which he founded.

China announced this morning at 10.30am local time (2.30 am in England) the execution by lethal injection of a British citizen of Pakistani origin ,Akmal Shaikh, 53.
The execution took place in Urumqi (Xinjiang region, north-west of the state), after the final assessment by the Supreme Court of China.

Today Serbia officially put in for EU membership. Milica Delević, head of the Serbian Office for European Integration, said: “We officially confirm to be ready to accept all the values and obligations necessary to join the EU”.