An analysis that confronts the many forms of oppressive power can help social movements build transformative power.

State-sponsored violence, even in self-defense, is an oxymoron and a refutation of state-building. If humans can kill each ...

No longer science fiction, technologies enabling communication with nonhuman animals now offer a host of opportunities — and ...

Monica Iyer is an assistant professor at the Georgia State University College of Law. Prior to joining Georgia State, she taught in the International Human Rights Clinic at Duke University School of ...

Youth incarceration in the United States constitutes a human rights violation. To begin addressing this, the legal system ...

Emma Crowe is a lawyer at NYU Law's TERRA program, where she works on issues related to ecological emergencies and human rights. She is the Managing Editor of OpenGlobalRights.

Jackie Gallant is a Litigation Associate at NYU Law's Earth Rights Research & Action (TERRA) program, where she works on projects addressing the climate emergency and its implications for rights ...

A participatory action research (PAR) approach to legal empowerment builds community resilience, disrupts power, and advances ...