When this habit of linguistic flattening reaches Southwest Asia and North Africa, it produces the “Arab world”—an imagined, ...

Russia’s prosecution of Satanism shows how authoritarian regimes abuse anti-extremism legislation to suppress diversity and self-expression.

The UK government has proposed a series of measures that would weaken legal protections for the right to privacy. Rights groups and industry experts must continue to push back. End-to-end encryption ...

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 ...

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 ...

Without the ingenuity of feminists from the Global South and networks of committed activists on every continent, we would never have heard the phrase: “Women’s Rights are Human Rights.” When First ...

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 ...

Imagine calling your bank to resolve an issue, but the customer service representative suddenly accuses you of fraud and threatens to suspend your bank account if you don’t invite the “real” you. Why?

Border technologies heighten the historical violence of colonialism and imperialism while failing to address the root causes of forced migration. Seidu Mohammed and Razak Iyal proudly hold up their ...

With the proliferation of national government structures that report to human rights bodies, the complementary role of independent rights monitoring institutions remains crucial to ensuring states’ ...

Impunity in Mexico is not accidental, random, or involuntary. Instead, impunity results from a chain of actions taken with the express purpose of undermining investigations. We contend that impunity ...

Understanding how datafication affects the rights and interests of people, and power relationships at large, is key for an effective defense of human rights. What do we mean when we say datafication?