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Human Rights Council calls on top UN rights official to take action on racist violence
The UN’s top rights official, Michelle Bachelet, is to spearhead efforts to address systemic racism against people of African descent by law enforcement agencies,...
Do Not Forget the Wayuu Nation: A Forgotten Nation on the Periphery of Humanitarian Aid
The international aid community must use the occasion of World Refugee Day to start fielding the urgent needs of indigenous migrants. We must direct...
Safoora Zargar: A Requiem For Indian Democracy
Imagine someone being jailed for organizing a demonstration -- under such rules hundreds of activists in the Black Lives Matter marches would be in...
Human Rights experts call for global opposition to Israel’s annexation plans
Nearly 50 independent human rights experts are calling for the international community to oppose Israel’s plan to annex significant parts of the occupied Palestinian...
From the Victory Day to Corona Disarray
A two-tier conference
Vienna and Geneva (early September)
From the Victory Day to Corona Disarray: 75 years of Europe’s Collective Security and Human Rights System
Legacy of...
Labour Reforms in Uttar Pradesh: A step towards Modern Slavery
Authors: Ayush Gattani and Vaibhav Kansara*
The shutdown in China due to Covid-19 has caused major supply shock which has prompted global firms to look for...
Don’t Whitewash the Sri Lankan State’s Many Crimes
A recent article in these pages examines the Sri Lankan government’s battle against the Tamil Tigers, the activities of the Tamil diaspora and more....
The Neglected Kashmir Calls For Attention
The modern-day Kashmir conflict, having roots in the partition of the Indian subcontinent, is the oldest unresolved conflict in the history of United Nations....
Deconstructing Huntington’s thesis in the context of “Black Lives Matter” movement in the USA
Authors: Nalaka Jayasena and Punsara Amarasinghe
While writing an article to the famous Foreign Affairs, American polymath Joseph Nye jubilantly remarked that the COVID 19...
ECHR mandate on reproductive rights, especially Abortion
The European Convention on Human Rights, ratified in the year 1953, established the European Court of Human Rights to “ensure the observance of the...