On Global Human Rights — Part Two

5 Nov 2019

By Pierre-Alexandre Cardinal. In this second piece of a series of two, he proposes a pathway to the global reality of Human Rights, a form of de-centred and evolutive design grounded in the lived...

Reclaiming Universal Human Rights for Gender-Based Violence in a Plural Global Order: Opportunities and Challenges

9 Oct 2019

By Bianca Braganza. Reclaiming human rights in a plural global order is a complex endeavor. It requires Western hegemonic ideas of what “human rights” are be critically analyzed for their...

Traditions of Human Rights: Who Needs Universal Human Rights?

7 Oct 2019

By Frédéric Mégret. What exactly is meant by saying that rights are universal? The author proposes a reconciliation of the dichotomy between universalism and pluralism, in a “universality of...

On Global Human Rights — Part One

12 Jun 2019

By Pierre-Alexandre Cardinal. How are the international human rights regime and international law to recover from populism, ethno-nationalism and sovereigntism, and tackle current human rights...

Universal Human Rights and the Challenges of Inclusion

11 Oct 2018

By Fayyaz Baqir. A ‘universal declaration’ cannot be developed by a tiny minority of well-meaning experts on behalf of extremely diverse, disenfranchised and divided global community.

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