Triple Edge Resources

EP committee covering gender equality, women’s rights and anti-trafficking — publishes reports on violence against women, trafficking and the gender pay gap.

EP committee covering fundamental rights, anti-discrimination, migration, asylum and the rule of law — key source for EP positions on trafficking, organised crime and democratic backsliding.

EP committee responsible for employment policy, working conditions, social security and social inclusion — publishes own-initiative reports, legislative opinions, and hearings on European social dialogue.

Leading online journal covering European social democracy, labour rights, welfare state and inequality — publishes analysis from senior EU officials, academics and trade union leaders on the erosion of the European social model.

Annual global happiness ranking using Gallup World Poll data — measures life evaluation, positive and negative affect and social trust. Nordic countries consistently top the rankings; FSU countries cluster at the bottom, documenting the human cost of transition.

Latest UNDP Human Development Report — documents rising inequality between and within countries, the concentration of HDI gains in already-developed nations, and the SDG implementation gap.

The HDI measures national achievement in health, education and income — annual reports document the dramatic HDI collapse in FSU countries during the 1990s transition, and subsequent recovery trajectories.

Six aggregate governance indicators covering 200+ economies — control of corruption, rule of law, voice and accountability, political stability, government effectiveness, regulatory quality. Essential for comparing FSU governance trajectories.

World Bank Group’s private sector arm — invests in private enterprise in developing countries. Publishes Performance Standards on Environmental and Social Sustainability and the Equator Principles framework.

The World Bank Group’s main institution — publishes World Development Reports, poverty data, governance indicators and post-Soviet transition assessments. The Bank’s involvement in Russian shock therapy is documented in the Harvard/HIID scandal.

CoE’s anti-corruption monitoring mechanism — evaluates member states against Council of Europe conventions and provides country-specific recommendations. Relevant to the UK, Italy and FSU corruption threads.

CoE advisory body on constitutional and democratic standards — key source for post-Soviet transition legal reform assessments in Ukraine, Georgia, Moldova, Armenia and Russia.

The court interpreting the European Convention on Human Rights — judgments binding on all 46 member states. ECtHR judgments against Russia (Yukos, Crimea, Chechen disappearances) are primary sources for the trilogy’s human rights dimension.

The Council of Europe’s human rights architecture — covers the European Court of Human Rights, the Commissioner for Human Rights, and monitoring mechanisms under the ECHR. Russia was expelled from the CoE in March 2022.

UN gender equality agency — publishes Progress of the World’s Women reports and gender data. Key source for the economic and social impacts on women in post-Soviet transition countries.

UN’s principal human rights office — publishes treaty body reports, special procedure mandates, and Universal Periodic Review documentation for all UN member states.

UN food assistance agency — publishes hunger and food insecurity data globally. Relevant to the Ukraine war food security and post-Soviet poverty threads.

UN environmental authority — publishes Global Environment Outlook and climate change assessments. Relevant to the Chernobyl environmental impact and FSU industrial collapse threads.

UN sexual and reproductive health agency — publishes State of World Population annual report. Relevant to the trafficking and women’s vulnerability threads.

UN cultural and education agency — publishes Global Education Monitoring Report and cultural heritage protection documents. Relevant to the Soviet cultural infrastructure collapse thread.

UN health agency — publishes health system performance data including the collapse of Soviet healthcare infrastructure during transition. Relevant to the Chernobyl social impact and FSU health crisis threads.

UN refugee agency — publishes Global Trends in Forced Displacement and country-level protection data. Relevant to the FSU diaspora displacement and trafficking vulnerability threads.

UN agency for children’s rights — publishes State of the World’s Children annual report, child trafficking data, and country-level child rights monitoring.

UN’s lead development agency — publishes the Human Development Report (including HDI), SDG progress tracking, and country-level development programming. Active in post-Soviet transition countries.