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International Journal of Human Rights | Taylor and Francis | Multidisciplinary human rights scholarship | Human Rights Researchers' Network

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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📢 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

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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

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🚨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

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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

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🌊 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

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📖 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

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🌱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

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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

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