Human Rights

Why Saudi Arabia’s Human Rights Record Does Not Matter

Anna Viden • Oct 22 2015 • Articles

In the context of the strained security situation in the Middle East and Europe it seems unlikely that human rights considerations will gain the upper hand.

Breaking the Silence

Megan Nobert • Sep 30 2015 • Articles

Humanitarian organisations must commit to countering the prevalent impunity of perpetrators of sexual abuse and harassment within humanitarian agencies.

Forced Marriage in Australia: Definitely Not the ‘Usual Suspects’

Carolyn M. Evans • Sep 23 2015 • Articles

Forced marriage comprises an untidy bundle of wrongs lost at the intersection of international relations, state sovereignty, human rights, and criminal accountability.

Review – Spaces of Aid: How Cars, Compounds and Hotels Shape Humanitarianism

Bertrand Taithe • Jul 16 2015 • Features

A stimulating book that draws on methodologies of others fields to strengthen humanitarian studies, Smirl’s inspirational work will have to be continued by others.

Interview – Stephen Hopgood

E-International Relations • Jul 3 2015 • Features

Professor Hopgood discusses the “dissolution of the West”, the dilemmas of human rights activism, and the obstacles to achieving humanitarian aims via the ICC and R2P.

Review – Debating Human Rights

Elise Carlson-Rainer • Jun 15 2015 • Features

Chong addresses the complexities of universal human rights and presents contemporary debates that are excellent springboard into the much contested rights discourse.

The Politics of the Humanitarian Crisis in Europe

Roberto Orsi • Jun 2 2015 • Articles

In the face of the horrors and the tragic loss of life, allowing or even encouraging the spread of chaos by yielding to blackmail is always the wrong policy.

Iran’s Execution Spike under Rouhani: Who Is Pulling the Chairs?

Sajjad Safaei • Jan 26 2015 • Articles

The closer we get to the deadline for a final nuclear deal, its most fervent opponents will frantically flail their arms in a last ditch attempt to stay relevant.

Shall Not Perish: Remembering the Indian Ocean Tsunami

Mukesh Kapila • Dec 26 2014 • Articles

Ten years ago, the Indian Ocean Tsunami was triggered by one of the largest-ever earthquakes. But it was not just nature that broke records. So did the disaster response.

Is there a Cabin in the Woods? Reflections on Mass Surveillance and Human Rights

Benjamin J. Muller • Dec 21 2014 • Articles

Contemporary impulses to surveil and Moves to securitize nearly all forms of mobility and otherness are opposed to notions of hospitality, acceptance and understanding.

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