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.
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.
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
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…
Freedom of Expression and Sexual Orientation: Textualist Singapore Versus Expansionist India
KARTIKEYA JAISWAL and PRANAY MODI
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
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 safeguard of journalist source protection in times of war
SIMON LEVETT
The journalist and source relationship and the right to receive information
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?
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
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
The Scapegoats – a Muse About ‘Their’ Rights
VERONIKA SUSEDKOVÁ
They are everywhere! A group of people who are guilty of it all…
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