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.

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.

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.

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.

February 13, 2025 Smart borders kill: New frontiers of violence and erosion of rights at the world’s borders Border technologies heighten the historical violence of colonialism and imperialism while failing to address the root causes of forced migration.

Sep 22, 2020 · This online revolution is part of a phenomenon referred to as networked feminism or cyber-feminism: propagating and mobilising the rights and voices of women and girls across the globe via a range of digital platforms. These activists are leveraging the digital world to capture the intersectionality, diversity, multi-lateral, and nuanced range of feminist agendas.

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.

September 29, 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.

Jun 30, 2023 · In 1945 the United Nations was set up to promote human rights, development, peace, and security across the globe following the catastrophe of the Second World War.

Our goal is to promote exchange about and throughout the human rights ecosystem. We believe that human rights works best when its many actors converse, learn, and innovate across geographic, linguistic, and disciplinary lines.