War, Conflict, and Human Rights | OpenGlobalRights
Oct 24, 2024 · In January 2024, the United Nations reported the highest number of violent conflicts currently underway since World War II. Many of the most dire human rights violations — including rape as a weapon of war, recruitment of children to serve on the frontlines, and direct attacks on civilians and civilian infrastructure — take place during war.
From LGBTQIA+ to SOGIESC: Reframing sexuality, gender, and …
Jun 9, 2023 · The ever-expanding term LGBTQIA+ serves the worthy purpose of including a diverse array of categories and identities relating to sexuality and gender.
The children we leave behind: US youth incarceration
Dec 4, 2024 · Much of the United States’ sentencing and imprisonment of children is a human rights violation according to international and constitutional law, and the current regulations and enforcement mechanisms further fail to support rehabilitation efforts properly.
The criminalization of human rights | OpenGlobalRights
Mar 6, 2024 · Philip Alston started teaching human rights in 1984 at Harvard Law School. He has been on the faculty at New York University Law School since 2002, and before that, he taught at the European University Institute, the Australian National University, and the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy.
The failures of the UN in the Israel-Palestine conflict
Jan 22, 2024 · On October 7, 2023, militant members of Hamas and Islamic Jihad attacked military bases and towns in southern Israel from Gaza, during which approximately 1,200 people—at least 845 of whom were civilians—were killed and over 5,000 injured. The militants also took hostage some 240 Israelis and nationals of other countries.
Human Rights: What are the questions that really matter?
Oct 22, 2020 · There is reason to believe that the human rights movement is needed more than ever, but what if the movement has lost its way and is no longer fit for purpose, not through lack of effort, but through outdated perception?
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December 13, 2024 How participatory action research builds power in grassroots human rights movements A participatory action research (PAR) approach to legal empowerment builds community resilience, disrupts power, and advances people-centered justice.
The role of artificial intelligence in predicting human rights ...
Nov 14, 2024 · Sam Bowman is a dedicated writer with over a decade of experience covering topics such as human rights, social justice, and equality. When he’s not writing, Sam enjoys mentoring students, exploring new places, and advocating for human equity.
The weight of time: Accountability challenges in transitional justice ...
Sep 23, 2024 · Scholars and practitioners have called attention to the relationships—and contradictions—of human rights, international criminal law (ICL), and transitional justice (TJ) when addressing wrongdoings committed during war or in repressive regimes and moving toward peace and democracy.
Listening to the more-than-human world: Legal & ethical …
Dec 6, 2024 · Imagine a near future where humans could deeply understand what nonhuman animals are saying. A world where we could translate while whales coordinate their complex social lives or comprehend the busy communication among elephants in the wild. Once the realm of science fiction, studies using nonhuman animal communications technologies (NACTs) are today a dynamic scientific field.