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Journalists and media workers around the world are increasingly being targeted, especially in countries where authoritarian regimes hold power.
Court challenges over vaccine mandate exemptions have so far failed. But with fundamental human rights at the centre of the government’s emergency powers, is it time for purpose-built new law?
With proof of vaccination likely to become mandatory for travel – and possibly other activities – a careful balancing of individual and collective rights will be essential.
The majority of those punished under the laws to combat false information are opposition politicians or journalists.
The right to return is real but not absolute, and must be balanced with the rights of those already in New Zealand.
In spite of noble promises in their constitutions, many countries have a very restrictive approach to demonstrations.
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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Professor of Law, University of Waikato
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Scientia Professor, UNSW Sydney
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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, Penn State
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Assistant researcher, University of Sydney
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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 Sydney
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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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Lecturer: Journalism and Media Studies, University of the Witwatersrand
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Child and Family Law Lecturer, University of Stirling
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Professor of Philosophy, University of Reading
