Category Archives: Civil society
The Persistence of Chinese Rights Defenders
Scholars have recently critiqued human rights as a purely Eurocentric construct that has failed to find wider appeal and is now on the decline. Some cite the apparent success of China’s repressive political regime in support of this argument, but … Continue reading
New paperback! And a chat with activists in the Uncounted
Paperback coming out, and recordings of a chat with civil society activists interviewed in the Uncounted. Continue reading
The silence at AIDS 2020 Virtual
Reprinted from Harvard Health and Human Rights Journal. For decades, the International AIDS Conference has successfully convened a massive biannual meeting, bringing together a diverse community of scientists, researchers, activists and officials, as well as a smattering of celebrities. At a … Continue reading
Health aid accountability and the politics of data
This webinar was organized on June 26, 2020 by the Kampala Initiative: Challenging Realities of “Aid”. Speakers included Dr. John Waters (Caribbean Vulnerable Communities) and Hayden Barthelmy (GrenCHAP), civil society activists from the Caribbean who successfully conducted an HIV study … Continue reading
Online events on the Uncounted
Three events, including one featuring the activists in the book discussing their work. Continue reading
The Uncounted book is out
Here’s a link and a discount code to buy the book. Continue reading
Is civic space closing in global health?
Leading international activists and journalists debate as part of the Graduate Institute’s 73rd World Health Assembly week. Continue reading
Right On Podcast, Episode 1: When the coronavirus comes in the door, do human rights go out the window?
What trade-offs should we make between our rights and the greater public good? Continue reading
Winter Road: Rotterdam to Vilnius
Ghosts of the past and an independent artists’ republic, on the road across northern Europe. Continue reading
Hundreds sign letter to call on China to free Changsha 3
Over 200 individuals and organizations from Africa, Asia, Latin America, Caribbean, E Europe & C Asia called on China to release 3 legal activists. Continue reading
