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Gita Parihar and Lovleen Bhullar explore a critical question in their latest research: Can three emerging legal frameworks—#ecocidelaw, the human right to a healthy environment, and #rightsofnature—save India's sacred rivers?

Full open-access article: doi.org/10.1080/1364...
October 27, 2025 at 4:09 PM
New research by Jonathan Liljeblad explores how Myanmar's post-coup crisis reveals critical intersections between ecocide, Indigenous struggles, and pro-democracy movements.

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#ecocide #ecocidelaw #HumanRights
October 18, 2025 at 9:19 AM
New open access paper on #ecocidelaw from Giovanna Frisso (University of Lincoln).

Essential reading for anyone working on #ecocide, environmental justice, or Indigenous rights.

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#HumanRights
October 5, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Colombia’s peace court is recognising nature as a victim of war — vital for the debate on #ecocidelaw

Article: doi.org/10.1080/1364...

Don’t miss the Ecocide, Human Rights & Environmental Justice Conf. 🗓️ 31 Oct | London + online: commonwealth.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

#HumanRights #ecocide
September 26, 2025 at 3:20 PM
How should we prove #ecocide in practice?

If the law punishes only deliberate intent, we miss many real-world disasters. This article by Catherine Savard makes a clear case to include recklessness.

FREE article: doi.org/10.1080/1364...

#HumanRights #EcocideLaw #RightsOfNature
September 17, 2025 at 1:59 PM
New research from Christopher Griffin challenges the "rights as possessions" metaphor that fuels zero-sum thinking and division. When we frame rights as things to be won or lost, we create false conflicts.

Full article: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

#HumanRights #TransRights #WomensRights
August 27, 2025 at 2:22 PM
New research from Chrystala Fakonti proposes a legal compromise on assisted dying: create a specialized criminal defense rather than full legalization/prohibition.

Full FREE article: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

#LegalReform #HumanRights #AssistedDying
August 17, 2025 at 12:33 PM
New research by Pinar Dinc & Necmettin Türk reveals how #Israel & #Turkey use olive tree destruction as a deliberate strategy of cultural & physical extermination in #Palestine & #Rojava

Full study: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Image courtesy of B’Tselem.
#Ecocide #Gaza #Genocide
August 11, 2025 at 12:35 PM
New research by Wendy Swartz & Ann Skelton reveals the disconnect between #UN human rights experts and diplomats is undermining girls' rights globally.

Free access to article here: doi.org/10.1080/1364...

#HumanRights
August 3, 2025 at 9:19 PM
📢 New study finds crime rates dropped in 8 out of 11 countries after abolishing capital punishment.

Authors: Joseph Paul Essien, Maduka Enyimba and Thomas Egaga Ushie

Read: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

#HumanRights
July 27, 2025 at 8:02 PM
What is the psychological toll of hotel accommodation on asylum seekers in the UK?

Authors: Janelle Spira, Hannah Wright, Kemi Komolafe and Christina Kushnir

Access article for free: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

#HumanRights
July 16, 2025 at 3:56 PM
🚨This powerful article argues that true justice for extractivist harm must confront not only the damage done to people, but to land, culture, and collective futures.

🔗 Access for FREE here:https://tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13642987.2025.2519583?src=exp-oa

#HumanRights #Ecocide #Genocide
July 6, 2025 at 10:52 PM
What happens when formal justice systems overlook spiritual dimensions of healing?

Fangyi Li from Edinburgh University explores how survivors in #Cambodia & #Timor-Leste seek justice through Buddhist merit-making & Indigenous death rituals.

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

#HumanRights
June 27, 2025 at 5:12 PM
🌊 NEW RESEARCH: When rivers become legal persons

Within months, Colombia, New Zealand & India all granted legal personhood to major rivers.

Full article by Rahul Ranjan + Axel Borchgrevink: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

#RightsOfNature
June 20, 2025 at 7:30 AM
📖 New in IJHR:

Explore how civil society actors navigate risk, politics & ethics in #NorthKorea. A vital read for those in #HumanRights

Open Access (free): www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

✍️ Katie Sophie Gonser
June 8, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Can rivers, forests & lands be victims of war?

#Colombia’s transitional justice process says yes — with revolutionary implications.

Open-access article by Rachel Killean & Elizabeth Newton.

🔗https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13642987.2025.2502561

#HumanRights #RightsOfNature #Ecocide
May 26, 2025 at 9:26 AM
The #ICC can’t be fixed — it must be dismantled, says Charlotte Carney, University of Sydney

The article argues the court is built on punishment, inequality & colonial thinking. Abolition offers a way forward.

Read it here: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

#HumanRights
May 22, 2025 at 11:53 AM
New article on housing justice: When emergency aid ends, what fills the gap?

A study of eviction clinics in #NewHampshire shows that legal support alone isn't enough...

Read here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Authors: Sindiso Mnisi Weeks and Anthony Karwashan

#Housingcrisis #HumanRights
May 10, 2025 at 11:14 AM
📚 New Article: "The concept of vulnerability and its relation to the concepts of inequality and discrimination"

Monika Mayrhofer finds:

"Vulnerability" can mask the real causes of injustice & might not always help build fairer systems

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

#HumanRights
May 3, 2025 at 9:57 AM
How is public discourse on #hatespeech evolving?

New study finds #USA media attention has shifted from a focus on prosecution to regulation — with growing emphasis on platform responsibility/online hate.

🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Seungyeon Yang & Jeong-Woo Koo

#HumanRights
April 28, 2025 at 11:33 AM
🔍 Justice for Atrocities: Dialogues & Encounters between Latin America and Europe — new special issue out now!

🔹 Lessons from exile, amnesty & universal jurisdiction

🔗https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13642987.2025.2479560?src=exp-la

✍️ Marco Longobardo/Juan-Pablo Perez-Leon-Acevedo
April 18, 2025 at 12:28 PM
📢 New study explores how undocumented
Chinese immigrants in the #UK navigated COVID-19.

🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

#HumanRights
April 3, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Essential reading for those concerned with human rights, state violence, and justice in #LatinAmerica.

🔗 Full article here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Author Thairi Moya Sánchez

#HumanRights #Venezuela #TransitionalJustice #RacialJustice
March 22, 2025 at 11:17 AM
🚨 New #OpenAccess article!

The #ECtHR’s ‘domestication’ of #climatechange narrows protections & limits climate justice.

DR. @cohelongo.bsky.social explains how the Court frames climate as a domestic issue, sidelining global equity concerns.

Read: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
March 16, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Ecuador’s Constitutional Court is shaping the future of #RightsOfNature

River protection, judicial activism, and the intersection of environmental & #humanrights.

Authors: Mihnea Tănăsescu, Elizabeth Macpherson, David Jefferson & Julia Torres Ventura

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
March 10, 2025 at 3:34 PM