Civil institutions that are reliable, accountable, and accessible are crucial to building confidence in government.

Kenya's Parliament has both the power and the responsibility to close this gap by enacting the law on abortion access ...

Cristina Alejandra Estrella is an Argentine lawyer from the University of Buenos Aires and a civil-law notary from the University of Morón. She completed a postgraduate specialization in civil law at ...

Your browser does not support the audio element. A few years ago, an official from an international organization asked me, “Beyond the good vibes of human rights ...

Algorithms calculating the probability of fraud were overwhelmingly and wrongly targeting immigrant groups. The overwhelming majority of the victims of this scandal were from immigrant backgrounds. An ...

Without the ingenuity of feminists from the Global South and networks of committed activists on every continent, we would never have heard the phrase: “Women’s Rights are Human Rights.” When First ...

Human rights scholarship and advocacy claim to be grounded in universality, yet both are anything but in their privileging the Western role in building an international human rights system. A paradox ...

Changing the focus from a human-centric approach to human rights will help the movement advance on environmental agendas with an inter-species recognition. The recent UN General Assembly’s historic ...

Structural power imbalances in the UN system have prevented it from halting Israel’s ongoing war crimes against Gazans. Individual states and civil society must step in to prevent further aggressions ...

For Africa to address challenges like climate justice, conflict transformation, and food security, the participation of youth activists will be critical. This rise in youth activism reflects two ...