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Tag: Human Rights

The new government’s greatest challenge may be rebuilding a just society in the aftermath of barbaric state violence.

Joelle M. Abi-Rached

Famine denial’s past and present, from Ukraine to Gaza.

Alex de Waal

In the wake of exploding pagers, universalism plunges into the abyss.

Joelle M. Abi-Rached

Jodi Dean responds to Ayça Çubukçu’s “Many Speak for Palestine.”

Ayça Çubukçu, Jodi Dean

Is partition the only path to self-determination?

Leila Farsakh

Why is the reality of Palestinian suffering denied in the Israeli consciousness?

Oded Na’aman

How Zionism’s dreams of liberation became entangled with colonialism.

Barnett R. Rubin

Israel’s attacks on health care workers and facilities in Gaza are unprecedented.

Joelle M. Abi-Rached

Israel’s weaponization of images since October 7 obfuscates its genocidal campaign against Palestinians.

Ariella Aïsha Azoulay

The law occludes the abhorrent violence routinely perpetrated by states in the name of self-defense.

A. Dirk Moses

“Never again” means standing up for Palestinian people. “Never again” means this very moment.

Stefanie Fox

A conversation with Palestinian human rights attorney Noura Erakat on the need for a political solution.

Deborah Chasman, Noura Erakat

Amid ongoing reporting and ethical outrage, we need context for the fight between Hamas and Israel—and how it shapes possibilities for peace.

Rajan Menon
Andrew Ross

The legal doctrine of "superior responsibility" makes the Russian president liable for war crimes committed in Ukraine.

Feisal G. Mohamed

In her new book, historian Kelly Lytle Hernández makes the case for why U.S. history only makes sense when told as a binational story.

Jonna Perrillo

Condemning U.S. deference to Israel, a cousin remembers the life and legacy of the slain Palestinian American journalist.

Jennifer Zacharia

Critics say human rights discourse blunts social transformation. It doesn't have to.

Zachary Manfredi

Twenty years of cruel anti-immigrant policy have left thousands of asylum seekers in limbo, detained in offshore prisons or in mainland commercial hotels.

Eleanor Davey

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