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Published in: openglobalrights-openpage-blogHow revolutionary are global human rights?
Facing global protests over the lack of social justice and democracy, are international human rights organizations...
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Published in: openglobalrights-openpage-blogLes droits de l’homme internationaux sont-ils vraiment révolutionnaires ?
Face aux protestations internationales sur le manque de justice sociale et de démocratie, les organisations...
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Published in: openglobalrights-openpage-blogAfrica’s social movements present opportunities, not threats, for rights groups
After decolonization, many African political groups lost touch with the grassroots. Let’s not let the same happen to...
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Published in: openglobalrights-openpage-blogLet’s get fiscal – human rights advocates are tackling tax injustice
The human rights community cannot stay silent about tax abuse. Both normative developments and practical experiences...
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Published in: openglobalrights-openpage-blogTackling Egypt’s gender-based violence with crowdsourcing
Can online crowdsourcing help NGOs more effectively tackle gender-based violence in Egypt? Español, العربية
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Published in: openglobalrights-openpage-blogWhy are US police departments still race-biased?
Without better data, we won’t be able to learn why racially biased policing persists, and what we can do about it....
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Published in: openglobalrights-openpage-blogPourquoi les services de police américains sont-ils encore marqués par les préjugés raciaux ?
En l’absence de données de meilleure qualité, nous ne serons pas en mesure de comprendre les raisons de la...
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Published in: openglobalrights-openpage-blogCorporate concern for human rights essential to tackle climate change
We have the means to create a green and equitable economy, but first corporations must embrace sustainable growth...
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Published in: openglobalrights-openpage-blogCities: the new guardians of human rights
In monitoring the human rights performance of states, the UN human rights mechanisms engage mostly with central...
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Published in: openglobalrights-openpage-blogLes villes: nouvelles gardiennes des droits de l’homme
En surveillant la situation des droits de l’homme dans les pays, les mécanismes de l’ONU relatifs aux droits de...
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Published in: openglobalrights-openpage-blogGlobal economic scorecards that ignore rights reward intolerance
There’s something wrong when the World Bank and other groups give top marks for ‘competitiveness’ and ‘ease of doing...
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Published in: openglobalrights-openpage-blogGlobale ökonomische Scorecards, die Menschenrechte ignorieren, honorieren die Intoleranz
Es stimmt etwas nicht, wenn die Weltbank und andere Organisationen Bestnoten für "Wettbewerbsfähigkeit" und "Ease of...
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Published in: openglobalrights-openpage-blogLes indicateurs de performance économique mondiaux qui ignorent les droits récompensent l’intolérance
Il y a quelque chose qui ne va pas lorsque la Banque Mondiale et d’autres organisations donnent une note maximale...
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Published in: openglobalrights-openpage-blogThe decline of grand treaties? Thoughts after the Lima climate summit
Civil society pressure from the bottom-up, rather than top-down treaty obligations, is the only way to get...
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Published in: openglobalrights-openpage-blogConfronting racism in the US: are civil rights enough?
A UN committee has recommended that the United States set up a national human rights institution. But why are US...
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Published in: openglobalrights-openpage-blogL’accès aux recours judiciaires pour les violations des droits de l'homme commises par des entreprises se rétrécit
Lorsque des violations des droits humains sont commises par des entreprises dans les pays où elles ont établi leur...
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Published in: openglobalrights-openpage-blogDoors closing on judicial remedies for corporate human rights abuse
It is getting harder to seek legal redress for corporate human rights abuse in the countries where they are...
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Published in: openglobalrights-openpage-blogExposing torture - the virtue of American hypocrisy
While critics cry hypocrisy over the recent US Senate report on torture, we need to rethink whether hypocrisy might...
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Published in: openglobalrights-openpage-blogHuman rights – help or hindrance to combatting climate change?
Although the human rights framework brings out the inequities inherent in both the causes and impacts of global...
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Published in: openglobalrights-openpage-blogTime for the US to reaffirm its commitment to children’s rights
On the 25th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the US should join this important treaty so...