Advocates say that a new approach to conservation based in human rights and legal recognition of Indigenous and other community land tenure is needed.

Advocates and activists for human rights are currently facing a paradox: the coexistence of profound challenges in familiar territory (civil liberties) alongside expansion into new areas. Rights-based ...

This annual IHRN training programme aims at enhancing the skills of justice sector personnel, consultants, managers etc, in applying Human Rights Based Approaches to Justice Sector Reform.

Making the Case: What Is the Evidence of Impact of Applying Human Rights-Based Approaches to Health? Paul Hunt, Alicia Ely Yamin and Flavia Bustreo Health and Human Rights , pp. 1-9 (9 pages) ...

Tim Wilson, Australia’s Human Rights Commissioner, has announced that he will take a “classical liberal” approach to human rights. There is a fair degree of confusion about what this means.

A human rights-based approach to coral reef protection could ensure governments are held to account for safeguarding marine ecosystems.

On Dec. 7, 2005, Canadian-born mother and grandmother Sheila Watt-Cloutier filed a 163-page petition with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights arguing that the impacts of climate change ...

Great challenges also come with them, especially regarding human rights. At the Council of Europe, we are working on modernizing our 1981 Convention on the subject, including for example a right not ...