Rights! in 2023

2022 started with the looming societal and economic consequences of a pandemic we are yet to leave behind and continued with a war that devasted Ukraine, leaving millions homeless (here you can find a list of organizations to support). While the conflict in Ukraine occupied most of the media attention, it was not the only…

We’re Here and We’re Queer – A Critical Appraisal of LGBTQI+ Protection within the International Human Rights Regime

AMBIKA GUPTA
The LGBTQI+ community has always faced discrimination and marginalisation in numerous socioeconomic domains, but ‘queer migration’ owing to persecution based on someone’s identification is a relatively new issue. In particular, the author details the shortcomings of the refugee protection mechanisms when it comes to adequately protect queer individuals.

Rights! Stands with Ukraine

We stand with Ukraine and with all those under the bombs, threatened every day. Some of our readers might wonder why we express our solidarity only now, and the reason is simple. Our editorial members were busy trying to find refuge for those fleeing the war, trying to create links between people across borders, giving…

Rights! In Review – Editor’s Note 2021

These last two years have been particularly difficult worldwide. While some people lost their loved ones, others lost their jobs or felt the burden of working from home, not traveling, and lacking social interactions. All of this has had a tremendous impact on mental health, to different degrees, but also on the way people have…

Re-Envisioning Police Training in the United States: Fostering Education and Collaboration to Adapt Police Responses to Civilians with Disabilities and Mental Illness

By Alexandra Tourret Note for readers                In the United States, there is no national standard for police training nor is there centralized, federal funding for all law enforcement agencies. There are about 18,000 different law enforcement agencies in the U.S., ranging from small county jurisdictions to medium-sized police departments to state and federal agencies.…

Publishing with us!

Like many others around the world, Rights! has felt some fatigue during the pandemic. As we are all volunteers, family and professional challenges have unfortunately affected our ability to operate the blog at the level we had hoped. We have now undergone a major internal restructuring to facilitate review and speed up publications.  We are…