June 17, 2013 |
by Aidan Harris
The chairs of the UN’s ten human rights treaty bodies added their voices to the growing calls to recognize the intrinsic connection between sustainable development and the rule of law.
June 13, 2013 |
by Chris Stone
We must intensify the conversation about the future of human rights and how best to promote their growth. Please join us.
June 12, 2013 |
by Simon Cox
Can deportation be based on secret grounds to protect national security? The Court of Justice of the European Union recently took up the question.
June 12, 2013 |
by Sandra Coliver
An assessment of how Washington’s response to national security disclosures by Bradley Manning and Edward Snowden compares with procedures and penalties outside the United States.
June 12, 2013 |
by Jonathan Birchall
A new set of global principles addresses the question of how to ensure public access to government information, without jeopardizing legitimate efforts to protect people from national security threats.
June 12, 2013 |
by Christian De Vos
What good is international law if states don’t follow it? Should we care about international courts if governments don’t do what they say? A new book looks at how to connect court judgments and real change.
June 7, 2013 |
by Kasia Malinowska-Sempruch, David Holiday
Drug policy reform took center stage this week at a summit of the Americas with unprecedented support from human rights groups.
June 5, 2013 |
by Adrian Marsh
The remarkable history of Gypsies, Roma and Travellers in Europe, beginning over 1,000 years ago, tells a story of diversity, creativity and survival.
June 5, 2013 |
by Bernard Rorke, Martin Demirovski
One year into the EU Framework for National Roma Integration Strategies up to 2020, civil society monitoring reports show that there is little to cheer about.
June 4, 2013 |
by Jonathan Horowitz
On the heels of a decision by a national court, the Committee against Torture urged the UK to set up a single independent public inquiry to investigate allegations of torture of detainees in Iraq.