Seventy five years after the creation of the UDHR, the world is facing major human rights challenges again.
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More than three-quarters of the world’s nations engage in torture, which is notoriously difficult to study because it often occurs in secret.
The government of Rwanda must commit to eliminating the forced return of refugees and asylum seekers.
At a time of increasing unease about the checks and balances for the use of AI, some African countries are spending more on harmful surveillance of their citizens.
The list of crimes for which Putin is considered complicit is long. The question is whether he can be held accountable.
A decision to bulldoze the home belonging to the family of a man accused of killing seven people outside a synagogue in East Jerusalem has sparked questions over the legality of Israeli policy.
New data from 2000 through 2019 shows that Ukraine’s human rights record is better than Russia’s – but worse than that of its Western European neighbors.
A claim about how persecuted Jews were freed from the Soviet Union decades ago relates to how Palestinians might be treated today.
As Ukraine scrambles to defend itself from Russia’s illegal invasion, men aged 18 to 60 have been banned from leaving the country.
Russia holds veto power on the UN Security Council, blocking any action to interfere in the Ukraine war. This is unlikely to change soon – but the UN still has other options for engagement.
International laws are in place to prevent war and help protect civilians and combatants alike. But these laws are challenging to enforce and are unlikely to stop the unfolding Russia-Ukraine war.
The latest border protection move from the UK government could breach international law.
Priti Patel’s plan to process asylum seekers offshore is at odds with the UK’s responsibilities under international human rights conventions.
South Africa frequently invokes its celebrated constitution that is based on human rights, but has often failed to live up to its ideals.
It’s been 60 years since the massacre of 69 unarmed civilians by the South African apartheid state. Here’s how the killings changed the way the world thinks about human rights.
Before 1945 and the United Nations Charter, human rights simply did not exist in international law.
Having Egypt at the helm of the African Union might not bode well for human rights on the continent.
Interpol red notices play an important part in international policing. Here’s how they work and how the system could be improved to safeguard human rights.
A legal loophole could grant computer systems many legal rights people have – threatening human rights and dignity and setting up some real legal and moral problems.
If the liberal international order is to survive, countries like Canada will need to defend international human rights law.
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Associate Professor of Computer Engineering and Computer Science, University of Louisville
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Professor of International Security, University of Birmingham
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Lecturer in Law, Murdoch University
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Associate Professor in Human Rights and International Law, University of Newcastle
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Senior Lecturer in Public International Law, Bangor University
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Professeur de droit public (Paris-Assas), Université Paris-Panthéon-Assas
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Programme manager of the Master's in Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa at the Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria
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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 Political Science and Co-Director of the Human Rights Institute, Binghamton University, State University of New York
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Professor of International Law, Lancaster University
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Adjunct Assistant Professor Political Science, and Fellow at the Balsillie School of International Affairs, University of Waterloo
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Executive Director, University of Dayton Human Rights Center, University of Dayton
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Professor of International Law, Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy, Tufts University
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Associate Professor of Politics, Rhodes University
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Reader in International Politics and Director of the King's Sanctuary Programme, King's College London
