Human Rights

What Does the Pussy Riot Case Tell Us about the Status of Women’s Human Rights In Russia?

Vikki Turbine • May 27 2013 • Articles

In a context where feminism is demonised for transgressing a series of socially ingrained values, there is little prospect for the Pussy Riot case to be used to enhance women’s rights in Russia.

The Rootedness of Inequality

Kathleen Cavanaugh • Apr 4 2013 • Articles

Violence against women and the societal attitudes that often provide the conditions which condone such acts cannot be parked solely within the developing world.

Review – Sword and Salve

Jessica Gerken • Mar 20 2013 • Features

In this comprehensive study analyzing the interdependent dynamics between modern warfare and humanitarianism, the authors attempt to answer why humanitarianism is in a multi-level crisis.

Review – The New Historiography of Human Rights

Peter Brett • Feb 18 2013 • Features

Human rights history matters for IR debates. Different theories of human rights depend upon different (more or less explicit) historical accounts of their genesis.

The Rape Case in India: Evidence for the Globalisation of Human Rights?

Vinodh Jaichand • Feb 11 2013 • Articles

India’s negative publicity points to a state that has failed to protect the rights of its citizens. That is a notoriety that a global economic power should work to avoid.

The Delhi Rape Case: Rethinking Feminism and Violence Against Women

Swati Parashar • Feb 11 2013 • Articles

Western feminism needs the support of Indian feminists to reconsider its third wave obsession with diversity and to rethink its politics and scholarship around violence against women.

The Indian Gang-Rape Case: Do Human Rights Go Global?

Ekaterina Yahyaoui Krivenko • Feb 9 2013 • Articles

Rather than being a proof of globalized human rights, the rape scandal in India should be used as a lesson about the effectiveness and usefulness of the media in their struggle for human rights.

Challenges to the Rights of Malaysians of Indian Descent

Karmveer Singh • Feb 6 2013 • Articles

In multicultural Malaysia, the Malays are politically dominant, the Chinese have economic influence and the Indians have neither. The marginalisation of Indians in Malaysia extends to every aspect of daily life.

War, Peace and a New World Paved with Good Intentions through Sport

Grant Jarvie • Jan 29 2013 • Articles

Sport as a form of public diplomacy or social intervention has often been overlooked. However, it can help with reconstruction, resolution and reconciliation, playing a vital role in progress.

Reconstructing Arab States: Do Fractured Politics Require the Tools of Transitional Justice?

Anthony Chase • Jan 8 2013 • Articles

The way to clear a path towards true revolutions in the Arab world that reconstitute public spheres in more open and pluralistic ways begins with coming to terms with the past.

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