Latest Perspectives Articles in Date Order Filter by Theme Select a Theme: Closing Space for Civil Society Data and Human Rights Debating Economic and Social Rights Democracy and Human Rights Economic Inequality Engaging with Perpetrators in Human Rights Evaluation and Impact Assessment in Human Rights Funding for Human Rights Human Rights: Mass or Elite Movement? Internationalizing Human Rights Organizations Local Funding for Human Rights Mental health, Well-being and Resilience in Human Rights New Business Models for Human Rights OpenPage Public Opinion and Human Rights Religion and Human Rights Social Practice of Human Rights 2017 Social Science Experiments & Human Rights The Future of Refugee Protection The International Criminal Court Trump and Human Rights page 1 of 13 NEXT The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: a difficult but do-able mandateApril 19, 2018BY: Matheus Hernandez The same mandate that makes the work of the High Commissioner a nearly ... America, gun violence and human rights—Connecting the dots April 18, 2018BY: Geoff Dancy Worldwide, guns are used far more often to violate, rather than defend, ... Breaking the human rights gridlock by embracing the Sustainable Development GoalsApril 17, 2018BY: Ted Piccone Español • 简体中文 • العربية • Français The dangers of a growing global divergence on human rights, with the rise ... Avoiding the “access abyss”: palliative care, pain relief, and human rightsApril 12, 2018BY: Ravindran Daniel Español The last decade has seen major developments in recognizing palliative ... Transitional justice—time for a re-thinkApril 10, 2018BY: Paul Seils Español The transitional justice toolkit was developed for circumstances unlike ... New treaty on business and human rights must hold ‘home’ states accountableApril 5, 2018BY: Daniel Cerqueira & Alexandra Montgomery Español • العربية • Français To ensure justice for victims of corporate human rights abuse, transnational ... Measuring what matters: a new database to track human rights performanceApril 3, 2018BY: Anne-Marie Brook & K. Chad Clay & Susan Randolph The launch of the Human Rights Measurement Initiative dataset promises ... Ending corporate corruption means looking at the North-South nexusMarch 29, 2018BY: Gillian Caldwell Español • Français By its very nature, standing up to corruption and corporate power means ... Collaborating across movements to fill funding gaps for women in NepalMarch 27, 2018BY: Pratima Gurung Español Groups in Nepal working at the intersections of different issues such ... Learning and unlearning the alchemy of human rights educationMarch 22, 2018BY: Shayna Plaut Español • Français • العربية • Deutsch As human rights educators, fostering more effective learning and advocacy ... Illegal logging fuels conflict and violence against women in South SudanMarch 20, 2018BY: Caroline Kiarie-Kimondo Mismanagement of timber resources and illegal logging are exacerbating ... Fighting for indigenous rights in the Trump eraMarch 15, 2018BY: Tereza M. Szeghi Español American Indians are actively resisting Trump’s efforts and working to ... New climate change lawsuit in Colombia part of growing, worldwide trendMarch 13, 2018BY: Camila Bustos Español A new lawsuit in Colombia involving young plaintiffs seeks to protect ... Reframing sexual harassment as gender-based violence: the value of a rights frameworkMarch 8, 2018BY: Sarah Dávila-Ruhaak Français • Español When sexual harassment is reframed as gender-based violence and a human ... Building the foundations of resilience: 11 lessons for human rights educators and supervisorsMarch 7, 2018BY: Sarah Knuckey & Su Anne Lee Español Educators and managers can play an important role in building the next ... Using foreign aid for state repression in ThailandMarch 6, 2018BY: Salvador Santino F. Regilme, Jr. During transnational security crises, aid recipient governments use foreign ... Community participation in the face of gatekeeping: lessons from KenyaMarch 1, 2018BY: Collins Liko Español Cartels in Kenya are controlling public resources and access to information, ... DNA testing can help – and hinder – sexual violence prosecutionsFebruary 28, 2018BY: Karen Naimer Español • Français DNA technology in sexual violence cases can strengthen investigations ... Is being the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights an Impossible Job?February 27, 2018BY: Marc Limon Perhaps the role of High Commissioner for Human Rights is not do-able ... Making progress in human rights requires big risks and new alliesFebruary 22, 2018BY: Maria Bobenrieth Français • Español In these turbulent times, business as usual is no longer an option for ... The activist balance: being both globally connected and locally rootedFebruary 20, 2018BY: Urantsooj Gombosuren & Marte Hellema Español In the volatility in Asia's human rights situations, can rights defenders ... Reproductive gene editing imperils universal human rightsFebruary 15, 2018BY: Marcy Darnovsky & Leah Lowthorp & Katie Hasson 简体中文 • Русский • Español The prohibition on reproductive gene editing to enhance human capabilities ... Mapping trends to understand shifts in human rights fundingFebruary 13, 2018BY: Anna Koob & Sarah Tansey Français • Español Trends analysis allows human rights activists to see where human rights ... Another one bites the dust—what future for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights?February 8, 2018BY: David Petrasek Español • Français The early departure—yet again—of a UN High Commissioner for Human Rights ... The paradoxical existence of the LGBTI movement in IndonesiaFebruary 6, 2018BY: Devandy Ario Putro Bahasa Indonesia used to have a reputation of tolerance, but inflammatory rhetoric ... Time to act – recognizing the right to a healthy environmentFebruary 1, 2018BY: Marcos A. Orellana Español • Français Global recognition of the right to a healthy environment is long overdue. ... Collecting, preserving, and verifying online evidence of human rights violationsJanuary 30, 2018BY: Enrique Piracés Español The amount of digital information available online presents human rights ... Ending the stigma and persistence of leprosy requires governments to step upJanuary 25, 2018BY: Alice Cruz Português • Español On World Leprosy Day, organizations across the world must come together ... Five key battles for re-imagining democracy in a radically changed worldJanuary 22, 2018BY: Dhananjayan Sriskandarajah The challenges facing civil society now aren’t about reviving our weakening ... Participatory grantmaking helps to shift power relations in MexicoJanuary 18, 2018BY: Jenny Barry Español Powerful results surfaced when a Mexican women’s rights funder began to ... Using cross-movement collaborations to tackle human rights complexitiesJanuary 16, 2018BY: Claudia Samcam Español Human rights problems are increasingly more complex and cross-cutting. ... Why is the Inter-American Human Rights System lagging on climate change?January 11, 2018BY: Juan Auz Español The Inter-American Human Rights System is an important tool for Latin ... Empowering language of rights underlies increasing use in HIV advocacyJanuary 9, 2018BY: Kristi Heather Kenyon Setswana • Zulu Local HIV activists are expanding human rights discourse into health advocacy, ... A new UN declaration could finally protect rural and landless peoplesJanuary 4, 2018BY: Shivani Chaudhry Español The UN has drafted a groundbreaking declaration that has the potential ... Overview and highlights from 2017December 22, 2017BY: The OGR Team This year on OpenGlobalRights, our top ten most-read pieces discussed ... Methodological choices in human rights research are political, not just technicalDecember 21, 2017BY: Allison Corkery Español • العربية The methods human rights researchers and advocates use determine what ... NGOs are adapting to closing space when they must push backDecember 19, 2017BY: Julian Oram & Deborah Doane Most development and funding organizations are adapting to shrinking space ... Protecting human rights defenders in Asia: using networks to fill the gapsDecember 13, 2017BY: Lorenzo Urbinati & Sejin Kim Español Data on human rights violations in Asia proves the need to establish a ... Finding research pathways to a slavery-free worldDecember 12, 2017BY: Zoe Trodd Ending slavery means building a science of anti-slavery where advocates ... Religious rights advocacy won’t save the Rohingya—but what will?December 7, 2017BY: Elizabeth Shakman Hurd မြန်မာဘာသာ To insist on the Rohingya status as a victimized religious minority while ... As NGOs speak out, expect clampdowns to growDecember 6, 2017BY: David Kode Español Governments from Uganda to Poland are silencing activists and organizations ... Addressing systemic inequality in human rights fundingDecember 4, 2017BY: Barbara Klugman & Ravindran Daniel & Denise Dora & Maimouna Jallow Español Human rights funding is systemically inequitable, and this will only change ... Finding equity: shifting power structures in human rightsNovember 30, 2017BY: Barbara Klugman & Ravindran Daniel & Denise Dora & Maimouna Jallow Español The marker of progress towards an equitable human rights ecology is when ... Evidence indicates that we should be hopeful—not hopeless—about human rightsNovember 29, 2017BY: Kathryn Sikkink Español • Português We compare our current human rights situation not to the past but to an ... The value of diversity in creating systemic change for human rightsNovember 27, 2017BY: Barbara Klugman & Ravindran Daniel & Denise Dora & Maimouna Jallow Español The human rights system must value and mobilize the expertise of all players, ... Trump’s threats to a liberal world order are not entirely newNovember 24, 2017BY: David Forsythe Trump’s attitude towards human rights is not entirely new: our presumed ... Survey: most believe women’s rights are human rightsNovember 23, 2017BY: James Ron Español Have feminists made traction in campaigning that “women’s rights are human ... To strengthen global resistance, resource young feministsNovember 22, 2017BY: Felogene Anumo & Ruby Johnson Español • Français Young feminists are pushing back and forging new paths in global resistance, ... page 1 of 13 NEXT
