A Mob Killed Farkhunda, Not ‘Afghan culture’ #Gender
On May 2nd, 49 men went on trial for the public murder of a young woman called Farkhunda in the […]
REDUX: Who is afraid of #HumanRights in Russia?
Russian politics fare well in keeping conflicting stories alive. Sir Winston Churchill famously said that the Soviet Union is a
Call Reviews
Call for reviews – Human Rights
To round off our week of excellent posts on all things related to the theme of human rights, we are
The United States and the Human Rights Revolutions of 1948 and of the 1970s
Every American President has grappled with the place of “rights” in U.S. foreign policy. However, the rise to prominence of
Charlesworth and Larking discuss their new book on the UN Universal Periodic Review
Hilary Charlesworth is a Professor of International Law and Human Rights at the Australian National University. She is also an
History of human rights Note One-Shots
What rights for migrants? What the European Court of Human Rights says and does not say
This is all over the newspapers: MPs have found that the United Kingdom detains ‘far too many [migrants] unnecessarily and for
Legal Pluralism and Governance: Interview with Livia Holden
We have asked ourselves questions like the following: Where and how do social actors initiate their claims? Do the theorizations
D’exode en exode: Le conflit Syrien comme révélateur de la vulnérabilité des réfugiés palestiniens
Le conflit de Syrie a depuis 2011 sévèrement affecté les quelques 600’000 réfugiés palestiniens résidant alors dans ce pays, causant
‘B2Gold has to go!’ Rancho Grande’s Struggle against a Canadian open pit gold mine in Northern Nicaragua
In October 2014, three yellow school buses with young anti-mining activists from ecclesiastic grassroots communities from all over Nicaragua ploughed
On Harm and History
I want to begin with Julia´s history, an indigenous woman from the South of Colombia who currently lives in one