Controlling the Pandemic, Guaranteeing Rights

A widely studied topic in comparative law is the extent to which countries’ legal origins—and especially whether they are a civil or common law system...

The United States has taken legislative and executive actions to address human rights violations committed by the People's Republic of China (PRC)...

On October 14, 2021, the United States was elected to the UN Human Rights Council (HRC), fulfilling a pledge President Joseph R. Biden Jr. made during...

Human rights discourse has become central to the global debates about treatment of and solutions for refugees and displaced persons. Following the...

The constitutional rules that govern how states engage with international law have profound implications for foreign affairs, yet we lack...

The policy-research project conducted by hub members Aaron Acosta and Camilo Sánchez aimed to shed light on the concerning phenomenon of high...

Sostenemos que es necesario revisar las decisiones negativas tomadas por la URT para asegurar que los derechos de las víctimas no han sido vulnerados...

In a highly influential book, Not Enough, Samuel Moyn argues that the modern human rights movement has failed to address economic inequality. Moyn...

This document provides an overview of the situation of women and gender in Colombian society; politics and the economy amidst armed conflict and...

How do international laws affect citizens' willingness to accept refugees? In full and partial democracies, citizens' attitudes can influence national...

Militaries may soon begin to develop and deploy predictive algorithms for use during armed conflicts to help them assess which actors are dangerous...

This chapter will tell the legal, historical, and political tale of two major immigration cases decided by the U.S. Supreme Court during President...

This paper is a contribution to an upcoming issue of Law and Contemporary Problems devoted to work originating in the Conference, “What’s Next for...

By any measure, the study of international human rights and humanitarian law is flourishing throughout the academy like never before. This golden age...

This concluding essay to the “Future of Human Rights Scholarship” special issue outlines how political scientists could draw on developments in law...