The Council has today given its final approval to the compulsory licensing regulation. This legislation will allow certain intellectual property rights (such as patents) to be used without the consent ...

Scholars have long emphasised that democracy thrives on political participation – but should participation be forced? A fundamental aspect of democracy is that citizens who are impacted by ...

Nigerian senior secondary school students in arts and humanities will no longer be required to present a credit in mathematics in their Senior School Certificate Examination, organised by the West ...

The Ministry of Education has said that credit in mathematics in the Senior School Certificate Examination, SSCE, would not longer be a condition for admission for students studying arts and ...

Does compulsory drug treatment even work? That was the challenge on critics’ minds last week after New York City mayor Eric Adams announced a new proposal to compel the city’s addicts into treatment.

Welcome to openDemocracy’s weekly reader comments round-up. This is an opportunity for us to showcase some of the many carefully considered messages we receive on a range of topics. These comments are ...

There are many things that feel like a right of passage to LGBTQ+ folks: listening to Lady Gaga a million times on repeat, buying your first Pride flag, discovering the pronouns that feel most right ...

Discover the truth behind compulsory heterosexuality (comphet). Learn how societal expectations shape identities and find ways to embrace your true self. Compulsory heterosexuality, or “comphet,” ...

LETTER | Women's Aid Organisation (WAO) welcomes the decision to make secondary schooling compulsory for all, following the successful reading of the Education Amendment Bill 2025 in the Dewan Rakyat.

The idea of bringing back compulsory military service in Germany is controversial, not least because some business leaders fear this could harm the economy. The German economy cannot cope with young ...

The Government is moving to reform the compulsory purchase order (CPO) system eight years after an overhaul was recommended. Legislation introduced by Fine Gael's James Geoghegan seeks to streamline ...

Our political crisis is grave. Muscular measures can solve it. By David Klemperer The July 2024 general election produced one of the most fragmented results in British history: while Labour won a huge ...