Human Rights

Review – Failing to Protect: The UN and the Politicisation of Human Rights

Shazelina Z. Abidin • Aug 21 2014 • Features

Freedman’s vivid accounts of human rights violations and the failure of the UN machinery offers an emotional depth that many other books on the subject lack.

Review – The Massacres at Mt. Halla

Peter Brett • Jul 15 2014 • Features

Hun Joon Kim’s analysis represents a welcome and well-written, but ultimately very partial, view of the search for ‘comprehensive truth’ in South Korea.

Why the Continuing Siege on Reproductive Rights?

Rebecca J. Cook • Jul 13 2014 • Articles

Understanding attacks on reproductive rights requires examining historical, psychological, legal, religious, & political perspectives to find answers.

Review – UNICEF: Global Governance That Works

Maggie Black • Jun 22 2014 • Features

Jolly’s analysis offers its readers a powerful understanding of the work that UNICEF has done on humanity-focused development and its unique nature within the UN system.

Review Feature – One Family, One Destiny

Anthony Szczurek • Jun 17 2014 • Features

This feature examines two books that explore universalised human nature and political action, and deftly illuminate the epistemological lineages of the modern world.

Opposition in Bolivarian Venezuela: Caught Between Conflict and Compromise

Barry Cannon • Apr 8 2014 • Articles

The Venezuelan opposition has undergone important changes in an institutionalist direction in its composition, discursive emphasis, and strategic direction.

States, Migrants, and Rights

Kelly Staples • Mar 28 2014 • Articles

Today, refugees are increasingly at risk in the context of a European approach to migration which has once again made refugees deportable. This trend requires attention.

Egypt’s New Constitution: A Mixed Bag

Aly El Shalakany • Mar 6 2014 • Articles

The new Egyptian constitution is a mix of progressive and regressive elements. Its success depends on the willingness of the judiciary and military to support reforms.

Syria Teaches Us Little About Questions of Military Intervention

Luke Glanville • Feb 7 2014 • Articles

To some, the international response to the Syrian crisis has meant the end of the R2P. But the lack of intervention in Syria teaches us little about the intervention norm.

Edited Collection – R2P, Syria and Humanitarianism in Crisis

E-International Relations • Jan 20 2014 • Features

A free edited volume bringing together the leading voices on R2P & humanitarian intervention to examine the doctrine’s validity in the context of Syria’s humanitarian emergency.

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