The week ahead: 10th - 14th March
Each week INTERIGHTS looks globally to bring you human rights news items to look out for during the week ahead.
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The week ahead: 3rd - 7th March
Each week INTERIGHTS looks globally to bring you human rights news items to look out for during the week ahead.
Read MoreThe week ahead: 17th - 21st February
Each week INTERIGHTS looks globally to bring you human rights news items to look out for during the week ahead.
Read MoreThe week ahead: 20th - 26th January
Each week INTERIGHTS looks globally to bring you human rights news items to look out for during the week ahead.
Read MoreThe week ahead: 16th - 20th September
Each week INTERIGHTS looks globally to bring you human rights news items to look out for in the week ahead.
Read MoreWhat’s the point of strategic litigation
- Category: Litigation
Human rights work can both be very satisfying and very frustrating. Over the long term human rights promotion is an incredible success story. From the first treaty – the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948 – to the hundreds of subsequent treaties, resolutions, opinions and judgments at national, regional and international levels that now exist are testament to this success. Millions of pounds each year are paid to local and international NGOs and charities to fund human rights work around the world and thousands of people are employed to advocate for - and uphold - human rights.
Read MoreThe week ahead: 9th - 13th December
Each week INTERIGHTS looks globally to bring you human rights news items to look out for in the week ahead.
Read MoreThe Week Ahead: 25th – 29th November
Each week INTERIGHTS looks globally to bring you human rights news items to look out for in the week ahead.
Read Moreteaching Human Rights Litigation in New Zealand
- Category: Litigation
Last week I was given the privilege of teaching “Human Rights Litigation” to lawyers in New Zealand. The Faculty of Law at Auckland University in New Zealand asked me to help to run and teach a five day intensive seminar as part of their Master of Laws (LLM) postgraduate programme. This degree “is designed to provide an advanced level of study for both full time students and those that are legal practitioners… [and] offers law graduates an opportunity to study areas in greater depth and complexity…”
Read MoreA Winding Road to Justice for Domestic Violence Victims
- Category: Domestic Violence
Like most campaigns to right long-standing discriminatory practices, establishing intolerance for domestic violence and effective government responses requires patience and varied approaches.
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