The Sur File on Natural Resources and Human Rights

The Real Heroes of the Environmental Movement - The Sur File on Natural Resources and Human Rights

• Human rights awards are an important tool that shine a global spotlight on local struggles •

Alex Soros | SUR N.25 | Jul/2017

La Lucha - Graphic Novel

• The Story of Lucha Castro and Human Rights in Mexico •

| SUR N.25 | Jul/2017

Water-Deprived - The Sur File on Natural Resources and Human Rights

• Israel’s occupation is dispossessing Palestinians of their land and resources •

Aseil Abu-Baker | SUR N.25 | Jul/2017

Accounting for the human rights harms of climate change - The Sur File on Natural Resources and Human Rights

• The use of strategic litigation is a key tool in holding governments responsible for inaction on climate change •

Tessa Khan | SUR N.25 | Jul/2017

The collapse of the River Doce dam - The Sur File on Natural Resources and Human Rights

• The use of international strategies as a way of reducing asymmetric distribution of power between human rights and business interests •

Caio Borges, Tchenna Fernandes Maso | SUR N.25 | Jul/2017

Wealth beyond reach - The Sur File on Natural Resources and Human Rights

• How mining activities in Afghanistan negatively impact local communities •

Javed Noorani | SUR N.25 | Jul/2017

Massacre at Marikana - The Sur File on Natural Resources and Human Rights

• A failure of oversight and the need for direct community involvement •

Manson Gwanyanya, Michael Power | SUR N.25 | Jul/2017

Cajamarca, Colombia - Experiences

• An example of dignity and hope for social and environmental movements in Colombia and Latin America •

Renzo Alexander García | SUR N.25 | Jul/2017

Reforming Liberia’s forestry sector - The Sur File on Natural Resources and Human Rights

• Reflections of a civil society activist •

Silas Kpanan Ayoung Siakor | SUR N.25 | Jul/2017

A New Energy “Third World” in North America? - The Sur File on Natural Resources and Human Rights

• How big energy companies plan to exploit the United States just as they have done to countries the Global South •

Michael T. Klare | SUR N.25 | Jul/2017

Berta lives! COPINH continues… - The Sur File on Natural Resources and Human Rights

• A legacy for life and the Earth •

Daysi Flores, Patricia Ardón | SUR N.25 | Jul/2017

International human rights regimes - Essays

• A matrix for analysis and classification •

Alejandro Anaya Muñoz | SUR N.25 | Jul/2017

Crimes against humanity in a democratic context - Essays

• The systematic pattern of violence in Brazil •

Marlon Alberto Weichert | SUR N.25 | Jul/2017

An unprecedented exercise of international supervision - Essays

• The Ayotzinapa case and the experience of the Interdisciplinary Group of Independent Experts (GIEI) in Mexico •

Santiago Aguirre Espinosa, Mario Patrón, Sofía de Robina, Stephanie Brewer, María Luisa Aguilar | SUR N.25 | Jul/2017

The implementation of UN treaty body recommendations - Essays

• An overview of latest developments and how to improve a key mechanism in human rights protection •

Vincent Ploton | SUR N.25 | Jul/2017

JUAN E. MÉNDEZ: “We have lost a sense of purpose about eliminating torture” - Conversations

• Interview with Juan E. Méndez •

| SUR N.25 | Jul/2017

Doctors Without Borders: coherent principles - Institutional Outlook

• The decision to suspend funds received from the European Union •

Renata Reis, Susana de Deus | SUR N.25 | Jul/2017

Oxfam’s Behind the Brand’s Code for Corporate Campaigning - Experiences

• Reflecting on what drove the campaign and why it was so successful •

Irit Tamir | SUR N.25 | Jul/2017

Human rights under siege - Voices

• How to respond to the populist threat facing human rights •

Philip Alston | SUR N.25 | Jul/2017

“I do not separate the struggle from my spirituality” - Profile

Beata Tsosie Peña | SUR N.25 | Jul/2017

“Fighting for human rights in my country means you know you are going to die, that they might kill you” - Profile

Jennifer Domínguez | SUR N.25 | Jul/2017

“I fight against religious racism and against environmental racism” - Profile

Jôice Cleide Santiago dos Santos | SUR N.25 | Jul/2017

Refusing Reproductive Health Services on Grounds of Conscience in Latin America - Essays

• Challenging policies and practises based on human rights standards •

Beatriz Galli, Diya Uberoi | SUR N.24 | Dec/2016

Violence against women in Latin America - Essays

• A look at access to justice and the structural conditions that allow cases of feminicide to multiply •

Natalia Gherardi | SUR N.24 | Dec/2016

Profile of Pedro Paulo Poppovic - Institutional Outlook

• "We did not create Sur Journal because we had certainties, but because we were plagued by doubts" •

Pedro Paulo Poppovic | SUR N.20 | Jun/Dec/2014

Reflections on the International Human Rights Movement in the 21st Century - Institutional Outlook

• Only the Answers Change •

Malak El-Chichini Poppovic, Oscar Vilhena Vieira | SUR N.20 | Jun/Dec/2014

What an Era of Global Protests Says about the Effectiveness of Human Rights as a Language to Achieve Social Change - Language

Sara Burke | SUR N.20 | Jun/Dec/2014

After Human Rights Standard Setting, What’s Next? - Language

Vinodh Jaichand | SUR N.20 | Jun/Dec/2014

Global Trends and the Future of Human Rights Advocacy - Language

David Petrasek | SUR N.20 | Jun/Dec/2014

The Future of Human Rights - Language

Samuel Moyn | SUR N.20 | Jun/Dec/2014

Challenges to the Global Human Rights Regime - Language

• Are Human Rights Still an Effective Language for Social Change? •

Stephen Hopgood | SUR N.20 | Jun/Dec/2014

Human Rights as an Effective Way to Produce Social Change - Language

Emilio Álvarez Icaza | SUR N.20 | Jun/Dec/2014

UN Special Procedures System is “Designed to Be Ineffective” - Language

• Interview with Raquel Rolnik •

Raquel Rolnik | SUR N.20 | Jun/Dec/2014

“Besides Human Rights, I Don’t See a Solution for Serving the Victims” - Language

• Interview with Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro •

Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro | SUR N.20 | Jun/Dec/2014

“The Rule of Law Has Consolidated All the Injustices that Existed Before it” - Language

• Interview with Kumi Naidoo •

Kumi Naidoo | SUR N.20 | Jun/Dec/2014

Are We Depoliticising Economic Power? - Themes

• Wilful Business Irresponsibility and Bureaucratic Response by Human Rights Defenders •

Janet Love | SUR N.20 | Jun/Dec/2014

Are Human Rights an Effective Tool for Social Change? - Themes

• A Perspective on Human Rights and Business •

Phil Bloomer | SUR N.20 | Jun/Dec/2014

Economic Power, Democracy and Human Rights - Themes

• A New International Debate on Human Rights and Corporations •

Gonzalo Berrón | SUR N.20 | Jun/Dec/2014

Issues and Challenges Facing Networks and Organisations Working in Migration and Human Rights in Mesoamerica - Themes

Diego Lorente Pérez de Eulate | SUR N.20 | Jun/Dec/2014

The Protection of LGBTI Rights: An Uncertain Outlook - Themes

Gloria Careaga Pérez | SUR N.20 | Jun/Dec/2014

Brazil, India, South Africa: Transformative Constitutions and their Role in LGBT Struggles - Themes

Arvind Narrain | SUR N.20 | Jun/Dec/2014

Emerging Powers - Themes

• Can it Be that Sexuality and Human Rights is a Lateral Issue? •

Sonia Corrêa | SUR N.20 | Jun/Dec/2014

Transitional Justice and Social Change - Themes

Clara Sandoval | SUR N.20 | Jun/Dec/2014

Human Rights Litigation in Southern Africa - Perspectives

• Not Easily Able to Discount Prevailing Public Opinion •

Nicole Fritz | SUR N.20 | Jun/Dec/2014

Making Laws Work - Perspectives

• Advocacy Forum's Experiences in Prevention of Torture in Nepal •

Mandira Sharma | SUR N.20 | Jun/Dec/2014

Human Rights and Social Change in Angola - Perspectives

Maria Lúcia da Silveira | SUR N.20 | Jun/Dec/2014

The Struggle for the Recognition of Human Rights in Mozambique - Perspectives

• Advances and Setbacks •

Salvador Nkamate | SUR N.20 | Jun/Dec/2014

The Human Rights Struggle in Indonesia - Perspectives

• International Advances, Domestic Deadlocks •

Haris Azhar | SUR N.20 | Jun/Dec/2014

A Vision of China’s Democratic Future - Perspectives

Han Dongfang | SUR N.20 | Jun/Dec/2014

Challenges to the Sustainability of the Human Rights Agenda in Brazil - Perspectives

Ana Valéria Araújo | SUR N.20 | Jun/Dec/2014

Are We Throwing Out the Baby with the Bathwater? - Perspectives

• The North-South Dynamic from the Perspective of Human Rights Work in Northern Ireland •

Maggie Beirne | SUR N.20 | Jun/Dec/2014

Interview with María-I. Faguaga Iglesias - Perspectives

• “The Particularities in Cuba are not Always Identified nor Understood by Human Rights Activists from Other Countries” •

María-Ileana Faguaga Iglesias | SUR N.20 | Jun/Dec/2014

Why Should We Have to “Represent” Anyone? - Voices

Fateh Azzam | SUR N.20 | Jun/Dec/2014

Voices from the Jungle on the Witness Stand of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights - Voices

Mario Melo | SUR N.20 | Jun/Dec/2014

NGOs, Human Rights and Representation - Voices

Adrian Gurza Lavalle | SUR N.20 | Jun/Dec/2014