Implementing health rights – dilemmas, constraints & opportunities
But what does the right to health mean in practice?
Effects of constitutional change
Constitutions are at the heart of intense political struggles – but how much of a difference do constitutions really make?
Global LGBTIQ equality battles
The past decade has seen increasing political contestation over sexual orientation and gender identity in all parts of the world, with rights and courts at the center of the battles.
Backlash!
To study and establish backlash effects raises complicated questions both at conceptual and methodological level. How can we uncover the causal mechanisms at play and systematically measure effects?
Seminar: Operationalising a rights-based approach to Health. Reorienting Health and measuring impact.
Norwegian development aid should be human rights based. But how can this be done in practice? And how should it be assessed? See full-length video clips from the seminar on the International Human Rights Day 2015 here.
Book Launch: “Power, Suffering, and the Struggle for Dignity”
Welcome to the launch of the new book by Alicia Ely Yamin, Policy Director of the FXB Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard University and Global Fellow of the Centre on Law & Social Transformation. At the launch Professor Paul Hunt, former UN Special Rapporteur on the right to health, Jashodhara Dasgupta, SAHAYOG […]
A new push for peace in Colombia
A conversation between Diego Martínez, General Secretary of the Permanent Committee for the Defense of Human Rights in Colombia, and Elin Skaar, Senior Researcher, CMI. On September 23rd the Colombian President and FARC announced that an agreement to end the world’s longest civil war had been reached. One of the most difficult items on their […]
Land rights and socio-environmental conflict in India
This panel presents work in progress from the ongoing research project on Land Rights and Inclusive Sustainable Development in India’s federal system.
Abortion Rights Lawfare in Latin America
Abortion is high politics in many parts of the world, not least in Latin America. Over the past decade, some countries have totally banned abortion or further restricted access, while others have liberalized their laws and policies. Activist on all sides have used courts in their struggles – and strategies and rhetoric seem to travel. […]
Annual LawTransform Lecture: Gerald Rosenberg “Hollow Hope Revisited: on the impact of marriage equality litigation in the USA”
Gerald Rosenberg’s 1991 book “The Hollow Hope”, one of the most cited works in socio-legal studies, forcefully argued that litigation is unlikely to bring significant social change. A quarter of a century later, it remains the standard reference, placing the onus of proof on those who see lawfare as a path to social transformation to […]