• Interview with François Crépeau, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants on the so-called “migration crisis” in Europe •
François Crépeau | SUR N.23 | Jul/2016
• Examining recent migrant flows offers a window into the larger dynamics that catapult people into migrating •
Saskia Sassen | SUR N.23 | Jul/2016
• Design by Studio Kiwi •
Deisy Ventura, Natália Araújo | SUR N.23 | Jul/2016
• How immigrant youth moved the most powerful person in the world, twice •
Zenén Jaimes Peréz | SUR N.23 | Jul/2016
• Why are more people on the move than ever before and where they are going? •
Catherine Wihtol de Wenden | SUR N.23 | Jul/2016
• Critical remarks on the concept of “economic migrant” and how it leads to human rights violations •
Pablo Ceriani Cernadas | SUR N.23 | Jul/2016
• Repressive European Union immigration policies only serve to reinforce smuggling networks and result in higher deaths in the Mediterranean •
Messaoud Romdhani | SUR N.23 | Jul/2016
• The U.S. Security Against Foreign Enemies (SAFE) Act is another reminder that the immigrant population in the U.S. is increasingly vulnerable •
Jamil Dakwar | SUR N.23 | Jul/2016
• Interview with retired Australian high court judge Michael Kirby on his role as chairman of the UN Committee of Inquiry on human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea •
Michael Kirby | SUR N.23 | Jul/2016
• How a new pan-African civil society initiative aims to foster peace, justice, democracy and human rights •
Kumi Naidoo | SUR N.23 | Jul/2016
• Ten years of the United Nations Human Rights Council •
Laura Dupuy Lasserre | SUR N.23 | Jul/2016
• …and many other reasons to dare to innovate so as to adapt to today’s world •
Lucia Nader, José Guilherme F. de Campos | SUR N.23 | Jul/2016
• The problematic rebirth of liberalism in Africa and why the rule of law must be reconsidered to achieve sustainable development •
Makau Mutua | SUR N.23 | Jul/2016
• An analysis of the Latin American context: Brazil, Colombia and Mexico •
Alice de Marchi Pereira de Souza, Rafael Mendonça Dias, Sandra Carvalho | SUR N.23 | Jul/2016
• Towards a new global consensus (with powerful opponents) •
Julieta Rossi | SUR N.23 | Jul/2016
• How the VEJA v AMSA case in South Africa was a victory for activists and the lessons it provides for future freedom of information battles •
Lisa Chamberlain | SUR N.23 | Jul/2016
SUR N.22 | Dec/2015
• A photo essay by Magnum Foundation Fellows •
SUR N.22 | Dec/2015
• Why are firearms not among the greatest priorities of the human rights community? •
Daniel Mack | SUR N.22 | Dec/2015
• The South African Police Service and the ‘War’ on Violent Crime •
Guy Lamb | SUR N.22 | Dec/2015
• The ATT could advance the protection of human rights, if states robustly assess their arms’ exports •
Brian Wood, Rasha Abdul-Rahim | SUR N.22 | Dec/2015
• The dangerous emergence of autonomous weapons is deeply rooted in disparities of power between states •
Thomas Nash | SUR N.22 | Dec/2015
• The leading human rights activist describes the deadly use of less-lethal weapons to control protests in Bahrain - and her fight to stop it •
Maryam al Khawaja | SUR N.22 | Dec/2015
• How the international debate on explosive weapons overlooks human rights •
Maya Brehm | SUR N.22 | Dec/2015
• Nobel Peace Prize winner argues why it is about time for women to get full inclusion in debates on peace and security. •
Jody Williams | SUR N.22 | Dec/2015
• Producers of tear gas and other so-called “less-lethal” weapons take advantage of a deregulated market to the detriment of human rights •
Anna Feigenbaum | SUR N.22 | Dec/2015
• Considerations on the possible implications of the Arms Trade Treaty and the 2030 Agenda for human security •
Héctor Guerra, María Pía Devoto | SUR N.22 | Dec/2015
• How can civil society in Brazil influence the control of arms exports? •
Camila Asano, Jefferson Nascimento | SUR N.22 | Dec/2015
• How the region shaped human rights norms post World War II and what it means for the field today •
Kathryn Sikkink | SUR N.22 | Dec/2015
• Drone attack victims from Pakistan, their voice and their struggle •
Mirza Shahzad Akbar, Umer Gilani | SUR N.22 | Dec/2015
• How facilitating dialogue between banks and the human rights sector results in gains for all •
Bonita Meyersfeld, David Kinley | SUR N.22 | Dec/2015
• How politics, economics and caste ideology shape women’s rights in India •
Kavita Krishnan | SUR N.22 | Dec/2015
• The UK government’s plans to withdraw from the European Convention on Human Rights and scrap the Human Rights Act will seriously undermine rights protection in the UK and beyond •
Shami Chakrabarti | SUR N.22 | Dec/2015
• This study analyses the risks of the abrupt severance of ties between a mother and her baby after an intensive period together in prison •
Ana Gabriela Mendes Braga, Bruna Angotti | SUR N.22 | Dec/2015
• A UN special rapporteur explains how innovative legal action can protect fundamental human rights •
Maina Kiai | SUR N.22 | Dec/2015
• What benefits an international accountability charter brings to NGOs and how organisations from the Global South are contributing to the agenda •
Karenina Schröder | SUR N.22 | Dec/2015
• Curated by Daniel Mack / Graphics by Cassiano Pinheiro •
| SUR N.22 | Dec/2015
SUR N.21 | Aug/2015
• A look at what human rights NGOs can do to combat prohibitionism •
Rafael Custódio | SUR N.21 | Aug/2015
• Five international photographers explain an image of a protest that they captured in their respective countries. •
SUR N.21 | Aug/2015
• The International Drug Policy Consortium calls for greater civil society engagement in drug policy in the run up to UNGASS 2016 •
Gloria Lai | SUR N.21 | Aug/2015
• West Africa’s development as a centre for drug trafficking, production and consumption gives governments the opportunity to embark on more enlightened policy responses •
Adeolu Ogunrombi | SUR N.21 | Aug/2015
• Looking at how the US and Brazil treat crack addiction reveals governments’ responsibilities in perpetuating myths and discrimination •
Carl L. Hart | SUR N.21 | Aug/2015
• A revision of the current drug policy in the region and the world is necessary in order to address systematic human rights violations •
Luciana Pol, Juan Carlos Garzón | SUR N.21 | Aug/2015
• One of the leading figures of Uruguay’s drug policy presents the reasons for and challenges of reforming the country’s laws •
Milton Romani Gerner | SUR N.21 | Aug/2015
• Some inconsistencies between drug policies, public health and human rights in Brazil •
Luís Fernando Tófoli | SUR N.21 | Aug/2015
• How alternative national drug policies reinforce the need for changes at the global level •
Luciana Boiteux | SUR N.21 | Aug/2015
• How UN Member States can change the direction of international drug policy towards better human rights protection •
Anand Grover | SUR N.21 | Aug/2015
• How deliberation, referendum and civil disobedience played out in the Umbrella Movement •
Kin-man Chan | SUR N.21 | Aug/2015
• How international economic regimes impose obligations on states that are contradictory to human rights •
Víctor Abramovich | SUR N.21 | Aug/2015
• Why the humanitarian aid industry - still largely associated with hegemonic power - is facing a crisis of legitimacy •
Jonathan Whittall | SUR N.21 | Aug/2015
• A reflection on the dialogue between the National Truth Commission, the Ministry of Defence and the Armed Forces in Brazil •
Glenda Mezarobba | SUR N.21 | Aug/2015
• How – despite recent legal changes in the US - email mass surveillance remains widespread, and what to do about it. •
Anthony D. Romero | SUR N.21 | Aug/2015
• Interview with Kasha Jacqueline Nabagesera, the most prominent lesbian activist in Uganda •
Kasha Jacqueline Nabagesera | SUR N.21 | Aug/2015
• Interview with Mexican activists Gerardo Torres Pérez & María Luisa Aguilar on forced disappearances in the country and the case of the 43 students from Ayotzinapa •
María Luisa Aguilar, Gerardo Torres Pérez | SUR N.21 | Aug/2015
