Study on Inequality in Life and Death: The Duty to Investigate and Remedy the Systemic Causes of the Deaths of Persons with Disabilities under International Law (International Disability Alliance, Geneva, 2025) Gerard Quinn* “The only thing that makes sense of the loss of your loved one is that maybe lessons will be learned and the same […]
Reading Lemkin Today: Is Genocide Law Fit for the Purpose He Intended?
Reading Lemkin Today: Is Genocide Law Fit for the Purpose He Intended? Paul O’Brien*[1] On December 5, 2024, Amnesty International published a major research report on the international human rights crime of genocide. The report, You Feel Like You Are Subhuman: Israel’s Genocide against Palestinians in Gaza,[2] found a genocide had already taken place in […]
Start the Clock
Start the Clock* By Eli Cooper** This essay was selected as the Runner Up for the HHRJ Spring 2025 Essay Contest. I. Introduction Intersex people are far too often left out of conversations surrounding rights protections around the world.[1] They often experience extreme violations of their human rights, including but not limited to “infanticide . […]
The Journal’s Volume 38 Events
The Journal’s Volume 38 Events HHRJ was lucky to have an excellent slate of events this academic year. Please find below a recap of the year.
HHRJ Book Review – Righting Wrongs
HHRJ Book Review – Righting Wrongs By Jonathan Tucker* Kenneth Roth, the long-time director of Human Rights Watch, presents his new memoir, Righting Wrongs (Alfred A. Knopf, February 2025), as a testament to the most effective practices for safeguarding human rights worldwide.[1] While not a practical manual per se, Righting Wrongs does accomplish the goal […]
HHRJ Book Review – Human Rights on the Move
HHRJ Book Review – Human Rights on the Move By Eli Cooper* “Human rights is a field of play with a set of failures designed in it.”[1] “[T]he fact that . . . we had to come together as a human society to say, these are the rules, was another way of acknowledging that we […]