Conservative governments and organizations are using the language of human rights as a smokescreen for regressive ideology.

Liz Mount is an assistant professor of practice at Texas Tech University. Her research examines how feminist and LGBTQ+ civil society organizations in India and at the UN Commission on the Status of ...

Tamanika Ferguson is a visiting research scholar in women’s and gender studies at Wellesley College. Her research examines Black feminisms, gendered punishment, carceral governance, and the politics ...

Natascia Boeri is an associate professor of sociology at Bloomfield College of Montclair State University. Her research focuses on motherhood, substance use, institutional inequality, and social ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

For Africa to address challenges like climate justice, conflict transformation, and food security, the participation of youth activists will be critical. This rise in youth activism reflects two ...

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 ...

For a human rights movement dedicated to exposing abuses, positive communication does not come naturally. But to make the case for human rights, we cannot rely on fear of a return to the dark past, we ...