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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpageThrowing justice under the bus is not the way to goPast experience suggests warnings that international criminal trials impede peace efforts are overblown. The ICC...
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpageIn Africa, human rights activists cannot work with religionReligion in Africa is not about doctrines, but about customs and beliefs. Human rights, like foreign religions, will...
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpageJustice denied? The ICC’s record in the DRCThe ICC has pursued the "small fish" in the DRC, letting those most responsible for the worst crimes off the hook. A...
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpageBeyond foreign funding – selling human rights in AfricaHuman rights groups can survive in the current funding climate if they shift their focus towards locally driven...
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpageThe politics of impunity little impacted by the ICCThe intervention of the ICC in some countries has many effects, but little impact on promoting real accountability –...
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpage‘Sovereignty’ no defence against ICC action in SudanRespect for ‘sovereignty’ is no defence against ICC action in Sudan, as the government claims. International...
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpageFilling the gap: why prayer camps in Ghana are sometimes the only optionHuman Rights Watch’s scathing critique of Ghana’s prayer camps misses the point. For many people struggling with...
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpageCan legal interventions really tackle the root causes of poverty?Legal interventions can ameliorate some of poverty’s most harmful consequences, but they cannot address poverty’s...
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpageThe International Criminal Court in Africa: a failed experiment?Africa can benefit greatly from an International Criminal Court that is credible, fair, competent and independent -...
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpageThe ICC mustn’t give up in KenyaWhile the ICC has encountered serious challenges in Kenya, the Court has an important role to play in strengthening...
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpageThe ICC – breach in the dyke, or high water mark?The International Criminal Court has failed to live up to expectations that it would mark the end of impunity. Beset...
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpageThe (in)human dimension of Ghana’s prayer campsAmbamfo Ofori Atiemo says that prayer camps in Ghana deserve a closer look, as they are a supposedly compassionate,...
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpageShould it matter how the mass is mobilized?On the streets of Nigeria, what seems like the “voice of the people” is often just unquestioning followers, echoing...
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpagePreaching for human rightsHuman rights advocates must take their message to street corners, like preachers, and teach the people love for...
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpagePentecostal Christianity: retrogressive force or dynamic ally?Pentecostal Christianity is one of the fastest growing religious forces in the world. Although many secular human...
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpageA tax on texting? Getting creative with funding human rights in AfricaFor too long, the African Union and its human rights bodies have depended on foreign aid. If the Union implements a...
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpageWhose faith wins? Keeping religion out of the lawReligion may help to control behavior and justify human worth and dignity, but in Nigeria, the co-existence of...
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpageDon’t merge human rights with religion, even in AfricaIn Africa, religion has often been a tool of oppression, not liberation. Some religious tenets and practitioners can...
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpageYes, economic and social rights really are human rightsThe argument that socio-economic rights are not “real” human rights is far too simplistic. While the phrase...
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpageLegalizing economic and social rights can help the poor: reflections from South AfricaSocio-economic rights contribute to economic and social transformation by correcting unreasonable state policy, and...
