The following piece is published as an honorable mention in the Harvard Human Rights Journal’s Winter 2021 Essay Contest. The contest, Beyond the Headlines: Underrepresented Topics in Human Rights, sought to share the work of Harvard University students with a broader audience and shed light on important issues that popular media may overlook. The United […]
The following piece is published as an honorable mention in the Harvard Human Rights Journal’s Winter 2021 Essay Contest. The contest, Beyond the Headlines: Underrepresented Topics in Human Rights, sought to share the work of Harvard University students with a broader audience and shed light on important issues that popular media may overlook. Perpetuating Islamophobic Discrimination
COVID-19 Emergency Powers as a Weapon for Targeting LGBTIQ People in Uganda? Zanele Nyoni[*] Keywords: African Law and Society; Gender and Sexuality; Discrimination; Human Rights; International Human Rights; Equality; Sexual Orientation Introduction Uganda, like many other African countries, remains a heteronormative society with deeply rooted hostility towards its LGBTIQ community. The LGBTIQ community has
The following piece is published as an honorable mention in the Harvard Human Rights Journal’s Winter 2021 Essay Contest. The contest, Beyond the Headlines: Underrepresented Topics in Human Rights, sought to share the work of Harvard University students with a broader audience and shed light on important issues that popular media may overlook. The Plight of
The following piece was selected as one of two winners of the Harvard Human Rights Journal’s Winter 2021 Essay Contest. The contest, Beyond the Headlines: Underrepresented Topics in Human Rights, sought to share the work of Harvard University students with a broader audience and shed light on important issues that popular media may overlook.
The following piece was selected as one of two winners of the Harvard Human Rights Journal’s Winter 2021 Essay Contest. The contest, Beyond the Headlines: Underrepresented Topics in Human Rights, sought to share the work of Harvard University students with a broader audience and shed light on important issues that popular media may overlook.
Algorithmic Detention and International Human Rights Law Hannah Kannegieter[*] Two regimes in international law regulate detention—international humanitarian law (“IHL”) and international human rights law (“IHRL”). Both regimes may operate simultaneously and in the same place.[1] The International Court of Justice has explained that “the [non-derogable] protection[s] offered by human rights conventions do not cease
Venezuela: From Human Rights Transgressions to Constitutional Paradox Humberto Briceno Leon[*] I. Introduction In 1999, then-President Hugo Chávez introduced an anti-democratic socialist regime in Venezuela: socialism of the twenty-first century (SXXIC). While the SXXIC campaign comprised wide-ranging economic reforms, it also sought to replace “representative democracy” with an ostensibly “participatory democracy” through a Constituent
Limitations on Political Rights of Refugees and Asylum Seekers in South Africa: Perspectives from International Law James McGovern[*] Introduction On January 1, 2020, South Africa’s Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi announced the introduction of new regulations which could have significant implications for engagement in any political activity by refugees or asylum seekers in the
