It doesn’t require extensive reflection to recognise the connection between human rights, the environment and climate change. Yet, it has taken the international community until October 2021 to recognise the right to a healthy environment, and … Continue reading » “Human rights, the environment and climate change: what are the connections?”
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African Human Rights Day – Thursday 21 October
African Human Rights Day is celebrated annually on 21 October to commemorate the day that the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights came into effect on 21 October 1986.
This year’s theme is
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Martha F. Davis: The Threat of Inequality: COVID-19, Human Rights, and the Pandora Papers
Welcome to our blog, the Human Righter. We shed light on contemporary human rights issues and comment on human rights developments. We dig deep into our focus areas within human rights, discuss SDGs and human rights. You will also find … Continue reading » “Martha F. Davis: The Threat of Inequality: COVID-19, Human Rights, and the Pandora Papers”
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Amanda Lyons: Human Rights, the SDGs, and Multistakeholderism: the Case of Food Systems Transformations
Welcome to our blog, the Human Righter. We shed light on contemporary human rights issues and comment on human rights developments. We dig deep into our focus areas within human rights, discuss SDGs and human rights. You will also find
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Learn with Lena: International Day of the Girl Child
International Day of the Girl Child October 11 2021
Like every year, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) will celebrate International Day of the Girl Child on 11 October. The day is dedicated to the growth of girls around the … Continue reading » “Learn with Lena: International Day of the Girl Child”
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Build Forward Fairer in the Wake of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Cities have been epicentres of the COVID-19 pandemic since 2020. City authorities have been the frontlines responders—from running testing stations, to managing food distribution, to disposing of corpses. Yet they are often under-resourced, and their critical role in policy implementation … Continue reading » “Build Forward Fairer in the Wake of the COVID-19 Pandemic”
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The Library: New web page and open to the public!
The library web page has improved and is now even more vibrant and user-friendly. Thanks to the Comm-team at RWI.
In LubSearch, you will find all books available at LUB despite ‘the carrier’ of the contents. Just log in with … Continue reading » “The Library: New web page and open to the public!”
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A Conversation on Racism & Human Rights with Michael McEachrane (PhD)
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Democracy: A World in Transition
15th of September is the International Day of Democracy, a day to review the state of democracy everywhere. The past ten years there has been a shift in democracy. The freedom and democratic rights of the average person … Continue reading » “Democracy: A World in Transition”
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