October 4, 2024 Can judges help save the planet? Landmark court decisions on the right to a healthy environment A new report and database highlight 20 landmark court decisions on the right to a healthy environment, drawing upon cases from all parts of the world. By David R. Boyd & César Rodríguez-Garavito & Melina De Bona Español
October 2, 2024 Fighting the playbook of repression with the playbook of justice Grassroots justice workers around the world are strategizing how to not only defend but deepen democratic governance. By Poorvi Chitalkar Español
September 30, 2024 A new human rights education program to promote civic engagement: Human Rights Close to Home Human rights education and rights-based approaches to learning can help cultivate transformative agency for both teachers and students and contribute to securing ... By Sandra Sirota Español
September 23, 2024 The weight of time: Accountability challenges in transitional justice settings Rights practitioners must recognize that the transition from war to peace and democracy may involve nonlinear accountability processes that reject quick fixes. By Almudena Bernabeu Español
September 18, 2024 Blind spots in climate funding: Island colonies go overlooked While the historic UN Loss and Damage Fund aims to support countries most vulnerable to climate change, it is expected to exclude the several million people living ... By Ashley Otilia Nemeth & Jacob Metz-Lerman Español
September 13, 2024 Transitional justice and gender: From narrow beginnings to positive spillover When transitional justice addresses one kind of gender-related violence, this narrower focus tends to spill over into more gender-attentive policies across the ... By Kathryn Sikkink Español
September 4, 2024 How corporate accountability is reshaping the practice of transitional justice Victims of human rights abuses and their advocates are using innovative legal methods to hold economic actors accountable for their role in rights violations. By Gabriel Pereira & Leigh Payne & Laura Bernal Bermúdez Español
August 30, 2024 Human rights, prevention, and peace Amid worldwide political crises, human rights not only provide redress for rights violations but can also prevent violence and foster social integration. By Pablo de Greiff Español
August 30, 2024 Teaching human rights today A new online open-access human rights textbook is an opportunity to model true accessibility and to incorporate updated approaches in this complex field. By Philip Alston Español
August 23, 2024 Human rights against war? An emerging understanding of human rights critical of imperialist war offers a necessary shift from the role human rights has played in reinforcing militarism. By Ntina Tzouvala Español
August 15, 2024 Federal Democracy: Four pitfalls for human rights Federalism is rightly viewed as a bulwark of human rights. Yet rights advocates should be aware of its limitations in the protection of marginalized communities ... By Raymond A. Smith Español
July 19, 2024 Governing assisted reproduction Countries across the world restrict women who are single or in relationships with other women from accessing assisted reproductive technology, a form of discrimination ... By Ana de Mello Côrtes Español
July 8, 2024 Expanding beyond the human in public engagement To transform public consultation practices, we must include the more-than-human world in the community of rights holders. By Zahra Ebrahim Español
July 5, 2024 The burden of climate change on religion and culture To build a comprehensive picture of climate change’s impacts, legal practitioners must address non-economic loss and damage. By Ashley Otilia Nemeth & Anagha Komaragiri Español
June 24, 2024 With nation-states retreating, cities can take the lead on human rights In the face of increasing attacks on human rights globally, cities allow us to reimagine rights at the local level, centering everyday lived realities and participatory ... By Gaea Morales & Anthony Tirado Chase Español
June 7, 2024 “A world where many worlds fit”: Centering claimants’ stories in climate litigation Communities’ stories about the human rights impacts of climate change can play a crucial role in climate litigation, empowering claimants and providing key insight ... By Amrekha Sharma Español
May 30, 2024 Human rights live at home: A primer on remedies Most human rights struggles take place in the domestic realm. More focus is needed on domestic pathways to addressing rights violations and upholding human dignity. By Eli Rose Español
May 22, 2024 A call to action: The humanitarian crisis in the Sahel is worsening In the face of multiple crises, civil society organizations are calling on states and the international community to invest in the long-term well-being of the people ... By Lompo Yandi Español Français
May 17, 2024 Reimagining human rights for the Global South Current human rights frameworks fail to address the problems individuals and communities face worldwide, requiring a system less tethered to a Western-dominated ... By Biraj Patnaik Español
May 15, 2024 Regenerative activism: reimagining power in the human rights field To revitalize human rights organizations in the face of external threats, internal work must be done to transform power relations and support activist strength ... By Lucia Nader Español Português
May 10, 2024 The right to direct budgeting: Using human rights to fund Indigenous self-governance The growing movement for direct budgeting in Mexico offers Indigenous organizations a model for financial autonomy. By Angel Gabriel Cabrera Silva Español
May 3, 2024 Make or break for Moldova’s democracy: Collaboration needed to protect elections In the face of the growing threat of disinformation, Moldova must invest in collaborative efforts between the government, civil society, and media to safeguard ... By Emma Lygnerud Boberg Español
May 1, 2024 The slow coup North Carolina lawmakers have become less transparent and accountable to the public, using their growing power to erode voting rights and pass unpopular legislation. By Gino Nuzzolillo Español
April 26, 2024 Populists without popular support Latin American populists come to power through elections. When they lose popular support, they transform their electoral authoritarianism into outright authoritarianism. ... By Rafael Uzcátegui Español
April 20, 2024 Land as a lens for future-facing human rights advocacy To address the growing concentration of land ownership and resulting rights violations, advocates must work both to increase transparency and to reimagine land ... By Annabel Short Español
April 16, 2024 Decomposing as a social process The biological process of decomposition offers useful metaphors and mindsets for those engaged with social change and human rights. By Ariel Sim Español
April 11, 2024 Wildlife conservation as a human right Animal health is central to human culture and the well-being of the environment. Wildlife conservation policies should reflect the significance of animals to human ... By Sophia Goin Español
April 8, 2024 The business case for human rights? Why financial risk is a dangerous argument The business case paradigm for human rights emphasizes a profit-based incentive for companies to respect human rights. Rights practitioners should be aware of this ... By Simon Simanovski Español
April 5, 2024 “Nothing about us without us”: People on the move interrogate border tech with the Migration and Technology Monitor People with lived experiences of migration must be at the center of efforts to address the growing impact of border technologies. By Petra Molnar Español
March 28, 2024 Trans rights targeted during the rise of right-wing populism in Argentina Queerness in check: Right-wing populism undermines LGBTQIA+ rights By Gustavo Hernández Calderón Español
March 22, 2024 Human rights and humanitarianism: The changing ICRC Amid proliferating violent conflicts, the International Committee of the Red Cross is increasingly drawing on both international humanitarian law and human rights ... By David P. Forsythe Español
March 13, 2024 Fighting transphobia in Malaysia: A human rights imperative Transphobic violence and discriminatory policies toward transgender individuals are widespread in Malaysia. The Malaysian government must take concrete steps to ... By Manissha Kaur Español
March 11, 2024 The UN Cybercrime Convention is on pause for now—but its threat to human rights remains The pause in negotiations on the proposed convention provides an opportunity to narrow its scope and ensure a rights-respecting approach to combating cybercrime. By Ellie McDonald Español
March 8, 2024 The role of human rights law in climate obligations The International Court of Justice’s current deliberations on the scope of climate change obligations should draw on human rights law, including the right to a ... By Margaret A. Young Español
March 6, 2024 The criminalization of human rights A focus on “atrocity crimes” and criminal behavior obscures the need to develop more complex and comprehensive human rights approaches. By Philip Alston Español
March 1, 2024 Online platforms and biometric surveillance: How the UK government weaponizes safety The UK government has proposed a series of measures that would weaken legal protections for the right to privacy. Rights groups and industry experts must continue ... By Alex Wagner Español
February 27, 2024 Citizenship laws and transgender subjectivities in new India Recent legislation in India has introduced new legal and bureaucratic hurdles for transgender people, particularly those facing additional discrimination based ... By Ankita Mukherjee Español
February 23, 2024 The Climate Fund case: The fundamental right to a healthy environment and climate protection in Brazil The Brazilian Federal Supreme Court has played an increasingly significant role in fighting climate change. In a recent ruling, the court decided that the Brazilian ... By Ingo Wolfgang Sarlet & Tiago Fensterseifer Español
February 21, 2024 Artemisa: The security model of environmental defense and the rights of rural communities To address deforestation, states must provide rural and indigenous communities with an active role in environmental defense rather than criminalizing these historically ... By Paula Alejandra Camargo Páez Español
February 16, 2024 The kind of human rights dialogue we need A UN consultation on law enforcement’s role in peaceful protests brought together practitioners and human rights defenders. Human rights dialogues can find a model ... By Sandra Epal Ratjen & Nicolas Agostini Español
February 15, 2024 Transforming climate advocacy: Lessons learned from COP28 Human rights language and frameworks underscore the intersectionality of the climate crisis as well as states’ accountability and should be central to climate change ... By Natika Kantaria Español
February 9, 2024 Israel’s ecocide is contributing to the forcible displacement of Gazans Israel’s assault on Gaza is creating widespread environmental destruction, compounding the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Gaza and the displacement of Palestinians. By Emma Pearce Español
February 8, 2024 Ecocentrism: A refusal to compromise on ecological integrity The human-centered approach to the climate crisis has long failed both the environment and human communities. It’s time for the international rights community to ... By Nivia Español
February 1, 2024 The end of the beginning: General Assembly recognition of the right to a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment The UN Human Rights Council’s recognition of the right to a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment is a political declaration that paves the way to establishing ... By Marc Limon Español
January 24, 2024 Manipur atrocities and India’s failure to uphold the UN Convention on Human Rights The Indian state’s failure to address human rights abuses during the ongoing ethnic conflict in the Manipur region constitutes a violation of protections granted ... By Nardeep Chawla Español
January 22, 2024 The failures of the UN in the Israel-Palestine conflict Structural power imbalances in the UN system have prevented it from halting Israel’s ongoing war crimes against Gazans. Individual states and civil society must ... By Susan M. Akram Español
January 17, 2024 A cautionary tale for climate negotiators from international child labor law International child labor laws were largely based on political considerations, ignoring scientific evidence about harm to children. Climate negotiators must prevent ... By Michael Bourdillon & Kelly Matheson & William Myers Español Français
January 15, 2024 The right to a healthy environment joins the pantheon of human rights The UN General Assembly has recognized the human right to a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment with near unanimity. By John Knox Español
