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 ...
July 31, 2018BY: Kathryn Sikkink Español | Português
The frame of constant crisis has negative implications for human rights, especially when questions of ...
July 31, 2018BY: Edwin Rekosh Español
A wave of unjustified government regulation is threatening NGO operations, and proactive responses are ...
July 25, 2018BY: Jonas Wolff Español
Instead of letting governments define the terms, CSOs need to take “foreign agent” allegations seriously ...
July 24, 2018BY: Khaled Mansour العربية | Español
In the last few years, the Egyptian government has launched an unprecedented crackdown on civil society, ...
July 19, 2018BY: Rafael Uzcátegui Español
As elected governments increasingly launch power grabs and smear campaigns against their critics, NGOs ...
July 18, 2018BY: Rayyan Dabbous
Trends in Google searches show that most internet users are interested in the human rights during crises ...
July 17, 2018BY: Shreya Sen हिन्दी
Legal empowerment enables poor and marginalized communities to be partners in development and decision-making, ...
July 12, 2018BY: Liam Mahony
Although UN human rights bodies have criticized the persecution of the Rohingya, UN agencies inside ...
July 11, 2018BY: Aryeh Neier Español
Naming and shaming may be less important as a foreign policy tool to promote rights, but the careful ...
July 5, 2018BY: Salil Shetty
Human rights have always been subject to efforts at misappropriation and manipulation for political ...
July 5, 2018BY: Juan Auz Español
Activism against environmental exploitation in Ecuador requires going up against titanic powers, and ...
June 29, 2018BY: Brian Root & Rachel Schmidt
Situations of inhumane treatment and abuses of power are where we need human rights the most, and the ...
June 28, 2018BY: César Rodríguez-Garavito & Krizna Gomez Español | العربية
With populist leaders stoking nationalism and violating basic rights, traditional advocacy strategies ...
June 27, 2018BY: Emre Eren Korkmaz Türkçe | Español
Many governments have released official strategies to promote AI systems leaving the public with few ...
June 27, 2018BY: Michelle Lau-Burke & Callie Strickland
Technology can raise awareness and spark collective action, but it can also deepen gender divides and ...
June 27, 2018BY: Marc Limon
The US said it quit the UN Human Rights Council because it couldn’t reform it – but though others share ...
June 26, 2018BY: Dilek Kurban
Erdoğan will likely succeed in removing the only genuine political opposition in the Turkish Parliament. ...
June 26, 2018BY: Scott Leckie မြန်မာဘာသာ
Countries exposed to the worst impacts of climate change, like Myanmar, should consider establishing ...
June 21, 2018BY: Jennifer Radloff العربية | Français | Español
Strengthening the resilience of the women’s rights movement requires feminists to place digital security ...
June 20, 2018BY: Samir Goswami Español
We need to act upon the insights that we glean from AI: technology is not a replacement for the political ...
June 19, 2018BY: Charu Lata Hogg العربية | Français | Español
Ten years after sexual violence in war was officially recognized as a threat to peace and security, ...
June 14, 2018BY: James Ron & José Kaire & Archana Pandya & Andrea Martínez Español
Modest investments into local fundraising capacity could transform the global human rights community ...
June 12, 2018BY: Steven L. B. Jensen Français | Español
An expanding range of literature examines the effectiveness of national human rights institutions, and ...
June 6, 2018BY: Ronald R. Krebs & James Ron
A new law in Israel seeks to stigmatize NGOs that receive foreign funding—but evidence suggests that ...
May 31, 2018BY: Gulika Reddy
Donors, organizations and staff in the peacebuilding and human rights fields need to talk about the ...
May 29, 2018BY: Ignacio Saiz Español
The challenges that economic inequality poses for human rights are not the death knell for the movement ...
May 24, 2018BY: PeiYao Chen & Natalia Karbowska Español | Français | العربية | Русский | Українська
A new measurement tool helps social movement actors identify where they are progressing and where they ...
May 22, 2018BY: Mona Younis العربية | Español
International human rights NGOs are increasingly locating staff and offices in the global South. A recent ...
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