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Codifying Human Rights Approaches Into the Law of Disaster Response

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The International Law Commission’s project on the Protection of Persons in the Event of Disasters explicitly adopts a human rights-based approach to its core subject. Whether this will lead to harder forms of justiciability will largely depend on the capacity to frame disasters not as natural events but as both drivers and consequences of economic inequality.

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Independent Media Flee Russia to Evade Censorship Over War in Ukraine

Leave a Comment / Alumni Regional Correspondents, Caucasus, Conflicts & Disasters, Human Rights Defenders, Preparedness /

Russia has a long history of media censorship but since invading Ukraine, state propaganda has reached enormous levels. Most independent journalists have fled the country so they can report factually on current events. Others are protesting from within.

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The Proliferation of Cyber War and International Humanitarian Law

Leave a Comment / Conflicts & Disasters, Curated 3, Curated Series, Global, Preparedness /

The extraordinary growth of cyberspace has created new possibilities and threats in warfare. It has become crucial to identify a common understanding of cyber warfare if we are to effectively protect civilians from the direct and intentional effects of cyber operations.

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Tackling Ongoing Violence and Human Rights Abuses in Post-Coup Myanmar

Leave a Comment / Alumni Regional Correspondents, Asia-Pacific, Conflicts & Disasters, Preparedness /

After the recent military takeover, Myanmar continues to suffer. Hundreds have been killed or injured, thousands have been arrested or have fled across borders while millions face shortages of food, water and medical supplies. How can the international community help?

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The Impact of COVID-19 on Human Rights Response During Concurrent Protection Crises in Cameroon

Leave a Comment / Africa, Conflicts & Disasters, Preparedness /

Cameroon is currently facing several human rights protection concerns. The Northern regions suffer from Boko Haram insurgency, the East registers attacks from Central African Republic rebels, and the Northwest and Southwest are facing a violent conflict. Coupled with COVID-19, human rights response has been severely affected.

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COVID-19 and intrastate Armed Conflicts in Africa

Leave a Comment / Africa, Conflicts & Disasters, Preparedness /

It is clear that the COVID-19 pandemic presents a threat to international peace and security, particularly in Africa, which continues to shoulder the bulk of world hostilities and intrastate armed conflict. A conversation around strategies to mitigate the effects of COVID-19 in this context is therefore critical.

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Enforced Disappearance, Conflict Textiles and Human Rights ‘From Below’

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The perpetration of disappearances is a crisis which has worsened in the context of COVID-19. Conflict textiles are embroidered pieces of fabric which depict disappearances and other forms of violence, and are created to highlight and condemn these acts. They are a form of activism ‘from below’ that respond to human rights violations.

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COVID-19, SDGs and Disaster Preparedness

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The international community’s awareness of the growing occurrence of pandemics and comparable disasters emerges from instruments like the Agenda for Sustainable Development. However, the soft law nature of such tools leaves their implementation to the inconsistent ‘good faith’ of national actions.

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