Human Rights

Since the 4th of July holiday weekend, around sixty large hotels in Southern California, and especially in Los Angeles, have been affected by extensive strikes, mobile pickets and demonstrations. 32,000 workers (room maids, cooks, dishwashers, bartenders and receptionists) are trying…

With the presence of his son Pablo, his brother Jorge, his partner Astrid, Inés and several other people related to his family, friends, comrades in struggle, militants of various forces of the left, people from the world of culture, humanism,…

Authorities Need to Learn Lessons to Avert Future Deaths at Sea Official investigations into credible allegations that the Hellenic Coast Guard’s actions and omissions contributed to the shipwreck and loss of life off Pylos, Greece six months ago have made…

Interview with Elena Gordillo Fuertes about the intersection between Resource Governance and Human Rights. Elena Gordillo Fuertes is a UNICEF Junior Consultant and a master’s student at the University of British Columbia in Canada in Public Policy and Global Affairs,…

Bisan Owda, a 25-year-old journalist from Gaza, recently expressed a bleak outlook: ‘I no longer have any hope of survival…I am certain that I will die in the next few weeks or maybe days.’ Bisan’s harrowing sentiment reflects the dangerous…

By Maxine Lowy Slowly, the crowd moves forward one step and then another and then stands still, slowly turning counterclockwise, with the Pirámide de Mayo crowned by the Statue of Liberty on the left and the Casa Rosada in front,…

On 10 December, Human Rights Day (HRD) was celebrated all over the world, commemorating the 75th anniversary of the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Paris in 1948. This declaration was a very important historical milestone in…

We publish here the words of the humanist Dario Ergas on the occasion of the installation of a plaque in homage to Deputy Laura Rodríguez in the Villa Grimaldi Peace Park, which she helped to found in the years immediately…

 Geneva, 12 December 2023 – A large majority of UN member States have yet to make any sufficient legal attempt to protect intersex people’s right to bodily integrity and autonomy. Still, a trend of positive developments is emerging, ILGA World said today.…

To think of achieving the full exercise of human rights within the framework of a capitalist system is a blunder and utter naivety. An error of judgement that is not spontaneous but intentionally induced by those who hold the hegemony…