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Scotland is in the late stages of deciding whether to become the first country in UK to outlaw all corporal punishment against children.
Dec. 10, 2018 is the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, proclaimed in 1948 by the United Nations General Assembly.
Human Rights Day might not be a reason for celebrations. But it's a useful reminder of what's been achieved over 70 years.
School moots are becoming an increasingly popular way to teach young people about the value of human rights.
Despite the UN's Universal Declaration of Human Rights, it remains difficult to measure governments' performance. A new data tool gives countries a scorecard on how well, or badly, they are doing.
Healthcare professionals should have their freedom of conscience protected by law.
On Human Rights Day, and with Australia set to take up a seat on the UN Human Rights Council, here's a must-do list for this country to become a credible advocate for human rights.
For Trump, putting America first means that being a global leader on human rights may take a back seat.
In December 1966, international law created several degrees of separation between different sets of human rights. Today, we must fix this.
Mexico has signed every international human rights treaty, but abuses are still rife.
It is time to demand the 'positive right' of affordable access if we want internet freedom for all.
North Korea is outraged over an upcoming conference in Washington DC about its human rights abuses, to which it has not been invited. Pyongyang strongly denies that it has been alienating the human rights…
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Professor of human rights law, University of Pretoria
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Director of the Australian Human Rights Institute; Professor of Law, UNSW
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Professor Emeritus of Applied Philosophy, Glasgow Caledonian University
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Professor of Politics, University of Adelaide
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Professor of International Affairs, Pennsylvania State University
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Visiting Researcher, Network Society Lab, Journalism and Media Programme, University of the Witwatersrand
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Lecturer, Human Rights Centre, School of Law, University of Essex
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Lecturer in Comparative Politics, UNSW
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Extraordinary Professor, Department of Political Sciences, University of Pretoria
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Professor, Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas
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Law Lecturer, Glasgow Caledonian University
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Professor of Philosophy, University of Reading
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Assistant Professor of International Affairs, University of Georgia
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Professor Emeritus, Department of Political Science, Wilfrid Laurier University
