Police violence is a daily reality in Brazil, especially in marginalized areas such as Maré, one of the largest favela ...

Examples of how technology can be used as a powerful tool for human rights are ever expanding. Newer technologies such as artificial intelligence, automation, and blockchain have the potential to make ...

What are the ways in which efforts to achieve SDG targets can strengthen the protection and fulfilment of human rights? What are the risks? How should human rights groups use the SDGs, if at all, and ...

From the United Nations to the World Health Organization these institutions provide an important foundation, legitimacy, and universality to the human rights movement. But many of these institutions ...

If compelling human rights narratives are not grounded in sustainable, replicable and scalable projects, it will be hard to outweigh the political and economic ... The existing rejection and distrust ...

Now is the time for Mexico to address the anti-Black racism, xenophobia, and other forms of discrimination that impact Black migrants in the country. In September 2019, African migrants who were ...

COVID-19 has exposed the underlying reality that not everyone has internet at home. Beyond its tragic outcomes for global health, the COVID-19 pandemic has also caused governments to impose travel ...

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 ...

To restore its position as a global advocate for human rights, the United States must ensure access to abortion within its borders. International human rights frameworks, such as the Convention on the ...

The proposed abbreviation is more accurate, more inclusive, and ultimately more universal. The ever-expanding term LGBTQIA+ serves the worthy purpose of including a diverse array of categories and ...

People with lived experiences of migration must be at the center of efforts to address the growing impact of border technologies. At the Migration and Technology Monitor (MTM), we try to build a ...

The mental health and well-being of advocates has often been neglected by human rights organizations, funders, and advocates themselves. Recently, however, activists and mental health professionals ...