October 30, 2020 Making the [In]Visible Powerful: Leveraging Climate Visuals in Courts As visual evidence galvanizes movements around the world and provides irrefutable evidence, climate litigators have an opportunity to leverage phone, drone, and ... By Kelly Matheson Español
October 29, 2020 Pompeo’s Commission on Unalienable Rights In Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s report on inalienable human rights, it is unclear why freedom of religion and property rights should be elevated over other ... By David Forsythe Español
October 29, 2020 Realising the promise of SDG 16 to promote and protect civic space There is an urgent need for the international community to extend the scope of the SDG 16 civic space indicators that promote and protect civic space. By Deirdre de Burca Español
October 27, 2020 Special economic zones in Pakistan undermine women’s human rights Even though special economic zones promote industrial development, such development comes at the expense of land, labour, and human rights. By Zoha Shahid & Seemal Hameed & Simrah Faruqi Español
October 26, 2020 The #PayUp Campaign is intensifying, but don’t forget the women workers leading the movement By neglecting the importance of women workers in the Global South as central to systemic change, we risk sustaining a movement focused on the ideals of Northern ... By Mayisha Begum Español
October 26, 2020 Can the virtual sessions of the African Commission generate more civil society participation? The first ever virtual session, triggered by a pandemic, may have just heralded a potential future of more accessible and inclusive ACHPR sessions. By Japhet Biegon Français
October 23, 2020 “Sitting with the Grief of Survivors”: embracing collegiality in human rights scholarship When human rights scholars engage survivors as colleagues, we avoid traps of voyeurism and engage with them not just for evidence of their oppression, but for their ... By Laura T. Murphy Español
October 22, 2020 Human Rights: What are the questions that really matter? The human rights movement is needed more than ever, but it will fail humanity if it frames the world’s problems as good citizens being let down by bad governments. By Jonathan Rowson Español
October 20, 2020 Supreme Court breaks new ground around conscientious objection in South Korea A Korean Supreme Court decision demonstrates long-overdue recognition of religious rights and the right to conscientious objection over military service. By Joe Cho Español
October 19, 2020 Closing the supply-side accountability gap through climate litigation Closing the impunity gap on climate change includes making fossil fuel suppliers accountable for their emissions. By Michelle Jonker-Argueta Español
October 16, 2020 To prevent violence against women, we must move away from victim-based responses Bottom-up, participatory processes can harness place-based expertise and fundamentally shift the way we respond to violence against women. By Chay Brown Español
October 16, 2020 Confronting systemic racism globally Injustices suffered by impoverished communities and communities of color around the world will not be rectified through mere superficial changes in policies but ... By Cristina Palabay & Francisco Mateo Rocael Morales & Miguel Martín Zumalacárregui & Ruben Kondrup Español Français العربية
October 15, 2020 What will it take to overcome the politics of demonization? Organizations like Amnesty International must be willing to embrace solidarity and community organizing to overcome the politics of demonization. By David Griffiths Français
October 14, 2020 Focusing on “identity” can essentialize rather than liberate people By centering resistances on identity, we might unknowingly reproduce the discourses that essentialize it. By Pablo Abitbol Español
October 13, 2020 Advancing sexual and reproductive rights in “scofflaw” countries Using human rights covertly can identify harms otherwise difficult to attribute to root causes—especially in “scofflaw” countries. By Ali Miller & Ann Sarnak Español
October 13, 2020 “Yazidi Female Survivors Law” in Iraq is groundbreaking but not enough The new “Yazidi Female Survivors Law”, while groundbreaking, is too narrow to address the needs of some of Iraq’s most vulnerable communities. By Kristin Smith & Sonali Dhawan العربية
October 9, 2020 Moving beyond allyship with Indigenous communities to defend the environment For environmental and human rights defenders in support of indigenous communities, one of the paths forward is through legal arguments. By Wyatt Gjullin Español Português
October 8, 2020 Everyday Cosmopolitanism: clinging to the faith of common humanity The process of dialogue, reciprocity, and continual struggle in everyday cosmopolitanism is precisely what positions human rights as an effective bulwark against ... By Hussein Banai Español
October 8, 2020 Paternal ignorance in human rights devalues knowledge of marginalized populations In the paternal drive to offer aid, victims and their knowledge are viewed as inferior, but rights activists need to admit their ignorance and question their positionality. By William Paul Simmons Español
October 6, 2020 The limits and the promise of trans rights as human rights claims How can human rights push back against regressive global trends in trans rights and sexual and reproductive rights? By Avery R. Everhart Español
October 6, 2020 The “homocolonialist” test for global LGBTQ+ & SOGIE rights strategies There is a major pitfall in assuming that other countries simply need to “catch up” through an expansion of SOGIE rights frameworks. By Momin Rahman العربية
October 5, 2020 When states obscure illegal imprisonments, what is the role of human rights actors? When political prisoners are locked up by states as “terrorists”, how can human rights activists overcome such systematic attempts to deny political motives? By Christoph Steinert العربية
October 5, 2020 Relationship-based cosmopolitanism is key to meaningful but messy rights protections In practice, no one enjoys “international human rights.” In each of our lives, all rights are local and personal. By Kristi Heather Kenyon Setswana Zulu
October 1, 2020 Sex, sexuality, and sexual and reproductive health: the role of human rights The interplay between sexuality, sex, sexual and reproductive health and human rights is not a mere question of biology, but of palpable matters of power, politics, ... By Kate Gilmore & Rajat Khosla Español
October 1, 2020 Learning from COVID-19: Advancing Health and Human Rights in Cities It is now clearer than ever that the protection of global health requires universal recognition of everyone’s basic human rights. By Jackie Smith Español
September 30, 2020 Mobilizing empathy for a truly cosmopolitan human rights If it was difficult to show the interconnections among people and rights before the onset of COVID-19, we have an opportunity to do so now. By Shareen Hertel Español
September 29, 2020 The forgotten origins of “Women’s Rights are Human Rights” Without the ingenuity of feminists from the Global South and networks of committed activists on every continent, we would never have heard the phrase: “Women’s ... By Lisa Levenstein Español
September 28, 2020 What Kind of Support Do Human Rights Activists Need During COVID-19? Funders should trust and imitate their frontline partners’ ability to assess their communities’ greatest needs and offer the flexibility to pivot amid a crisis. By David Mattingly Français
September 28, 2020 Can the African regional human rights system preserve ESC rights in a pandemic? Many states still fail to realize that protecting the rights of the poor will ultimately make addressing a pandemic—and other global crises—easier. By Stanley Ibe Français
September 24, 2020 Cosmopolitanism’s abstraction can blind us to damaging hierarchies of humanity Appeals to humanity and the pronouncement of universal standards are empty (or worse) if they don’t begin with the difficult work of identifying and dismantling ... By Joe Hoover Español
September 23, 2020 Will climate change litigation save the Brazilian Amazon? A new generation of climate cases being brought before Brazilian courts is addressing climate change more directly in an effort to save the Amazon. By Caio Borges Español Português
September 22, 2020 Digital activism: empowering women, creating change and demanding human rights Movements like #MeToo demonstrate the power of solidarity and collective digital action, but they also reveal that feminist activism is not a monolithic movement ... By Sunita Toor हिन्दी
September 21, 2020 Under attack from all sides, where does feminism go next? In the US, feminism is under attack from the right, the left, and from within—causing American feminists a “triple bind”. By Pardis Mahdavi Español
September 17, 2020 Human rights education and career opportunities for scientists could foster systemic change Building a pipeline for human rights practitioners and scientists who want to work at the intersections of their fields would create opportunities for systemic ... By Theresa Harris Español
September 16, 2020 Cosmopolitan cities in an illiberal world The economic crisis from the pandemic could bring solutions from the global South into global North cities that are less accustomed to confronting such issues. By Nelson Camilo Sanchez Español
September 15, 2020 Pandemic patriarchy: regulation, access, and governance in reproductive rights Structural inequalities in women’s rights are exacerbated by the pandemic and leave poor and racialized women most vulnerable to the denial of reproductive rights. By Alison Brysk & Miguel Fuentes Carreno Español
September 14, 2020 Cosmopolitan human rights and local transformations: in tension or in tandem? The essentializing of “urban inhabitants” as somehow sharing a destiny ignores inequalities among inhabitants that may require more fundamental restructuring to ... By LaDawn Haglund Español
September 10, 2020 Innovation Labs and the future of human rights practice For the majority of the world that lacks significant economic and political power, there is an urgent need to increase our capacity to innovate. By Charity Ryerson Español العربية
September 8, 2020 Between progress and backlash: protecting sexual rights and reproductive rights What value do human rights have for advancing protections related to sexuality in the current moment? By Sofia Gruskin Español 简体中文
September 3, 2020 Rethinking multidisciplinarity within human rights education Through solid human rights education, academia can realize its potential to contribute to meaningful social change. By Sarita Cargas & Kristina Eberbach Español
September 2, 2020 Cosmopolitanism and lived realities: beyond global-local binaries False binaries of communities as local versus cosmopolitan are misleading and make as little sense as limiting activists’ choices to using either local or global ... By Anthony Tirado Chase & Gaea Morales Español
September 1, 2020 Educating the next generation of human rights practitioners What is needed to prepare a new generation of human rights practitioners to respond to the challenges of today and tomorrow? What does a new human rights practitioner ... By Shelley Inglis Español
August 28, 2020 Why a rights-based UN response to cholera matters for COVID-19 If the UN Secretary-General is serious that COVID-19 is a “wake-up call” for a multi-lateral response to such crises, he should start by giving cholera victims ... By Beatrice Lindstrom & Mario Joseph & Brian Concannon Français
August 25, 2020 Courts in Pakistan are facilitating climate dialogue between state and citizens There is inherent value in superior courts acting as a platform that facilitates dialogue between the state and citizens. But how far should courts go in their ... By Waqqas Mir Español
August 21, 2020 Business impacts on trans rights demand attention and action Trans people experience disproportionate rates of violence and socioeconomic exclusion, leading to poverty, homelessness, and food insecurity. What is the role ... By Nora Mardirossian Español
August 20, 2020 US foreign policy aggravates human rights abuses in the Philippines during COVID The Trump administration is enabling Duterte’s abuses in the Philippines with unconditional support in the name of US foreign policy. By Miles Ashton & Azadeh Shahshahani Español Français Tagalog
August 19, 2020 Protesting the preamble: the UN Security Council and the dilution of feminist activism Preambles to UNSC resolutions on women, peace, and security only serve to make feminist politics amenable to the larger militarised agenda of the Security Council. By Gina Heathcote Français
August 18, 2020 The pandemic shows that now is the time to end immigration detention Immigration detention is rarely justified and now poses a greater risk to the public given the spread of COVID-19 in ICE facilities. By Susan M. Akram Español
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