human rights Archives - Page 8 of 9

The Limits of Truth Telling: Victim-Centrism in Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission on Indian Residential Schools

January, 2015 / By Ronald Niezen

Truth commissions can be seen, not only as venues for addressing the worst abuses of states in a search for […]

January, 2015 / By Gerhard Anders

There are fascinating parallels and connections between political trials and transitional justice. Both are seen to serve other ends than

December, 2014 / By Katarzyna Grabska

Stories of war, violence, running and survival were a common narrative of many South Sudanese Nuer whom I met first

November, 2014 / By Allegra Lab

We then feature another one of our recent thematic lists on Human Rights. However this time the list is a

November, 2014 / By Ukri Soirila

Stephen Hopgood has recently argued in The Endtimes of Human Rights [i] that human rights discourse has fallen into decay

November, 2014 / By Jennifer Curtis

In the summer of 2008, Iris Robinson had a lot to say about homosexuality. On 6 June, in a radio

October, 2014 / By Allegra Lab

Today we are happy to share with you an interview with Latif Tas who is a socio-legal researcher currently based

October, 2014 / By Marc Edelman

The anthropology of human rights has devoted increasing attention to how diverse groups and societies interpret and implement (or not)

How to govern the “global land rush” was at issue in the final negotiations on Principles for Responsible Investment in

August, 2014 / By Julie Billaud

Written in the aftermath of 9/11 and the subsequent invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq, this collection of essays by anthropologist