Seventy five years after the creation of the UDHR, the world is facing major human rights challenges again.
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Economic proscriptions by the US and EU are hampered by lack of support among Myanmar’s major trading partners in the region.
Any state policy looking to increase women’s representation must take into account formal and informal political practices.
Canada is an outlier in its failure to hold buyers and retailers accountable for labour abuse in seafood supply chains.
The West no longer has credibility when it criticizes Russia, China or any other state for human rights abuses or breaches of international law due to its feeble response to Israel’s assault on Gaza.
In general, an ageing population puts added pressure on the working-age population to be more productive – just to maintain total output – amid growing fiscal constraints.
Genocide is called ‘the crime of crimes’ because of its collective significance.
People with disability gain many benefits from being physically active, from greater movement to improved mental health. But options for community-based physical activity are limited.
Surrogacy can exploit women, but others may choose to be involved for altruistic reasons. A scholar points out that surrogacy’s ethical value is dependent upon the people and systems who use it.
Pilger inspired many with his willingness to critique the damaging effects on ordinary people’s lives of capitalism and Western countries’ foreign policies. But he also provoked global controversy.
More than three-quarters of the world’s nations engage in torture, which is notoriously difficult to study because it often occurs in secret.
Far-right American Christians once viewed Soviet culture as a menace to their values. Today, some authoritarian-leaning admirers wish their country were more like Putin’s Russia.
The former Peruvian strongman appeared frail as he left prison. But his influence on politics remains strong.
Global human rights is an area where Chinese officials are willing to engage with the international community and could provide a window of opportunity towards further progress in the future.
Decades ago, the international community codified science as a cultural right and protected expression of human creativity. Reaffirming science’s value can help it better serve humanity.
The government of Rwanda must commit to eliminating the forced return of refugees and asylum seekers.
Progressive welfare reform would tackle disablist policies, banning sanctions and raising benefits to reflect true costs of living.
Some 189,000 Afghans have applied for visas to Australia, but the government has only approved 31,500 refugee spots for the next four years. Women face the biggest hurdles to resettlement.
The overturning of almost 20 years of legal precedent allowing indefinite detention is a watershed moment. But stateless people in Australia have few rights and little say over their futures.
The leader of Chechnya rules with brute force, impunity and near autonomy. Why doesn’t Vladimir Putin rein him in?
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Professor of Law, Conflict and Global Development, University of Reading
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Associate Professor in Human Rights and International Law, University of Newcastle
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Professor of Human Rights Law, Griffith University
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Professor of Human Rights Law, Monash University
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Professor of Law, University of Waikato
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Professor/Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancement of Scholarship, University of Pretoria
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Associate Professor in International Human Rights Law, The University of Western Australia
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Professor of Law, University of Waikato
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PhD Candidate, University of Technology Sydney
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Assistant researcher, University of Sydney
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Director and Professor of International Human Rights Law, Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria
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Professor of Law; Kim Santow Chair of Law and Social Justice, University of Sydney
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Chair, Department of Judaic and Near Eastern Studies, and Associate Professor of Middle Eastern Studies and Public Policy, UMass Amherst
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Dennis Altman is a Friend of The Conversation.
VC Fellow, La Trobe University
