Feb 23, 2021 | Business & Economics, Politics & Society
By Gilbert Wong International business expert Christina Stringer has lifted the lid on migrant workers facing serious exploitation in New Zealand. When a temporary migrant worker queried his $8 an hour wage for an 80-hour week job, his employer told him, “We are the...
Feb 23, 2021 | Politics & Society
By Shawan Jabarin Israel may finally be investigated for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip. In a landmark ruling on Friday 5 February, the International Criminal Court (ICC) recognised its...
Jan 26, 2021 | Politics & Society, Science & Technology
In the midst of the global COVID-19 pandemic, the development of vaccines offer hope for global health action. But the task of distributing the vaccine has multiple human rights concerns, including issues of vaccine nationalism and equitable distribution to...
Jan 18, 2021 | Politics & Society
The COVID-19 pandemic has created challenges in prisons and for prisoner rights all over the world, Prison crowding and sub-standard living conditions have created ideal breeding grounds for the virus. How has the pandemic threatened the human rights of the...
Jul 14, 2020 | Politics & Society
By Tim Dare, Paul Rishworth & Jiamou Liu Professors Tim Dare and Paul Rishworth and Dr Jiamou Liu have their say on whether the Covid-19 lockdowns could be a portent for freedom restrictions in the future. Tim Dare: Co-operation has been critical The Covid-19...
Jan 28, 2020 | Politics & Society
By Ben Goldson Duterte claims to be fighting crime. But it appears that unionists are being killed with virtual impunity in the Philippines. In 1975, workers at the La Tondena brewery in Manila walked off the job, defying Ferdinand Marcos halfway through the two...
Sep 26, 2018 | Business & Economics
Can international finance systems be harnessed to protect human rights? While historically financiers have funded some of the worse of human rights abuses, finances also enabled great human leaps. David Kinley argues that it is time to alter the financial system for...
Sep 24, 2018 | Politics & Society
This year marks the 70th anniversary of the Declaration of Human Rights. How has it changed the world as we know it? In 1948 the Declaration was signed to prevent the horrors of WWII from re-occurring. It set up human rights standards for all and is the world’s...