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📐 Surveying the landscape of human rights data

March 24, 2023

🌈 Anti-feminists want to control, alter and delete women’s rights

March 6, 2023

📐 The EU needs to rethink its human rights promotion in the South Caucasus

February 13, 2023

📐Turkey shows us why it's hard to resist human rights violations through the courts

November 17, 2022

COP27 in Egypt: the archipelago of political and environmental lies

October 31, 2022
October 28, 2022

A second Bolsonaro term could be the point of no return for Brazilian democracy

Eduardo Burkle Bolsonaro's first term saw a decline in democracy and human rights in Brazil. Recent attacks on the media and judiciary, arguing election fraud, show how a second term for the far-right populist would only enhance Brazilian autocratisation. Democracy is on the line as the run-off elections approach, writes Eduardo Burkle Read more
October 18, 2022

๐Ÿฆ‹ Towards human flourishing as the purpose of democracy

Eri Mountbatten-O'Malley Ethical democratic practices are informed by understanding what it means to be human and how we may flourish as a species alongside non-humans. This is, Eri Mountbatten-Oโ€™Malley argues, a useful way to orient ourselves in a dark time for democracy Read more
October 14, 2022

๐Ÿ“ Reintegration into China would cost Taiwan its empowerment rights

Stephen Bagwell The case of Hong Kong shows that Chinese Communist Party dominance has a negative impact on empowerment rights. For Taiwan, though, it could end up much worse. Stephen Bagwell and Meridith LaVelle explore the potential outcomes of this scenario, using evidence from Hong Kong and data from the Human Rights Measurement Initiative Read more
October 3, 2022

๐Ÿ“ Measuring behaviour, not compliance

Kyle Reed Human rights measurements are often used as a proxy for compliance with human rights law. Kyle Reed argues that this misrepresents compliance and may skew our understanding of how international law shapes human rights practices. Careful design and new methods, however, may help link human rights measurements and studies of compliance Read more
September 29, 2022

๐Ÿ“ Freedom of expression in Brazil suffers under Bolsonaro

Bruna Fontes de Azevedo Palma Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro has raised international concern for spreading misinformation, and for his constant attacks on the media. Bruna Fontes de Azevedo Palma writes about Brazil's decline of the right to opinion and expression during Bolsonaro's presidency. She also speculates how this might influence the imminent presidential election Read more

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