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October 15, 2019By: Navi Pillay Español | Français
The human rights treaty bodies are central to human rights reform efforts, but are burdened by inefficiencies. ...
October 11, 2019By: Maysa Zorob Español
A new version of the UN’s draft treaty on business and human rights strengthens its protection focus, ...
October 10, 2019By: Harsh Mander Español | Français | العربية
With the world facing increasing division and hatred, the human rights community must face this lack ...
October 3, 2019By: Salma Houerbi Español | العربية
Weak labour legislation in Turkey, paired with brands that put profits before people, is causing harmful ...
October 2, 2019By: Alexandre Abdal & Andréa Pineda & Fernando do Amaral Nogueira & Juana Kweitel Español | Português
The existing rejection and distrust of human rights among high-income Brazilians result mostly from ...
September 26, 2019By: Ranit Mishori & Karen Naimer & Thomas McHale Español | Français
For such a small piece of tissue, the hymen has gained outsized status as the arbiter of virginity. ...
September 24, 2019By: Hurst Hannum Français | Español
Declining support for human rights is partly attributable to the expansion of the concept to cover all ...
September 19, 2019By: Karine Belarmino & Marie Schaedel Español
Control over land management may be more important than mere legal entitlement when it comes to women’s ...
September 17, 2019By: Ximena Casas Isaza Español | Français
Abortion providers working in national contexts where the law is poorly understood and abortion is socially ...
September 12, 2019By: Tatiana Tolsteneva Español | Русский
Russia’s non-profit sector has been playing a constant game of catch-up—can new media technologies break ...
September 4, 2019By: Jamie Woodhouse Español | العربية
If we grant rights in order to reduce suffering, should we grant rights to everything that can suffer?
August 29, 2019By: Howard Lavine & James Ron Español
Religious leaders can help convince the most ethnocentric and authoritarian American voters to oppose ...
August 27, 2019By: Beatriz Romero Cruzat Español
Chile has long held a moderate political tradition in Latin America, but recent trends point to alarming ...
August 22, 2019By: Flavia Fascendini Español | Français
The Universal Periodic Review can highlight that online rights are an essential part of human rights ...
August 20, 2019By: Sarah Yookyung Kim Español | Français
When much broader communities can harness intellectual property rights, these shifts can contribute ...
August 8, 2019By: Osamah Alfakih Español | Français
Defending human rights in war-torn Yemen requires persistence, creativity, and strategic changes to ...
August 6, 2019By: Deepa Ranganathan Español
#MeToo ignited a conversation about sexual and gender-based violence, but young feminists in the global ...
August 1, 2019By: Jackie Smith & Joshua Cooper Español
Declining economic conditions in cities and communities around the world have inspired more people to ...
July 31, 2019By: Eric Posner Español | العربية
The new US Commission on Unalienable Rights will provide a conservative interpretation on human rights. ...
July 25, 2019By: Philip Alston & Nikki Reisch Español
Delivering on the SDG’s promise to reduce economic inequality requires progressive taxation and effective ...
July 24, 2019By: Quincy Cloet Español
While many Ukranians place their hopes in the ICC to end impunity, improving the local judiciary could ...
July 18, 2019By: Koldo Casla Español
If Putin was right, and liberalism is dead, what would be the future of human rights in global politics?
July 16, 2019By: Karen Chonofsky Español
The US Global Gag Rule is impeding far more than access to abortion in the global South—services for ...
July 10, 2019By: Alison Berthet Français
It’s clear that regulation of AI must start now, but why do emerging frameworks primarily talk about ...
July 4, 2019By: Steven L. B. Jensen Español | Français | العربية
The SDGs are mostly aligned with human rights objectives—to emphasize this, the UN human rights mechanisms ...
June 27, 2019By: James Ron & Howard Lavine & Shannon Golden
Polls that show Americans support airstrikes against suspected terrorists ignore some very large caveats.
June 27, 2019By: Alexander H. Montgomery & Charli Carpenter
Recent studies argue that Americans are relatively insensitive to the laws of war. There’s only one ...
June 26, 2019By: Inga T. Winkler & JoAnn Kamuf Ward Español
The United States—and many other wealthy nations—are facing an invisible but profound crisis of sanitation ...
June 20, 2019By: Ise Bosch & Claudia Bollwinkel Español | Deutsch
Philanthropy can repeat oppressive patterns, or it can transform donor-recipient relations by giving ...
June 19, 2019By: Charu Lata Hogg Español
In addressing conflict-related sexual violence, the UN Security Council has urged prevention, protection ...
June 18, 2019By: Laura Ligouri Español | Français | العربية
Capitalizing on the brain’s capacity to simulate events, messages of positive behavior – instead of ...
June 13, 2019By: Natalie Gill Español
Can urban planners use the technology in “Smart Cities” to create cities that are more just—and safe—for ...
June 12, 2019By: Ishtar Lakhani Español | Français
Humour is one of the most effective tools in our activist arsenal, because it has the ability to bring ...
June 10, 2019By: César Rodríguez-Garavito Español | العربية
Obsessed with pushing spatial boundaries, the human rights community left aside concerns about time. ...
June 4, 2019By: Maria Luisa Stasi Español
Social media platforms are abusing their dominant position and exploiting users with terms of service ...
May 30, 2019By: Leyla-Denisa Obreja Español
Amidst growing debate on women’s reproductive rights, worldwide policies allowing free access to emergency ...
May 29, 2019By: Victoria Tauli-Corpuz Español | Français
Lands under secure indigenous tenure often have better conservation outcomes—can stronger protections ...
May 23, 2019By: Rosie Carter Español
Giving people a sense of optimism about and control over their future is the best way to stop populist ...
May 20, 2019By: Fatima Iakupbaeva Español | Русский
Shifting to a business mindset is hard for non-profit organizations, but with limited opportunities ...
May 16, 2019By: Gabe Rissman Español
A sustainable business model could help human rights groups apply shareholder pressure to improve corporate ...
May 2, 2019By: Carlotta Rigotti Español
What are the human rights implications in the growing market for sex robots? Are these AI “gynoids” ...
May 1, 2019By: Ana Zbona & Sanyu Awori Español | Français
When space closes for labour rights defenders, the situation is far worse for those at the margins. ...
April 25, 2019By: César Rodríguez-Garavito Español
Lawsuits have become an increasingly frequent route for urgent action on climate change, but the impact ...
April 24, 2019By: John Packer Français | Rohingya | العربية | Español | বাংলা | Türkçe
The Myanmar state can and must be held accountable for the genocide being perpetrated against the Rohingya, ...
April 23, 2019By: Param-Preet Singh Español
In giving undue weight to politics and practicalities in their decision to abandon war crimes investigations ...
April 18, 2019By: Iain Levine Português
As Bolsonaro passes the 100 day mark of his presidency, human rights activists in Brazil can learn much ...
April 11, 2019By: Tom Crompton Español | Français
No cause is an island. Human rights and other movements can better work together by identifying and ...
April 10, 2019By: A. Kayum Ahmed Español | isiXhosa
The development of artificial intelligence and transhumanism are challenging what it means to be human—and ...
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