The Peculiar Phenomenon of ‘Kid-Gurus’ in India

The Peculiar Phenomenon of ‘Kid-Gurus’ in India

At just 10 years old, Abhinav Arora has garnered nearly a million followers on Instagram – as a spiritual leader. ...
Abolish ICE? What It Really Means—and What Comes Next

Abolish ICE? What It Really Means—and What Comes Next

Calls to abolish U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have moved from activist circles to mainstream ...
New WIPO Treaty to Protect Indigenous Rights: Reform without Sanction

New WIPO Treaty to Protect Indigenous Rights: Reform without Sanction

Indigenous people’s traditional knowledge has routinely been misappropriated through the use of conventional ...
Bangladesh’s National Human Rights Commission: A Watchdog Without Teeth?

Bangladesh’s National Human Rights Commission: A Watchdog Without Teeth?

The haunting image of fifteen-year-old Felani Khatun’s body hanging from a barbed wire fence after being shot by ...
Reflecting on the Right to Self-Determination as the Primary Ground for Protection of Indigenous Peoples in Voluntary Isolation and Initial Contact

Reflecting on the Right to Self-Determination as the Primary Ground for Protection of Indigenous Peoples in Voluntary Isolation and Initial Contact

From 21 April to 2 May 2025, the UN Headquarters in New York hosted the 24th session of the United Nations ...
Call for Chapters: Charting the Council’s Future: Reflections on the United Nations Human Rights Council at Twenty

Call for Chapters: Charting the Council’s Future: Reflections on the United Nations Human Rights Council at Twenty

The year 2026 will mark the twentieth anniversary of the establishment of the United Nations Human Rights Council ...
Breaking the Cycle of Injustice: The Global South’s Struggle to Climate Equity in International Forums

Breaking the Cycle of Injustice: The Global South’s Struggle to Climate Equity in International Forums

In the Global South, climate change is not merely an environmental crisis but a major human rights issue. This ...
Business and Human Rights in the Inter-American Court of Human Rights: Current opportunities and challenges from Brazil’s condemnations

Business and Human Rights in the Inter-American Court of Human Rights: Current opportunities and challenges from Brazil’s condemnations

In October and November 2024, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR) issued two judgments condemning ...
Two children too many? Expanding maternity benefits to mothers with more than two children in India

Two children too many? Expanding maternity benefits to mothers with more than two children in India

On 23 May 2025, the Indian Supreme Court in K. Umadevi v. Government of Tamil Nadu broadened the interpretation of ...
Affordable Housing and Reasonable Standards of Sanitation in Kenya

Affordable Housing and Reasonable Standards of Sanitation in Kenya

In the Global South, particularly in Africa, to be born and raised in a poor background is to learn the harshness ...
Human Rights Economy: A Solution to Economic Cruelty and Everyday Atrocities

Human Rights Economy: A Solution to Economic Cruelty and Everyday Atrocities

The UN Human Rights Office has called for human rights guardrails in the economic sphere, also known as a Human ...
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