Koldo Casla

Koldo Casla is a Lecturer, Human Rights Centre and School of Law, University of Essex Twitter: @koldo_casla.

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New policies for a new crisis

Human rights activists don’t have all the answers to the pandemic, but they should focus on protecting the most vulnerable, and be alert to creeping authoritarianism.

What does that mean here? Localizing human rights in the UK

By: Koldo Casla & Kath Dalmeny
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Some people believe that there is a lot of skepticism towards international human rights in England, but experiences of localization of rights are making a difference ...

What Putin’s supposed “death” of liberalism means for human rights

By: Koldo Casla
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If Putin was right, and liberalism is dead, what would be the future of human rights in global politics?

Irish Traveller communities in Cork monitor and campaign for social rights

By: Koldo Casla

Traveller communities in Ireland are using international human rights law to monitor their housing conditions and to demand action from the local council. And they ...

Evicted rights in Spain: no room of one’s own

By: Koldo Casla
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Thousands of people are being evicted in Spain due to austerity measures, and women are disproportionately affected by structural inequality.

The UK government cannot reconcile austerity measures with human rights

By: Jamie Burton & Alice Donald & Koldo Casla

UK governments have claimed austerity measures are necessary while ignoring the disproportionate adverse effects on marginalized groups.