A coalition of consumer advocacy and public interest groups today filed legal papers supporting new U.S. Patent Office (USPTO) rules that would curtail abusive behavior by patent applicants and improve patent quality. The tactics are used frequently by dr

University of Liberia professor Alaric Tokpa says if civil society groups must make progress in their struggles across the continent, they must build the necessary alliance and forms of struggle for democratic overthrow of the authoritarian and the backwa

MARAWI CITY (MindaNews/02 August) – At least 29 representatives from civil society groups here have passed a resolution urging the postponement of the August 11 elections in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), claiming the postponement is â

The treaty has the support of every government in Europe as well as most of the Irish establishment, but an 11th-hour surge of opposition has proved unexpectedly persuasive.

Although children comprise one of the largest and most vulnerable groups in society, their needs are frequently not recognised or met (Cloke & Naish, 1992). Every Child Matters (2003) highlights that children’s welfare and safeguarding them from signifi