Caitlin Biddolph & Caitlin Mollica examine why justice after mass violence must be reimagined.
New article in The International Journal of Human Rights:
https://t.co/US80TZUjIV
#HumanRights#TransitionalJustice
Başak Çalı on the ECtHR's 2024 climate rulings: whilst diagnosing #climatechange as a #humanrights problem, the Court placed solutions back with national democracies through a "democratic frame of trust"—marginalising climate justice demands.
Article: https://t.co/C2hXLgsoN7
New research from Gëzim Alpion and Ridvan Peshkopia explores how in post-conflict #Kosovo some personality traits (#Agreeableness and #EmotionalStability) consistently predict support for #HumanRights.
Article here: https://t.co/kPgmUPOaoU
New FREE article explores how the #RightToScience—enshrined in international human rights law—can counter conflicts of interest and ensure independent science serves the public interest in global environmental agreements.
Article: https://t.co/hg0wETSwlM
#HumanRights
Gita Parihar and Lovleen Bhullar explore a critical question in their latest research: Can three emerging legal frameworks—#ecocidelaw, the human right to a healthy environment, and #rightsofnature—save India's sacred rivers?
Full open-access article: https://t.co/tY6E15EDRe
New open access paper on #ecocidelaw from Giovanna Frisso (University of Lincoln).
Essential reading for anyone working on #ecocide, environmental justice, or Indigenous rights.
Read the full paper for FREE here: https://t.co/MiyFhX4m5f
#HumanRights
Colombia’s peace court is recognising nature as a victim of war — vital for the debate on #ecocidelaw
Article: https://t.co/vbyXiy8goi
Don’t miss the Ecocide, Human Rights & Environmental Justice Conf. 🗓️ 31 Oct | London + online: https://t.co/Q2iM6cNNgh
#HumanRights#ecocide
How should we prove #ecocide in practice?
If the law punishes only deliberate intent, we miss many real-world disasters. This article by Catherine Savard makes a clear case to include recklessness.
FREE article: https://t.co/p2gKH9rbak
#HumanRights#EcocideLaw#RightsOfNature
New research from Christopher Griffin challenges the "rights as possessions" metaphor that fuels zero-sum thinking. When we frame rights as things to be won or lost, we create false conflicts.
Full article: https://t.co/iIIET4ak4c
#HumanRights#TransRights#WomensRights
New research from Chrystala Fakonti proposes a legal compromise on assisted dying: create a specialized criminal defense rather than full legalization/prohibition.
Full FREE article: https://t.co/sN5gjeluXf
#LegalReform#HumanRights#AssistedDying
New research by Pinar Dinc & Necmettin Türk reveals how #Israel & #Turkey use olive tree destruction as a deliberate strategy of cultural & physical extermination in #Palestine & #Rojava
Full study: https://t.co/JwWWPXuDGN
Image courtesy of B’Tselem.
#Ecocide#Gaza#Genocide
New research by Wendy Swartz & Ann Skelton reveals the disconnect between #UN human rights experts and diplomats is undermining girls' rights globally.
Free access to article here: https://t.co/WbiSpQFgsQ
#HumanRights
📢 New study finds crime rates dropped in 8 out of 11 countries after abolishing capital punishment.
Authors: Joseph Paul Essien, Maduka Enyimba and Thomas Egaga Ushie
Read: https://t.co/k1LUjOM95e
#HumanRights
What is the psychological toll of hotel accommodation on asylum seekers in the UK?
Authors: Janelle Spira, Hannah Wright, Kemi Komolafe and Christina Kushnir
Access article for free: https://t.co/W3VmbyrHO1
#HumanRights
🚨This powerful article argues that true justice for extractivist harm must confront not only the damage done to people, but to land, culture, and collective futures.
🔗 Access for FREE here:https://t.co/mIIE6xI0OY
#HumanRights#Ecocide#Genocide
What happens when formal justice systems overlook spiritual dimensions of healing?
Fangyi Li @EdinburghUni explores how survivors in #Cambodia & #Timor-Leste seek justice through Buddhist merit-making & Indigenous death rituals.
https://t.co/43usMcKx0E
#HumanRights
🌊 NEW RESEARCH: When rivers become legal persons
Within months, Colombia, New Zealand & India all granted legal personhood to major rivers.
Full article by Rahul Ranjan + Axel Borchgrevink: https://t.co/P4YWu1BzcZ
#RightsOfNature
📖 New in IJHR:
Explore how civil society actors navigate risk, politics & ethics in #NorthKorea. A vital read for those in #HumanRights
Open Access (free): https://t.co/VCVTZDVLiQ
✍️ Katie Sophie Gonser
🌱Can rivers, forests & lands be victims of war?
#Colombia’s transitional justice process says yes — with revolutionary implications.
Read the full open-access article by Rachel Killean and Elizabeth Newton.
🔗https://t.co/FyqeFtMacL
#HumanRights#RightsOfNature#Ecocide
The #ICC can’t be fixed — it must be dismantled, says Charlotte Carney, University of Sydney
The article argues the court is built on punishment, inequality & colonial thinking. Abolition offers a way forward.
Read it here: https://t.co/L73biIiLdF
#HumanRights