REDUX: The Rise and Fall of Human Rights in Occupied #Palestine – by Lori Allen
When Lori Allen‘s The Rise and Fall of Human Rights: Cynicism and Politics in Occupied Palestine appeared last year, it was – of course –…
Read MoreWhen Lori Allen‘s The Rise and Fall of Human Rights: Cynicism and Politics in Occupied Palestine appeared last year, it was – of course –…
Read MoreEarlier this week the American Anthropological Association’s task force on Engagement with Israel-Palestine issued a 130-page report to assess whether the AAA should take…
Read MoreWhen the Jewish Agency in Tel-Aviv announced the institution of the Provisional Government of Israel on 14 May 1948, the war that followed resulted…
Read MoreMuch has been written about women’s land rights in Africa, but little research has been undertaken on how law works in practice, particularly in…
Read MoreStates resort to disappearances to remove unwanted critics or minorities from society. The act of a disappearance often follows a pattern: a group of…
Read MoreOn May 2nd, 49 men went on trial for the public murder of a young woman called Farkhunda in the heart of Kabul. Both…
Read MoreRussian politics fare well in keeping conflicting stories alive. Sir Winston Churchill famously said that the Soviet Union is a “riddle wrapped in a…
Read MoreTo round off our week of excellent posts on all things related to the theme of human rights, we are relaunching our list from…
Read MoreEvery American President has grappled with the place of “rights” in U.S. foreign policy. However, the rise to prominence of the idea of “human…
Read MoreHilary Charlesworth is a Professor of International Law and Human Rights at the Australian National University. She is also an Australian Research Council Laureate…
Read MoreThis is all over the newspapers: MPs have found that the United Kingdom detains ‘far too many [migrants] unnecessarily and for far too long’. This…
Read MoreWe have asked ourselves questions like the following: Where and how do social actors initiate their claims? Do the theorizations of law affect access…
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