Paper promises: the Universal Declaration of Human Rights at 70
Why is it so easy for governments to ignore this much-feted document? TJ Coles analyzes the British case.
Feminists challenge inaction at UN summit
Conservative anti-rights groups, and the failure of rich nations to take responsibility for climate change, threatened to block progress at this year’s women’s rights conference, writes Umyra Ahmad.
Human rights after Trump
Nanjala Nyabola explains why Trump presents a challenge for those who work in human rights.
The Ogiek won reparations, now they want results
One year after a court ruling, the Ogiek are still waiting for reparations. Amy Hall reports on a case that could change the lives of Indigenous people across the region.
Should emergency aid be neutral and unconditional?
Khin Ohmar and Toby Lanzer explore the complex trade-offs made by humanitarians working under repressive regimes.
Our bodies, our rights
According to the UN, most surgeries on intersex babies amount to torture. Valentino Vecchietti calls for urgent change.
How private equity eroded the right to housing
The UN expert on housing explains how, almost overnight, private equity firms became the biggest landlords in the world.
Who are you calling a nazi?
Richard Swift and Conrad Landin examine Vladimir Putin’s bogus claims of ‘de-nazification’ in Ukraine.
Who cares? Humanitarianism under threat
Hazel Healy investigates the challenges facing 21st century disaster response.
Myanmar’s internet shutdown
The recent post-coup wave of internet shutdowns and disruptions is an unsettling escalation of a global problem, writes Michael Caster.
Brutal forced deportations, globalization and human rights
The Stansted 15 have exposed the hypocrisy of Britain, Ann Pettifor argues.
‘If they suppress BDS, no other movement is safe’
As alarming, anti-democratic measures are aimed at Palestine solidarity activists in the UK and beyond, New Internationalist speaks to Omar Barghouti, co-founder of the Boycott Divestment Sanctions movement.
The fight for children’s rights
On Human Rights Day, Kamena Dorling reflects on how children are claiming their right to protect the planet’s future.
How the UN turned a profit from Israeli settlements
In an investigation for New Internationalist, Jack Davies reveals that UN pension funds are unwittingly reaping returns in violation of international law.
A child’s right to be forgotten
Roxana Olivera tells a cautionary tale of her dogged attempts to get an abusive, intrusive photograph – taken without its subject’s consent – removed from the internet.
Spies, damned spies
How far are states willing to go to spy on dissent? Bethany Rielly reports from Catalonia to find out.
ECRF: Fighting for life and freedom in Egypt
Alessio Perrone meets the activists fighting to shine light on human rights abuses during Egypt’s dark days.
Hitting the population brakes
Popular wisdom has it that everything is speeding up, including population growth. Danny Dorling shows just how wrong that is – and argues that we are actually in a time of slowdown. A tour of future population…
Is it too late to stop climate collapse?
The theory of ‘deep adaptation’ is rapidly gaining support. Richard Swift assesses how far, if anywhere, it will take us and what better paths we could go down.
Could the Left take power in Colombia?
With the South American country closer than ever to electing a leftwing government, Nick MacWilliam explores what it could mean for peace and human rights.
‘Stop the poison’
Peruvian women call on Anglo-Swiss mining giant Glencore, investors and UK and EU parliamentarians to take action on toxic drinking water. Vanessa Baird reports.
