The ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), the growing criticism towards paternalistic and coercive models of ...
We propose a rights-based, recovery-oriented approach for mental health reform—one that both protects civil liberties and invests in the structural supports necessary for recovery. On September 10, ...
Conflict between people and wildlife has long been a challenge both for the wellbeing of local communities and for the ...
Astrid Puentes’s journey from Bogotá to the UN is shaped by a deep awareness of how environmental harm often mirrors social injustice. Early in her legal career, she confronted cases where pollution ...
Spurred by increasing public recognition of the dangers posed by police responses to mental health and substance use crises—particularly for people of color and individuals with ...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) urged a rights-based approach in a letter on Friday to the newly appointed African Union (AU) Special Envoy for the Sahel, Burundi President H.E. Évariste Ndayishimiye. HRW ...