Sovereignty matters, but so does preventing mass atrocity. A doctrine like the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) permits us to override inertia and inaction to alleviate mass suffering, although in Syria we haven’t yet seen an effective plan for doing so. A response to the openGlobalRights debate on
Can human rights break past the self-interest of nationalism? A contribution to the openGlobalRights debates on Emerging Powers and Human Rights and Human rights: mass or elite movement? עברית.
The new debate should be organised around concrete issues such as neglect, denial and marginalisation, which people on social margins of the world are facing on a daily basis. A contribution to the openGlobalRights debate on Emerging Powers and Human Rights.
The dichotomy set up between elite-driven and grassroots-driven human rights progress might be a false one. A contribution to the openGlobalRights debates on Emerging Powers and Human Rights and Human rights: mass or elite movement?
"Who defines the concept of human rights?" Stephen Hopgood asks. The answer will come from a new North-South dialogue building on the foundations of the dominant eurocentric history, which could reclaim the emancipatory potential of the human rights tradition. A contribution to the openGlobalRight
The story of how women's rights became part of the international human rights movements shows the influence of local movements on global change - and that international agendas need to listen to community priorities. A contribution to the openGlobalRights debate on Emerging Powers and Human Rights
The problem with Aryeh Neier’s argument is that, historically, there has been no way to separate efforts to promote general human rights from rising groups’ political efforts to protect their own social interests and values. A contribution to the openGlobalRights debate on Emerging Powers and Huma
How do we understand the transformation of the global human rights movement in a multipolar world? "Endtimes" as Stephen Hopgood argues? On the contrary: the demise of human rights will only come when activists no longer seek to own them. A contribution to the openGlobalRights debate on Emerging P
Human rights organizations must adopt a new approach to produce positive change for - and stay relevant to - those who need advocacy the most. A way forward to make human rights a truly grassroots movement. A contribution to the openGlobalRights debates on Emerging Powers and Human Rights and Huma
International organizing has been and will continue to be one of the strongest forces propelling human rights forward. But the best way to realize human rights on the ground across multiple national contexts is surely to place primacy on local advocates working within their own environments.A cont
In a world where elites cannot be trusted to look out for the interests of the poor, mass mobilisations are important. We need to examine the links between INGOs and grassroots movements, and find out who talks and who listens. A contribution to the openGlobalRights debates on Emerging Powers and
The author acknowledges his supporters, but he answers his critics. (See related articles). It is political leverage, not human rights, that make things happen. The wealthy and influential have it, the poor do not except when organized in sufficiently large numbers. A contribution to the openGloba
