Q&A with poet Laila Sumpton
Rights! are delighted to share this Q&A with London-based poet Laila Sumpton about life, art, human rights and lockdown poetry.
The Right to Health in the Occupied Palestinian Territory during the COVID-19 Pandemic
MAHA ABDALLAH AND VITO TODESCHINI
Freedom of Expression and Sexual Orientation: Textualist Singapore Versus Expansionist India
KARTIKEYA JAISWAL and PRANAY MODI
Choosing Our Words With Care
VERONIQUE LERCH
Continuing our series of short think pieces on the theme ‘Human Rights in the Age of COVID-19’, Véronique Lerch discusses the use of war metaphors during the pandemic.
Protecting Migrant Workers’ Rights in Lebanon amid Political, Economic and Health Crises
JASMIN LILIAN DIAB
In this article, Jasmin Lilian Diab shines a light on the plight of domestic workers caught under the Kafala system in Lebanon: “migrant domestic workers in Lebanon are not governed by the country’s labour laws, but are rather confined by an archaic Kafala system, an inherently abusive migration sponsorship system, which puts them at an increased risk of being subjected to labour exploitation, forced labour and human trafficking.”
Climate Change and the Coronavirus
SAPHIA FLEURY
Kicking off our new series of short think pieces on the theme ´Human Rights in the Age of COVID-19′, Saphia Fleury discusses the “wicked problems” of Coronavirus and climate change.
The Moon, indigenous philosophy, colonialism and heritage
CRISTIANO GIANOLLA
The colonisation of the Moon and the importance of protecting it from exploitation.
Democracy in Cambodia: A hoax?
KARTHIK SUBRAMANIAM
The attacks against human rights and the rule of law in Cambodia
Toilet Talks for World Toilet Day
MARCUS ERRIDGE
A week-long virtual event (12-19 November) to raise awareness around World Toilet Day
Gandhi, patriotism and intercultural dialogue for democracy
CRISTIANO GIANOLLA
A reflection on how Gandhi’s legacy may help to address contemporary challenges
Migrant bodies exist
CRISTIANO GIANOLLA
The place of migrants’ body in the neoliberal market society
Celebrating Women in Science
On challenges and opportunities to achieve full and equal access to and participation in science for women
The Hungarian Government’s legal trick to make homelessness invisible
ELETTRA REPETTO
There is a need to devise human rights-based strategies to fight the criminalization of homelessness
Human rights in the time of populism
VITO TODESCHINI
An interview with Sam Zarifi, Secretary-General of the International Commission of Jurists
Europe needs the philosophy of migration
CRISTIANO GIANOLLA
How to cope with a philosophical vacuum that challenges western liberal democracies?
Liberté, égalité, laïcité: How French secularism leads to the violation of human rights
PASCALE PÉAN
The impact of full-face bans on Muslim women’s rights
Bathroom Discrimination: A Human Rights Violation
MARCUS ERRIDGE
Gender-based discrimination, public bathroom access, and the human right to sanitation in the USA
The Urgenda decision of the Dutch Appeals Court: Using international human rights law to urge the State to do more in combating climate change
OTTO SPIJKERS
A judgment reminding of the threat posed by climate change to human rights
Brazil in Danger: Three Time Bombs
A timely analysis of the second round of Brazilian presidential elections
BOAVENTURA DE SOUSA SANTOS
The Italian Job: human rights considerations of the Diciotti incident
FRANCESCA MUSSI
The summer of 2018 will be remembered as one of the hottest in Italy with regard to migration. Here we consider three legal issues related to the last contentious case.
The Neglected Status of Press Freedom in the International Human Rights Debate: An Explanation
WIEBKE LAMER
On the centrality of press freedom to democratic theory and human rights
Hunger as a Weapon of War
VITO TODESCHINI
Starvation and denial of humanitarian assistance in contemporary conflicts
The safeguard of journalist source protection in times of war
SIMON LEVETT
The journalist and source relationship and the right to receive information
Human rights through the lens: Locating the dignity of the vulnerable subjects of atrocity photographs
TAIF ALKHUDARY
Understanding the relationship between dignity and vulnerability through the eye of the camera
Religious pluralism and the European Court of Human Rights: An assessment through the looking glass of Article 9 ECHR
NATALIE ALKIVIADOU
A comparative assessment of the Court’s treatment of Islamic and Christian dress and symbols.
Unpacking the Gambia’s transition to democracy: Coalition ruled but can they govern?
PA SAKO DARBOE
Democracy won, but it remains to be seen how the new government will work
Interview with Prof. Manfred Nowak
ANGELA MELCHIORRE
We have to be more self-confident, skilful and proactive to defend human rights in times of ‘evil forces’.
Bridging the Gap: Refugees, Rights and a Place in the World
JANA LOEW
The experience of Refugee Radio Network
Contextualizing Muslim communities’ integration processes in the European Union: Current challenges and the ways forward
CARLOTTA GIORDANI
On developing new shared roots and identity patterns in European societies
The Emergence of Sub-National Human Rights Institutions and their Role in the International Human Rights Regime
ANDREW WOLMAN
A discussion of the development of sub-national institutions and their relationship with other actors
