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’.
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ANGELA MELCHIORRE
We have to be more self-confident, skilful and proactive to defend human rights in times of ‘evil forces’.
JANA LOEW
The experience of Refugee Radio Network
CARLOTTA GIORDANI
On developing new shared roots and identity patterns in European societies
ANDREW WOLMAN
A discussion of the development of sub-national institutions and their relationship with other actors
LAURA SCHUBERT
A reflection on alternative food systems jointly devised by the State and civil society
SOFIA VASCO, ALBERTO ABDUL LATIFO LOIOLA, MIGUEL NATHA
The fight against floods in Cariaco through the voices of people
DYANTHA BOXUM
Improving the institutional protection of human rights from climate change
FERNANDA BARBOSA LOSS
How international law responds to the interconnection between the environment and human life
ANGELA BERTOCCO
Exploring the active and participative role of working children as social, political and economic subjects
JORGE ENRIQUE FORERO and SARA TUFANO
The roots of the Colombian conflict and how the Peace Agreement addresses them
M.ÀNGELS PORXAS ROIG
The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities sets a new paradigm based on autonomy and equality
MILENA STERIO
How international norms and standards aim to protect the rights of children subject to criminal proceedings
ANDRAŽ ZIDAR
The build-up of global health security should go hand in hand with the strengthening of the human rights capacities in health and law enforcement sectors, internationally and domestically
ELLEN GORRIS
Three challenges to the exclusive focus on women and girls as victims of conflict-related sexual violence
MOANA GENEVEY
The trajectory of the protection of LGBT rights in Europe discloses the potential of deploying human rights law to achieve real and meaningful equality for all
KIRRILY PELLS
Towards a better understanding of the multiple interconnecting processes that may impede or facilitate the realisation of children’s rights
LEA RAIBLE
An interpretation that both marks a departure from the past case law and explains why the latter has been so confusing
SAM UNDERWOOD
The transformative capacity of conflict-sensitive education in the words of Colombian teachers, students and educationalists
KATHRYN ALLISON
A look at the Tunisian uprising through the lens of Arendt’s political thought
RIGHTS! talks to MIGRANTS MATTER
From the classroom to the world: a topical advocacy campaign on migrants’ rights
DANIEL TODA CASTAN
An opinion on the Opinion of the Court of Justice of the European Union on the EU’s accession to the European Convention on Human Rights
GABRIEL ALVES de FARIA
Discover findings, challenges and hopes of groundbreaking work against discrimination