By Slava Balan. Over the past 70 years international human rights saw an unprecedented progress. Yet, despite these outstanding normative and institutional achievements, the global human rights...
By Zelalem Kibret. While the majority of African countries signed the UDHR in the post-independence period with the hope that its enshrined values represent their national values, perennial queries...
By Fatemeh Sadeghi. Most constitutions in the Middle East ignore the elements of citizen’s rights. The grassroots democracy of the Rojava Constitution has the potential to serve as a blueprint for...
Par Annick Poitras. Une série d’activités organisées par le Centre sur les droits de la personne et le pluralisme juridique souligne les 70 ans de la Déclaration universelle des droits de l’homme,...
By Saeed Parto. Efforts by civil society to contest or initiate collaborative engagement with the State on the fundamental rights of citizens is likely to carry more weight and legitimacy if linked...
By Hanna Haile. In May 2017, I traveled to the Zambian Copperbelt for research. I soon learned of the complex socioeconomic and political intersections and interactions tied to the copper industry....
By Dr Assata Kone-Silue. Côte d'Ivoire has ratified most of the international instruments to fight discrimination against women, but it needs to put more coherence between its proclaimed will to...
By Edit Frenyó. When we fail to hold our leaders accountable for their incitement to hate and their lack of just and moral action, we create powerful narratives that turn people into dehumanized...
By Shaké Melanie Sarkhanian. The 70th anniversary of the UNDHR is a celebratory moment for human history in advancing equality, equity, peace, freedom, and justice for all. But it also calls our...
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