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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpageUsing the Sustainable Development Goals as a weapon against populism
The Sustainable Development Goals could give activists the rhetoric they need to hold the Trump administration...
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpageHow new data can—and can’t—support academic research
Human rights practitioners and researchers often ask very different questions when collecting data—how can we bridge...
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpageRepublicans move to break with the United Nations
Republicans are revisiting a move to withdraw from the United Nations and related human rights treaties—what would...
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpageWill human rights law actually protect us from fascism?
Human rights regimes such as the European Convention on Human Rights are unlikely to shield citizens against the...
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpagePreparing for terrorism—and potential torture—under President Trump
Will Trump’s unequivocal position on torture affect how the US responds to future terrorist attacks? A contribution...
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpageMight Trump lead US activists to rediscover international human rights?
Recent social justice struggles in the US have largely eschewed the language of global human rights. But, Trump...
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpageTrump pourrait-il amener les militants américains à redécouvrir les droits humains internationaux ?
Les luttes récentes en faveur de la justice sociale aux États-Unis ont en grande partie laissé de côté le discours...
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpageOpportunities for resistance: Trump’s authoritarianism and the law
Human rights values and rule of law are lost on authoritarians, but the need to clothe their action in forms of law...
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpageRefugee politics from the local to the international
The Trump administration is affecting refugee politics from small towns to the world stage, and activists have a...
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpageThe death knell of American Exceptionalism under Trump
If Trump pushes his agenda too far, Republicans concerned with liberal democracy and rule of law might start to push...
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpageThe world is watching—corporate action on Trump travel ban
Many corporations have already taken a stand against Trump’s travel ban, and corporate leaders advising Trump must...
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpageVoter suppression and human rights in the 2016 American election
Increasing strictness in voter ID laws and voter intimidation are threatening the right to vote in the United States.
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpageHuman rights as a grassroots, transformative response to Trump’s “America”
Human rights—as a movement that critiques systemic inequalities and affirms our common humanity—offers a...
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpageHuman rights groups are secretly US agents. True or false?
For rights activists, Trump’s victory is a dark cloud with one silver lining. For the next four years, human rights...
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpageModi and Trump—voting strongmen, voting hate
Donald Trump’s win in the US and Narendra Modi’s in India two years ago are both about the majority claiming greater...
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpageWhy the American Electoral College matters for human rights everywhere
The history of the American Electoral College demonstrates the importance of combating violators of human rights and...
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpageThe private, the social, and the political: a human rights perspective on transgender bathrooms
When it comes to LGBTIQ rights, bathroom politics reflect and are often linked to much broader questions of...
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpageMaking the human rights movement great again—amidst rising nationalism
As angry rhetoric and illiberal nationalism soars globally, the human rights movement needs clear thinking rather...
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpageTrump, the other and human rights in society
The stigmatization and “othering” we’ve seen in Trump’s campaign will perpetuate systemic inequalities. Part of...
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpageL’élection de Trump fait des États-Unis un paria des droits humains
La présidence Trump fait peser une grave menace sur les droits humains, non seulement aux États-Unis mais également...