Indigenous Peoples from Canada Protesting for their rights By: Nick Lencz Pierre Elliot Trudeau was the Prime Minister of Canada when the Charter of Rights and Freedoms was implemented in 1982. Trudeau had long been a proponent of the rights of people and for every one to be given equal treatment and opportunity, at leastContinue reading "Canada and Human Rights: Protecting Indigenous Peoples"
Are Indigenous People Second Class Citizens? How Kulchyski Conceptualizes Aboriginal Rights apart from Human Rights.
(courtesy The Canadian Press/Chuck Mitchell)British Columbia cabinet minister Frank Calder talking to the media in Ottawa on 8 February 1973. Peter Kulchyski is currently a full-time professor at the University of Manitoba in the Department of Native Studies. Dr. Kulchyski’s research revolves around “Aboriginal cultural politics, political development in the Canadian Arctic, land claims andContinue reading "Are Indigenous People Second Class Citizens? How Kulchyski Conceptualizes Aboriginal Rights apart from Human Rights."
The Discrepancy in Canadian Law
By: Ante Plazonja Lori G. Beaman is a professor at the University of Ottawa and is a holder of the Canada Research Chair in religious diversity and social change. She has published works regarding religious diversity and freedom in the past, so this article fits well in her bibliography. This article takes place around theContinue reading "The Discrepancy in Canadian Law"
Clément: Human Rights in Canada
by Alex Larsen Dominique Clément is a sociology professor at the University of Alberta. He has a Bachelor of Arts from Queens, a Master of Arts from the University of British Columbia and a PhD from Memorial University of Newfoundland, he had also done studying in various universities throughout the world. He specializes in humanContinue reading "Clément: Human Rights in Canada"
Translating global Human Rights law into the vernacular : the example of gender violence.
by Cléo VANDEWALLE Waris Dirie, former UN Goodwil Ambassador in the fight against Female Genital Mutilation , founder of the "Desert Flower Foundation" addressing Female Genital Mutilation through economic projects in Africa and author of an autobiographical book : Desert Flower: The extraordinary Journey of A Desert Nomad Sally Engle Merry is a professorContinue reading "Translating global Human Rights law into the vernacular : the example of gender violence."
Gay Rights are Human Rights
by Melody Perkins credit: Bettmann Archive/Getty Image Laura A. Belmonte is the Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences at Virginia Tech and is a specialist in US Foreign Relations, having authored a number of articles on cultural diplomacy. “The International LGBT Rights Movement: An Introductory history,” asks readers to imagine whetherContinue reading "Gay Rights are Human Rights"
Sex and social justice: Women and cultural universals
Carey Atkinson French intellectual Michel Foucault introduced Power/Knowledge discourse, in which power and knowledge are seen as inextricably related entities. Knowledge is always an exercise of power, and power is always a function of knowledge. It is upon this framework that lies Martha Nussbaum’s conceptualisation of the origins of human rights, and upon this injusticeContinue reading "Sex and social justice: Women and cultural universals"
Violence and Human Rights: Can They be Compatible?
by Robyn Sulkko Mandela at the Rivonia Trial Randall Williams is an instructor of literature at the University of California, San Diego. In this chapter of his book The Divided World: Human Rights and Its Violence, Williams argues that the commitment of Amnesty International to their nonviolence clause marks the beginning of the international humanContinue reading "Violence and Human Rights: Can They be Compatible?"
The Embarrassment of the West
A Klose Analysis by Haylie Roy-White This is a clip from the movie "La Bataille d'Alger" directed by Gillo Pontecorvo. The film was released in September of 1966, four years after Algeria's independence. The film follows the life of Algerians and Front de la Liberation National (FLN) members during the Algerian French war of 1954Continue reading "The Embarrassment of the West"
Moyn and How Memory Made Way for the Movement we Know Today
By Shayla Beauchamp French President of Council Vincent Auriol delivers a speech during the opening ceremony of the third United Nations Assembly at the close of which, on 10 December 1948, was adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights at the Palais de Chaillot in Paris. Samuel Moyn is currently a professor of Jurisprudence andContinue reading "Moyn and How Memory Made Way for the Movement we Know Today"
Dr. Meredith Terretta 