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.
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 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
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…
KARTIKEYA JAISWAL and PRANAY MODI
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
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
SIMON LEVETT
The journalist and source relationship and the right to receive information
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?
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
VITO TODESCHINI
The resolution gives political support to military action against ISIS, yet fails to provide States with a mandate to use force
VERONIKA SUSEDKOVÁ
They are everywhere! A group of people who are guilty of it all…
