In the field
Human Rights Lawyering in Québec City
By: Sarah Cha Heading back to Montreal after three months interning at Avocats sans frontières Canada (ASFC), I’ve had plenty of time to...
September 11, 2017
Les “Gardiens de la Brousse”
Par Lucas Matthieu Le Burkina Faso connait depuis deux ans maintenant l’émergence de milices armées indépendantes dans les quatre coins du pays. Nommées...
September 10, 2017
Ana’s Retirement Party
By Emily Ann Painter It was late Thursday afternoon when Aji, Muzhgan and I, “the IJ interns” as they refer to us around...
September 6, 2017
A moment of reflection: My work and why human rights work matters
By Taylor Gillespie Now that I’ve been home for a few weeks, I’ve had a chance to really reflect on my experience in...
September 5, 2017
Airing My Ignorance
By Joel Badali For this blog post, I thought I’d talk about the various ways in which I learned to navigate the fact...
September 4, 2017
A Visit to the High Court of Delhi
By Alexa Franczak Visiting the High Court of Delhi is not an easy process. Unlike Canadian courts where in most cases one can...
September 1, 2017
On writing a poem – or not
By Joel Badali I wanted to write a poem at first. It's been five years since my last excursion living abroad and I...
August 31, 2017
Safeguards – Regional and International Protections on the Rights of Children
By Katerina Lagassé The Adhikain Para Sa Karapatang Pambata (AKAP)[1] Child Rights Desk of the Ateneo Centre for Human Rights works with different...
August 31, 2017
The Ateneo Human Rights Center (AHRC) and Human Rights Education
By Katerina Lagassé The Ateneo Human Rights Center (AHRC) of the Ateneo de Manila School of Law facilitates an internship program that provides...
August 30, 2017
The Exclusion of Women’s Interests in India’s Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation, and Resettlement Act, 2013
By Alexa Franczak The Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation, and Resettlement Act (LARR), 2013 came into force on...
August 27, 2017
A truly international evening
By: Nathalie Laflamme It’s quite hard to describe the IHRTP to someone who hasn’t experienced it themselves. At least, that’s what I told...
August 21, 2017
Defining Equality: Namibia’s Supreme Court and the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
By Kevin Lee Pinkoski Equality in Namibia and the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: A young country – with a new constitution –...
August 17, 2017