December 5, 2018By: Alicia Ely Yamin Español
There are inherent limitations in litigating health rights, but it has led to important victories, and ...
November 29, 2018By: Náthaly Calixto Português
Systematic discrimination means that—despite vocational programs—many prisoners in Brazil and elsewhere ...
November 27, 2018By: Miles Kenyon, Adam Senft and Ronald Deibert Español | العربية
A Canadian company is enabling its software to be used globally to censor access to information on LGBTQ ...
November 22, 2018By: Jayna Kothari Español
In the last few years, public interest litigation at India’s Supreme Court has brought significant wins ...
November 21, 2018By: Dimitrina Petrova Español | Русский | 简体中文
There are many good reasons to pursue human rights claims in the courts, especially given the rise of ...
November 20, 2018By: Jennifer Easterday & Hana Ivanhoe
In the absence of sufficient monitoring and ameliorative action on the part of the tech companies, fake ...
November 20, 2018By: James A. Goldston Español | Français | العربية
In an increasingly authoritarian world, courts are among the few spaces where ordinary people can challenge ...
November 15, 2018By: Suhrith Parthasarathy
The Indian Supreme Court’s landmark decision to declare unconstitutional a colonial-era law criminalizing ...
November 14, 2018By: Mari Margil Español | Français
Nature has been treated in law as property, and exploited. But there is growing legal recognition that ...
November 13, 2018By: Who Profits Research Center العربية | Français
Restrictions on Palestinian mobile companies mean that Israeli companies reap profits from Palestinian ...
November 8, 2018By: Theresa Harris Español | العربية
With private corporations now the largest providers of satellite technology, human rights practitioners ...
November 7, 2018By: Dustin Sharp Español | Français
Critics of human rights legalism are right to call for more “pragmatism,” but this must be contextual, ...
November 6, 2018By: Yanzi Peng 简体中文
China’s engagement in UN human rights reviews provides real opportunities to advance protection for ...
November 1, 2018By: Mona Younis Español | العربية
By neglecting citizen engagement, the human rights movement has failed not only to secure all rights ...
October 30, 2018By: James Savage & Lisa VeneKlasen Español
The protection and resilience of Human Rights Defenders demands that we all better understand and navigate ...
October 25, 2018By: Koldo Casla
Traveller communities in Ireland are using international human rights law to monitor their housing conditions ...
October 25, 2018By: Rona Peligal Español
Grassroots activism through social movements offers the best hope for meaningful change in the fight ...
October 23, 2018By: Ligia Bolivar Español
Misconceived and poorly executed US efforts to reform the UN Human Rights Council failed. But the UN ...
October 18, 2018By: Cathal Gilbert & Giada Negri
Across the EU, several member states are preparing to cut funding to civil society organizations. In ...
October 17, 2018By: Rachel Freed Español
Humanitarian workers giving aid to migrants are being threatened and in some cases imprisoned. But compassionate ...
October 11, 2018By: Sunit Bagree
The UK and EU are ignoring Swaziland’s threats to human rights and civic space, refusing to hold the ...
October 10, 2018By: Yonatan Lupu Español
Constitutional provisions are critical to protecting human rights, but adopting some rights protections ...
October 3, 2018By: Robert C. Blitt العربية
Malaysia’s recent caning of a homosexual couple reflects a larger problem with the Organization of Islamic ...
October 2, 2018By: Leyla-Denisa Obreja
The European Court of Human Rights is supposed to help victims of rights violations seek justice, but ...
October 2, 2018By: Dhananjayan Sriskandarajah Español
Despite closing space for civil society, the new Escazú Agreement—which offers protection measures for ...
September 27, 2018By: Anita Gurumurthy & Deepti Bharthur Español | Français
Breakthroughs in technology—including artificial intelligence—can help fulfill the right to development, ...
September 25, 2018By: Antonio Sanchez Gomez Español
In Colombia, public consultations have successfully halted exploitative mining projects. But can these ...
September 19, 2018By: Charu Lata Hogg العربية
A new report suggests sexual violence against men and boys in widespread in the Syria conflict. And ...
September 18, 2018By: Almut Rochowanski Русский
After years of coverage about how the “foreign agent law” would spell the end of freedom of association ...
September 12, 2018By: César Rodríguez-Garavito Español
The future of human rights as a frame of justice depends on our capacity to create, detect, and foster ...
September 11, 2018By: Keetie Roelen Español
Non-invasive and non-punitive interventions that draw on positive emotions have promising potential ...
September 5, 2018By: Gabriela Kletzel & Angel Gabriel Cabrera Silva Español
An innovative intervention by international experts in Mexico invigorated the work of human rights organizations ...
September 4, 2018By: Bernard Shen Español
Instead of choosing between humans-only systems and AI systems, leveraging the best of human values ...
August 30, 2018By: Alice Cruz Español
Women affected by leprosy in India and beyond face high levels of discrimination and stigmatization, ...
August 29, 2018By: Saul J. Takahashi Español
Human rights arguments for decriminalizing drug use are often flawed, and in essence assert a right ...
August 27, 2018By: Samuel Nesner & Ellie Happel Français
Social movements in Haiti are reimagining justice in order to fight back against exploitation by the ...
August 24, 2018By: Stefania Kapronczay & Anna Kertész Español
Dropping defensive tactics and reframing human rights in a relatable way are both key to responding ...
August 22, 2018By: Joel R. Pruce Español
Caring about the rights of distant others was once fashionable but, as walls go up and societies retract, ...
August 21, 2018By: Gastón Chillier Español
Shifting to local community funding is possible in Latin America, as a case in Argentina clearly shows. ...
August 16, 2018By: Isabel Laura Ebert Français | Deutsch
Technology can help to prevent conflict, but it can also facilitate human rights abuses, and companies ...
August 16, 2018By: Katrin Kinzelbach & Janika Spannagel Español | Français
Changing the way we document human rights abuses—such as paying more attention to soft repression—could ...
August 15, 2018By: Sherif Elsayed-Ali Español | Français
A new set of principles—the Toronto Declaration—aims to put human rights front and centre in the development ...
August 14, 2018By: Todd Landman
Abolitionism was arguably the first human rights movement, but historical waves of anti-slavery activism ...
August 9, 2018By: Molly Land & Theresa Harris Español
Human rights researchers are seeking new ways to establish facts, creating new opportunities for collaboration ...
August 8, 2018By: Ivor Chipkin Español
Powerful civil society coalitions have re-emerged in South Africa, using litigation, social mobilization, ...
August 7, 2018By: Dimitrina Petrova Русский
Human rights NGOs in Central and Eastern Europe are facing increased hostility from governments and ...
August 2, 2018By: Erin Kitchell Español
Legal empowerment can be transformative across a wide range of issues, which can sometimes make such ...
August 1, 2018By: Richard Wingfield Español
The issue of content moderation in online platforms has been missing in debates on business and human ...
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