Caitlin Biddolph & Caitlin Mollica examine why justice after mass violence must be reimagined.
New article in The International Journal of Human Rights:
doi.org/10.1080/1364...
#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: doi.org/10.1080/1364...
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: doi.org/10.1080/1364...
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: doi.org/10.1080/1364...
#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: doi.org/10.1080/1364...
New research by Jonathan Liljeblad explores how Myanmar's post-coup crisis reveals critical intersections between ecocide, Indigenous struggles, and pro-democracy movements.
🔗 Read the full open-access article: doi.org/10.1080/1364...
#ecocide #ecocidelaw #HumanRights
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: doi.org/10.1080/1364...
#HumanRights
Colombia’s peace court is recognising nature as a victim of war — vital for the debate on #ecocidelaw
Article: doi.org/10.1080/1364...
Don’t miss the Ecocide, Human Rights & Environmental Justice Conf. 🗓️ 31 Oct | London + online: commonwealth.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
#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: doi.org/10.1080/1364...
#HumanRights #EcocideLaw #RightsOfNature
New research from Christopher Griffin challenges the "rights as possessions" metaphor that fuels zero-sum thinking and division. When we frame rights as things to be won or lost, we create false conflicts.
Full article: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
#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: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
#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: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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: doi.org/10.1080/1364...
#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: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
#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: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
#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://tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13642987.2025.2519583?src=exp-oa
#HumanRights #Ecocide #Genocide
What happens when formal justice systems overlook spiritual dimensions of healing?
Fangyi Li from Edinburgh University explores how survivors in #Cambodia & #Timor-Leste seek justice through Buddhist merit-making & Indigenous death rituals.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
#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: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
#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): www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
✍️ Katie Sophie Gonser
Can rivers, forests & lands be victims of war?
#Colombia’s transitional justice process says yes — with revolutionary implications.
Open-access article by Rachel Killean & Elizabeth Newton.
🔗https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13642987.2025.2502561
#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: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
#HumanRights
New article on housing justice: When emergency aid ends, what fills the gap?
A study of eviction clinics in #NewHampshire shows that legal support alone isn't enough...
Read here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Authors: Sindiso Mnisi Weeks and Anthony Karwashan
#Housingcrisis #HumanRights
📚 New Article: "The concept of vulnerability and its relation to the concepts of inequality and discrimination"
Monika Mayrhofer finds:
"Vulnerability" can mask the real causes of injustice & might not always help build fairer systems
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
#HumanRights
How is public discourse on #hatespeech evolving?
New study finds #USA media attention has shifted from a focus on prosecution to regulation — with growing emphasis on platform responsibility/online hate.
🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Seungyeon Yang & Jeong-Woo Koo
#HumanRights
🔍 Justice for Atrocities: Dialogues & Encounters between Latin America and Europe — new special issue out now!
🔹 Lessons from exile, amnesty & universal jurisdiction
🔗https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13642987.2025.2479560?src=exp-la
✍️ Marco Longobardo/Juan-Pablo Perez-Leon-Acevedo
📢 New study explores how undocumented
Chinese immigrants in the #UK navigated COVID-19.
🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
#HumanRights
Essential reading for those concerned with human rights, state violence, and justice in #LatinAmerica.
🔗 Full article here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Author Thairi Moya Sánchez
#HumanRights #Venezuela #TransitionalJustice #RacialJustice
🚨 New #OpenAccess article!
The #ECtHR’s ‘domestication’ of #climatechange narrows protections & limits climate justice.
DR. @cohelongo.bsky.social explains how the Court frames climate as a domestic issue, sidelining global equity concerns.
Read: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Ecuador’s Constitutional Court is shaping the future of #RightsOfNature
River protection, judicial activism, and the intersection of environmental & #humanrights.
Authors: Mihnea Tănăsescu, Elizabeth Macpherson, David Jefferson & Julia Torres Ventura
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
📢 New Research!
How is #humanrights discourse shaping judicial decisions in #China? 🇨🇳⚖️
2,760 docs/ 31 provincial regions reveal how judges/ litigants use human rights arguments in judicial cases.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
By Yonghe Zhang & Xiaoyi Huang
