Defender of the Week #5: Greta Thunberg
“I don’t want your hope. I don’t want you to be hopeful. I want you to panic, and act as
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What are Human Rights?
Why be a Human Rights Defender?
Why should we defend human rights? Asking this question is analogous to questioning why we breathe… it just wouldn’t make
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Defender of the Week #4: Kimberley Motley
(Photo: Helle Moos/made in Copenhagen) “The laws are ours, and no matter what your ethnicity, nationality, gender, race, they belong
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Defender of the Week #3: Kofi Annan
“Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family.” – Kofi
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Defender of the Week #2: Dr Denis Mukwege
“We need to eradicate rape as a weapon of war … like nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons.” – Dr Denis
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Defender of the Week #1: Rigoberta Menchú
“We are not myths of the past, ruins in the jungle, or zoos. We are people and we want to
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Celebrating 20 Years of the Rome Statute
(Photo: the signing of the Rome Statute in Rome, 1998) On 17th July, the International Criminal Court (ICC) celebrated the
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What are the ‘Rules of War’? The Geneva Convention Condensed
Otherwise known as international humanitarian law (IHL), the ‘rules of war’ detail what can and cannot be done in times
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