According to Heather Barr, associate women’s rights director at Human Rights Watch, “What is happening right now in Afghanistan is the most serious women’s rights crisis in the world today.”
Summary
Human rights violations in Afghanistan have increased to an … Continue reading » “Violation of Human and Women’s Rights by the Taliban in Afghanistan The Taliban’s Takeover and its Consequences”
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Executive Summary
Background: After the fall of Kabul by the Taliban in August 2021, many Afghan HRDs were relocated abroad, particularly to Europe, the US, the UK, and Canada. Some of these HRDs have already attempted to rebuild their NGOs … Continue reading » “Defending Human Rights From Exile: A Report on the Challenges and Opportunities of Afghan HRDs in Re-establishing and Operating their NGOs in Canada, Europe, the UK, and the US”
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This paper explores the complex intersection of identity construction, globalization, and securitization in the post-Soviet space, focusing on the cases of Chechnya and Crimea. Through the lens of critical security studies, it examines how Russia’s imperialistic tendencies have shaped its … Continue reading » “Issues of identity and securitization in the Post- Soviet space”
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Discussion Paper on Biosphere Defenders in Latin America and the Caribbean & Written comments to the Escazu Agreement’s Draft Regional Action Plan on Human Rights Defenders in Environmental Matters. By the Glawcal Lab at the Raoul Wallenberg Institute with The … Continue reading » “Discussion Paper on Biosphere Defenders in Latin America and the Caribbean”
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The enduring impact of prolonged conflict has severely strained the social, political, and economic fabrics of Afghanistan. Among the least documented yet most distressing aspects is the plight of Afghan women historically. Despite the historical variations of ruling ideologies there … Continue reading » “The Vicious Cycle of Women’s Rights Violations in Afghanistan and the Need for Accountability”
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In international law, new norms can emerge through the identification and development of effective practices. This article examines Swedish, Finnish and, less closely, other Nordic countries’ contributions to the slow process of norm emergence in relation to cross-border displacement in … Continue reading » “Nordic Norms, Natural Disasters, and International Protection”
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Abstract
When responses to international crimes are managed in terms of post-conflict justice, this event may end ‘the demarcation debate’ before it has begun, thereby rendering it superfluous among legal scholars. This is to say that the transition from … Continue reading » “The Dangers of the Obvious but Often Disregarded Details in the International Criminal Law Demarcation Debate: Norm-Integration and the Triple-Thesis ‘Argument’”
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The Inter- American Court of Human Rights has developed an interpretative approach in recent years that considers all international instruments that deliver protection to human beings as part of the same legal system, that is, the corpus juris of international … Continue reading » “Expanding the Boundaries of International Human Rights Law. The Systemic Approach of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights”
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