Institutional Outlook

Family philanthropy in Brazil - Institutional Outlook

• Based on her experience as director of the Instituto Betty e Jacob Lafer, the author reflects upon the funding situation in the country. •

Inês Mindlin Lafer | SUR N.21 | Aug/2015

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

Experimentation and Innovation in the Accountability of Human Rights Organizations in Latin America - Voices

Juana Kweitel | SUR N.20 | Jun/Dec/2014

Minorias democráticas em democracias do século XXI - Voices

Pedro Abramovay, Heloisa Griggs | SUR N.20 | Jun/Dec/2014

Human Rights Familiarity and Socio-Economic Status - Voices

• A Four-Country Study •

James Ron, David Crow, Shannon Golden | SUR N.20 | Jun/Dec/2014

To Build a Global Movement to Make Human Rights and Social Justice a Reality for All - Voices

Chris Grove | SUR N.20 | Jun/Dec/2014

Interview with Mary Lawlor and Andrew Anderson - Voices

• “Role of International Organizations Should be to Support Local Defenders” •

Mary Lawlor, Andrew Anderson | SUR N.20 | Jun/Dec/2014

The Global Human Rights Movement in the 21st Century - Tools

• Reflections from the Perspective of a National Human Rights NGO from the South •

Gastón Chillier, Pétalla Brandão Timo | SUR N.20 | Jun/Dec/2014

Systems, Brains and Quiet Places - Tools

• Thoughts on the Future of Human Rights Campaigning •

Martin Kirk | SUR N.20 | Jun/Dec/2014

A ‘Movement Support’ Organization - Tools

• The Experience of the Association for Women’s Rights in Development (AWID) •

Rochelle Jones, Sarah Rosenhek, Anna Turley | SUR N.20 | Jun/Dec/2014

Supporting Locally-Rooted Organizations - Tools

• The Work of the Fund for Global Human Rights in Mexico •

Ana Paula Hernández | SUR N.20 | Jun/Dec/2014

Human Rights Activism in Times of Cognitive Saturation - Tools

• Talking About Tools •

Miguel Pulido Jiménez | SUR N.20 | Jun/Dec/2014

Raising Digital Consciousness - Tools

• An Analysis of the Opportunities and Risks Facing Human Rights Activists in a Digital Age •

Mallika Dutt, Nadia Rasul | SUR N.20 | Jun/Dec/2014

New Information and Communication Technologies’ Influence on Activism in Cambodia - Tools

Sopheap Chak | SUR N.20 | Jun/Dec/2014

Strategic Litigation Experiences in the Inter-American Human Rights System - Tools

Sandra Carvalho, Eduardo Baker | SUR N.20 | Jun/Dec/2014

Interview with Fernand Alphen - Tools

• "Get Off Your Pedestal" •

Fernand Alphen | SUR N.20 | Jun/Dec/2014

Interview with Mary Kaldor - Tools

• “NGO’s are not the Same as Civil Society But Some NGOs Can Play the Role of Facilitators” •

Mary Kaldor | SUR N.20 | Jun/Dec/2014

Interview with Louis Bickford - Tools

• Convergence Towards the Global Middle: "Who Sets the Global Human Rights Agenda and How" •

Louis Bickford | SUR N.20 | Jun/Dec/2014

Solid Organisations in a Liquid World - Multipolarity

Lucia Nader | SUR N.20 | Jun/Dec/2014

Why We Welcome Human Rights Partnerships - Multipolarity

Kenneth Roth | SUR N.20 | Jun/Dec/2014

The Future of Human Rights - Multipolarity

• From Gatekeeping to Symbiosis •

César Rodríguez-Garavito | SUR N.20 | Jun/Dec/2014

Towards a Multipolar Civil Society - Multipolarity

Dhananjayan Sriskandarajah, Mandeep Tiwana | SUR N.20 | Jun/Dec/2014

Interview with Emilie M. Hafner-Burton - Multipolarity

• “Avoiding Using Power Would be Devastating for Human Rights” •

Emilie Hafner-Burton | SUR N.20 | Jun/Dec/2014

Interview with Mark Malloch-Brown - Multipolarity

• “We are Very Much a Multi-polar World Now, but not One Comprised Solely of Nation States” •

Mark Malloch-Brown | SUR N.20 | Jun/Dec/2014

Interview with Salil Shetty - Multipolarity

• “Human Rights Organisations Should Have a Closer Pulse to the Ground” Or How We Missed the Bus •

Salil Shetty | SUR N.20 | Jun/Dec/2014