The UN’s special rapporteurs are experts charged with a singular mandate: to monitor the world’s worst human rights abuses

International Award for Master’s and PhD Research on Repression, Surveillance and Censorship in Contemporary RussiaРусская версия

6.30pm Weds 29 Oct | Kerry Goettlich, Eddie Keene, Joanne Yao, Ayşe Zarakol | Free public event at LSE

6.30pm Weds 29 Oct | Kerry Goettlich, Eddie Keene, Joanne Yao, Ayşe Zarakol | Free public event at LSE

Geertje Bol and Jan Eijking review “Erased: A History of International Thought Without Men,” by Patricia Owens.

Alvina Hoffmann discusses the key points from her new RIS article.

GENEVA – The Coordination Committee of the Special Procedures of the Human Rights Council today strongly condemned the US Government’s sanctions on Francesca Albanese, the Special Rapporteur on the si...

Twice already during this war, the people of Gaza have pulled back from the brink of categorical famine – both times...

Nearly three months ago, U.S. President Donald Trump slapped sanctions on the International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor, Karim Khan

This International Relations Working Group session features a presentation by Dr. Alvina Hoffmann (SOAS University of London) who will present a draft chapter of her book manuscript on human rights el...

Three excellent books made the list and will be judged by a committee appointed by a BISA trustee.

The plural professional: How UN human rights experts construct their independence

It’s only a century since US diplomats first persuaded the world that it’s wrong for countries to annex their neighbours