Human rights in 2020
We continued to feel intense suffocation in Pakistan throughout 2020. The state of human rights, which has consistently remained morbid for the past few years, definitely did not improve this…
Protecting human rights
Every year, December 10 is marked across the globe as International Human Rights Day, commemorating the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the United Nations General Assembly…
NAB versus human rights
THAT the National Accountability Bureau has little respect for human rights is widely known. The extent to which human rights are violated by NAB can only be established by documentation,…
Pakistan and the rights agenda
A few weeks ago, Pakistani diplomacy, known traditionally for punching above its weight, landed another historic win when Pakistan was elected to a fifth, three-year term at the UN Human…
Inhumane acts
Black Ribbon Day is observed every year on August 23 in the European Union and other parts of the world, including Canada and the US. Officially known as the European…
New Syrian land law raises red flags for rights groups, lawyers
Rights groups and specialists are sounding the alarm over a new Syrian law on urban development, saying millions of displaced risk never returning home after losing claim to land left…
That river has rights: new strategy to protect planet
For some, human rights are not enough - it's nature's turn, now. In a growing global movement, environmentalists are trying a new legal route to protect the planet - vesting…
Right to humanity
Samer Arbeed, a 44-year-old Palestinian man, was violently arrested on September 25 by plain-clothed Israeli soldiers on suspicion of organising a deadly bombing in the occupied West Bank. After initially…
The end of humanitarianism?
The last century has seen the emergence of several humanitarian norms and laws that were arduous, even frustrating, to implement and often ignored by governments, but which were the result…
That river has rights: new strategy to protect planet
For some, human rights are not enough - it's nature's turn, now. In a growing global movement, environmentalists are trying a new legal route to protect the planet - vesting…
