In our latest article in the series ‘Human Rights in the Age of COVID-19’, Shivani Danielle Jacelon discusses mental health and the rise in deaths of despair during the pandemic, and the need for a stronger, adaptive human rights framework.
In our latest New Publication feature for Rights! Dr. Natalie Alkiviadou discusses her book, The Far-Right in International and European Law (Routledge 2019).
In this latest article for Rights!, Vatsal Patel provides a country comparison of different interpretations of privacy and dignity in relation to constitutional law and the de-criminalisation of adultery in Taiwan, South Korea and India.
In our latest article for Rights!, new editorial board member Sabrina Tucci discusses the criminalisation of humanitarian rescue ships in the Mediterranean, though specific reference to Italy and the possible prosecution of far-right politician and former Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini.
In our latest article for Rights! Professor Angelo Dube discusses the deployment of the army in civilian COVID-19 policing operations in South Africa
In this latest article for Rights!, Jacob Mchangama and Natalie Alkiviadou of Justitia provide a timely socio-legal commentary on Scotland’s controversial new Hate Crime Bill.
Behind the veil of political correctness, racism left unaddressed has continued infecting institutional and personal interactions, while unfounded biases keep negatively impacting all sections of society, even the most liberal.
In our latest article in the New Publication series for Rights! Nasia Hadjigeorgiou discusses her latest publication – Protecting Human Rights and Building Peace in Post-violence Societies (Hart Publishing, 2020).
In our latest article in the series ‘Human Rights in the Age of COVID-19’, Kale Amenge discuss what the “new normal” post-COVID-19 world may look like for Roma populations
In this article, Anmol Jain leads us through a detailed analysis of an important legal case in India that concerns the rights to free speech and internet access – Anuradha Bhasin vs. Union of India
In our latest article in the series ‘Human Rights in the Age of COVID-19’, Charles Slidders discusses some of the challenges facing economic and environmental progressive policy making against the back drop of the coronavirus, huge transfers of wealth in the era of neoliberalism and the subsequent economic turmoil facing millions of people around the world.
Rights! are delighted to share this Q&A with London-based poet Laila Sumpton about life, art, human rights and lockdown poetry.
MAHA ABDALLAH AND VITO TODESCHINI
KARTIKEYA JAISWAL and PRANAY MODI
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.
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.”
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.
CRISTIANO GIANOLLA
The colonisation of the Moon and the importance of protecting it from exploitation.
KARTHIK SUBRAMANIAM
The attacks against human rights and the rule of law in Cambodia
MARCUS ERRIDGE
A week-long virtual event (12-19 November) to raise awareness around World Toilet Day
CRISTIANO GIANOLLA
A reflection on how Gandhi’s legacy may help to address contemporary challenges
CRISTIANO GIANOLLA
The place of migrants’ body in the neoliberal market society
On challenges and opportunities to achieve full and equal access to and participation in science for women
ELETTRA REPETTO
There is a need to devise human rights-based strategies to fight the criminalization of homelessness
VITO TODESCHINI
An interview with Sam Zarifi, Secretary-General of the International Commission of Jurists
CRISTIANO GIANOLLA
How to cope with a philosophical vacuum that challenges western liberal democracies?
PASCALE PÉAN
The impact of full-face bans on Muslim women’s rights
MARCUS ERRIDGE
Gender-based discrimination, public bathroom access, and the human right to sanitation in the USA
OTTO SPIJKERS
A judgment reminding of the threat posed by climate change to human rights
A timely analysis of the second round of Brazilian presidential elections
BOAVENTURA DE SOUSA SANTOS
