A new interdisciplinary research environment for human rights will soon be launched in Lund. “Interdisciplinarity and innovative thinking are required if our work on human rights is to remain relevant to society”, writes Morten Kjaerum, director of the Raoul Wallenberg … Continue reading » “Human rights are to become interdisciplinary”
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Self-Representation before the International Criminal Court: Safeguarding the Interests of Justice and Protecting Human Rights
At the beginning of the new millennium, two cases before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) — namely, Milosević and Šešelj — sparked an outburst of scholarly comment regarding the right to self-representation within international criminal tribunals. … Continue reading » “Self-Representation before the International Criminal Court: Safeguarding the Interests of Justice and Protecting Human Rights”
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Rights to Lands, Participation and Consultation of Indigenous Peoples. : A summary of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights’ Judicial Interpretation.
This summary proposes a critical legal analysis of the jurisprudence of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights regarding indigenous peoples’ rights to lands, participation, and consultation. It focuses on the role that cultural diversity as a legal standard has played … Continue reading » “Rights to Lands, Participation and Consultation of Indigenous Peoples. : A summary of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights’ Judicial Interpretation.”
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The Perfect Storm: Sovereignty Games and the Law and Politics of Boat Migration
4 690 migrants have lost their lives in the Mediterranean this year, making 2016 once again set a tragic record and the Mediterranean account for more than three fourths of all registered migrant casualties worldwide. In his most recent book … Continue reading » “The Perfect Storm: Sovereignty Games and the Law and Politics of Boat Migration”
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Does International Refugee Law Still Matter?
Most international lawyers like to think that their particular branch of law exerts a certain, undeniable influence on state behaviour. And while international human rights law has traditionally been derided by some as abstract and wishful legal thinking, stronger oversight … Continue reading » “Does International Refugee Law Still Matter?”
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A Rejoinder to G. Skinner’s Rethinking Limited Liability of Parent Corporations for Foreign Subsidiaries’ Violations of International Human Rights Law
Cities, Human Rights, and Accountability: The United States Experience
Global Urban Justice: The Rise of Human Rights Cities
Cities increasingly base their local policies on human rights. Human rights cities promise to forge new alliances between urban actors and international organizations, to enable the ‘translation’ of the abstract language of human rights to the local level, and to … Continue reading » “Global Urban Justice: The Rise of Human Rights Cities”
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Arab Jurisprudence in the Application of International Conventions on the Rights of Women
In close cooperation and active involvement of partner Arab judicial institutes in the Middle East and North Africa, the Raoul Wallenberg Institute has issued two new books related to Arab jurisprudence.
Both books highlight the role of the Arab judiciary … Continue reading » “Arab Jurisprudence in the Application of International Conventions on the Rights of Women”
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