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Speakers’ corner

Speakers’ corner is a stage for short blog posts by students, graduates, academics, experts, diplomats and practitioners who take notice of a particular human rights and/or democratisation issue and wish to raise attention or debate on it. Written in an informal but informed style, these posts encompass between 500-800 words and engage the readers in prompt reactions and discussion.

European Court of Human Rights once again stresses individual duties and responsibilities

Michaël Merrigan offers a short commentary on the ECtHR’s ruling on Mahi v. Belgium. An important case at intersections of human rights and free speech.

March 31, 2021 in NEW!, Quick Read, Speakers' corner.

Dignity and Privacy: The Twin Cannons for De-criminalising Adultery in South Asia

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.

September 10, 2020 in Deeper Read, NEW!, Speakers' corner.

Anti-gypsyism and a State of Alarm: The “Exceptional” Continuity of a System of Racial Domination in Spain and Beyond

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

July 28, 2020 in Human Rights in the Age of COVID-19, NEW!, Quick Read, Speakers' corner.

Heritage “Vandalism” and The Echoes of Silenced Memories

CRISTIANO GIANOLLA and PEDRO ALMEIDA This article was originally published as part of the Alice Comments series authored by the Epistemologies of the South Research Programme team, in ALICE News. While the world witnesses a widespread uprising against racism, the role of memory and its public representation have come to the centre of the dispute. The homicide…

July 2, 2020 in NEW!, Quick Read, Speakers' corner.

Freedom of Expression and Sexual Orientation: Textualist Singapore Versus Expansionist India

KARTIKEYA JAISWAL and PRANAY MODI

May 21, 2020 in NEW!, Quick Read, Speakers' corner.

Gandhi, patriotism and intercultural dialogue for democracy

CRISTIANO GIANOLLA

A reflection on how Gandhi’s legacy may help to address contemporary challenges

October 3, 2019 in Quick Read, Speakers' corner.

Migrant bodies exist

CRISTIANO GIANOLLA

The place of migrants’ body in the neoliberal market society

May 8, 2019 in Quick Read, Speakers' corner.

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

November 5, 2018 in Quick Read, Speakers' corner.

Brazil in Danger: Three Time Bombs

A timely analysis of the second round of Brazilian presidential elections

BOAVENTURA DE SOUSA SANTOS

October 26, 2018 in Quick Read, Speakers' corner.

The safeguard of journalist source protection in times of war

SIMON LEVETT

The journalist and source relationship and the right to receive information

June 6, 2018 in Deeper Read, Speakers' corner.

Stand up for someone’s rights today

Human rights are a compelling response to the uncertainty, hatred and violence of our time. We stand up for everyone’s human rights and you?

December 10, 2016 in Quick Read, Speakers' corner.

Is the UN Security Council’s Resolution 2235 a positive step towards accountability in the conflict in Syria?

AURIANNE BOTTE

Assessing whether the Joint Investigative Mechanism on the use of chemical weapons in Syria could be a first step towards accountability for crimes against humanity and war crimes

January 13, 2016 in Quick Read, Speakers' corner.

Approving force without authorising it: UN Security Council resolution 2249 on the fight against ISIL

VITO TODESCHINI

The resolution gives political support to military action against ISIS, yet fails to provide States with a mandate to use force

December 7, 2015 in Quick Read, Speakers' corner.

The Scapegoats – a Muse About ‘Their’ Rights

VERONIKA SUSEDKOVÁ

They are everywhere! A group of people who are guilty of it all…

July 7, 2015 in Quick Read, Speakers' corner.

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