May
3
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office have just published their latest Annual Report for 2011 on Human Rights and Democracy. This year’s report includes a section on the Arab Spring, explains the significance of human rights in the government’s foreign policy and provides case studies to supplement the report’s analysis of countries of concern.
May
2
Facebook, Twitter and humanitarian action
May 2, 2012 | Leave a Comment
Read Rob Grace’s interesting post in the Harvard University Program on Humanitarian Policy and Conflict Research (HPCR) blog on the important role social media, such as Facebook and Twitter, play in supporting humanitarian action. You can also sign up for the Program’s forthcoming Web seminar on Social Media as a Tool for Humanitarian Protection which will take place at 2.30 pm our [...]
Nov
15
UK Human Rights Blog
November 15, 2011 | 1 Comment
The UK Human Rights Blog is written by barristers from 1 Crown Office Row, a leading set of civil law Chambers. It “aims to provide a free, comprehensive and balanced legal update service”. Launched in early 2010, it already has a substantial following. You can search for blog posts on individual articles of the European [...]
Aug
3
Netherlands Quarterly on Human Rights
August 3, 2011 | Leave a Comment
Fulltext access to this journal is available from two sources via the Electronic Journals search. HeinOnline provides access up to 2007 , but more recent issues are available only from the Publisher link, which is not Athens authenticated. The relevant password information can be found by clicking on the “PW” link to the right of the Publisher [...]