Beth Simmons demonstrates through a combination of statistical analysis and case studies that the ratification of treaties generally leads to better human right

Critically explores how international law is mobilised, by global and local actors, to achieve or block global justice efforts.

In the last six decades, one of the most striking developments in international law is the emergence of a massive body of legal norms and procedures aimed at pr

In the follow-up to his widely read The Struggle for Human Rights in Latin America, author Edward Cleary examines some of the robust human rights movements of t

When faced with injustice what can a concerned citizen do? In 1933, when Hitler tried to blame Communists for setting the German parliament on fire, a group of