Nicolette Naylor is a co-convenor of ARCS Roundtable, based in Johannesburg, South Africa. Nicolette is a prominent Pan-African feminist lawyer and philanthropy executive who advocates for a shift ...

Convincing the public that collective action is ineffective is one of authoritarianism's pernicious threats. Fear often explains what appears to be political apathy in repressive societies. Citizens ...

The human rights movement needs to keep long-term goals in focus, especially in moments of crisis. After decades of tremendous progress, human rights defenders are now struggling against rising ...

Social justice organizations need alternative, independent, and flexible sources of funding to build sustainable futures for the human rights field.

Temperature targets set by Global North actors would reinforce the legacy of colonial harms and vulnerability in an era of climate emergency. Is contemporary global decision-making neocolonial? That ...

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 ...

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 ...

COVID-19 has exposed the underlying reality that not everyone has internet at home. Beyond its tragic outcomes for global health, the COVID-19 pandemic has also caused governments to impose travel ...

With the proliferation of national government structures that report to human rights bodies, the complementary role of independent rights monitoring institutions remains crucial to ensuring states’ ...

For the first time in its history, the Court explicitly stipulates clear business and human rights standards to be met by states and companies. In August 2021, in a landmark ruling in Miskito Divers v ...

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 ...

The proposed abbreviation is more accurate, more inclusive, and ultimately more universal. The ever-expanding term LGBTQIA+ serves the worthy purpose of including a diverse array of categories and ...