Human rights and the rights of nature are the two missing links in the international community’s efforts aimed at achieving sustainable development goals (SDGs).
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Anna “Kakurukaze” Mungunda became the most widely acknowledged face of the resistance to the apartheid policy of forced removal.
A decision to bulldoze the home belonging to the family of a man accused of killing seven people outside a synagogue in East Jerusalem has sparked questions over the legality of Israeli policy.
New data from 2000 through 2019 shows that Ukraine’s human rights record is better than Russia’s – but worse than that of its Western European neighbors.
Only 24 countries today totally ban abortion. The Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision in the US is unlikely to lead other countries to join that list.
In order to effectively regulate data-intensive, privately held global infrastructure like Facebook, human rights needs to be a primary focal point.
Why haven’t international and European human rights organisations done more to protect the human rights of Belarusians?
The court prosecutes genocide, torture and grave wartime abuses worldwide. Trump’s executive order imposes on its lawyers and judges the kind of sanctions usually used on foreign terrorists.
It’s been 60 years since the massacre of 69 unarmed civilians by the South African apartheid state. Here’s how the killings changed the way the world thinks about human rights.
To bring about genuine change, middle-power countries like Canada must adopt a leadership role in pursuing an ethical agenda to ensure the security and survival of humanity.
Is Canada ready to lead?
A group of 37 countries, including North Korea, Russia and Saudia Arabia, signed a letter in support of China’s human rights record.
Before 1945 and the United Nations Charter, human rights simply did not exist in international law.
Last week a Russian, Sergei Skrynnikov, was charged with “participating in an extremist organization” because he is allegedly a Jehovah’s Witness.
Interpol red notices play an important part in international policing. Here’s how they work and how the system could be improved to safeguard human rights.
China is influential, but would not have succeeded in changing the UN human rights system without quiet consent from countries who wished to trade with it, including Canada.
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Lecturer on Human Rights, School of Law, University of Essex
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Professor of International Law, Lancaster University
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Professeur de droit public (Paris-Assas), Université Paris-Panthéon-Assas
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Research Fellow, School of Law, The University of Queensland
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Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, York University, Canada
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Extraordinary Professor, Department of Political Sciences, University of Pretoria
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Professor of Political Science and Co-Director of the Human Rights Institute, Binghamton University, State University of New York
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Associate professor of political science, University of Rhode Island
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Professor of Law, American University
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Professor of law, Northeastern University
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Associate professor, Human Rights Studies, King's University College, Western University
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Professor Emeritus, Department of Political Science, Wilfrid Laurier University
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Professor in Human Rights Law, University of Liverpool
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Clinical Professor, School of Law, Boston University
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Professor of Political Science and Principal's Research Chair, University of British Columbia