The recent events in the Middle East and North Africa have demonstrated the potential of online social media as a tool of political activism, as well as the counter-measures this has provoked from repressive regimes. This potential, and State responses so far, raise significant human rights...

The article reviews trends in international non-binding standards:1) the equalisation of indigenous peoples and local communities as rights-holders;2) the strength and weakness of the safeguards approach in the context of redd+;3) the wide definition of who constitutes stakeholders; and 4) the...

Norway’s policies regarding Sámi and most national minorities in an historic perspective can be characterized as forced assimilation; except for Jews and Roma, where the historic policy can be termed exclusion. The Norwegian Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) is intended to be a...

This Chapter offers a thematic look at the equality framework of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) and compares it to the broad features of contemporary Australian law and policy related to disability. Throughout, we will return to an ongoing conceptual tension...

Human rights and the environment are inherently linked. This connection is even stronger in cases of indigenous peoples rights, the close ties they have with the land is the fundamental basis of their cultural, spiritual, and material life. Although inherent, this link between human rights and...

The guiding principle of International Human Rights Law (IHRL) is “recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family,” otherwise known as universality. In order to ensure the universality of access to justice despite social...

This paper explores the main features of digital repression in Russia, especially in the context of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The repression of digital activism is not a new phenomenon in Russia; however, it gained fresh momentum during the Russian-Ukrainian war. Security has been used as...

This paper frames the state of mental health policy in India in terms of seven sets of questions, and seeks to provide at least partial answers to these questions, based on a meta-analysis of existing research. Given the complexity of the subject, this paper is meant to serve more as a framing...