Sunday, July 2, 2023

New Issue: Journal of Human Rights Practice

The latest issue of the Journal of Human Rights Practice (Vol. 15, no. 1, February 2023) is out. Contents include:
  • Articles
    • Special Focus
      • Jeff Handmaker, Introduction to the Legal Mobilization Special Focus
      • Jeff Handmaker & Sanne Taekema, O Lungo Drom: Legal Mobilization as Counterpower
      • Thandiwe Matthews, Interrogating the Debates Around Lawfare and Legal Mobilization: A Literature Review
      • Jackie Dugard, Water Rights Struggles in Johannesburg and Detroit Revisited: Looking Beyond Courts at the Politics and Power of Rights-Based Legal Mobilization in a Neoliberal Global Order: A ‘Powerpack’ Analysis
    • Articles
      • Frédéric Mégret, Immunities of Foreign Officials for International Crimes: The Dilemmas of Strategic Litigation
      • Ken MacLean, Interactive Digital Platforms, Human Rights Fact Production, and the International Criminal Court
      • Valeria Vegh Weis, Exploring the World’s First Successful Truth Commission: Argentina’s CONADEP and the Role of Victims in Truth-Seeking
      • Melanie Klinkner, The Right to the Truth as an Enabler for Missing Persons Efforts
      • Marie Claire Van Hout, Simon Fleißner, & Heino Stöver, ‘Women’s Right to Health in Detention’: United Nations Committee Observations Since the Adoption of the United Nations Rules for the Treatment of Women Prisoners and Non-custodial Measures for Women Offenders (Bangkok Rules)
      • Antoine P. G. Meyer, Straightforward? Family Reunification for Refugees in France: Aligning Legal Standards, Institutional Practices and Procedural Guarantees
      • Roni Kay Marie O’Dell & Linda Veazey, Is Amnesty International Still a Grassroots, Member-Led Organization? An Assessment of Its Democratic Viability
      • Tracy Smith-Carrier & Jacqueline On, Ambitious for Change? A Critical Appraisal of the Canadian Indicator Framework of the Sustainable Development Goals
      • Huong Thi Lan Phan, Promoting Access to Justice for Victims of Sexual Violence in Vietnam
      • Luana Xavier Pinto Coelho, Building the Inter-American Convention Against Racism: between Antiracist Pride and Racism Denial
      • Róisín Hennessy, Exploring the Role of Social Protection Interventions in Preventing Child Labour: Reinforcing the Case for a Human Rights-Based Model of Intervention
      • Bernhard Knoll-Tudor, Márta Pardavi & Marta Achler, Cartel of Silence: How the European Union Undermines the Work of its Human Rights Defenders in the OSCE
      • Ratna Juwita, Exploring Corruption as a Violation of Human Rights in the Practices of International Human Rights Institutions
      • Harrison Kwame Golo, Understanding and Practices of Human Rights Standards Relating to Policing: A Case of Ghana Police Officers
      • Vivek Bhatt, Long COVID and Children’s Rights