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‘The Legal Cultures of the Subsoil’: mapping the use of law in environmental politics in Central America

‘The Legal Cultures of the Subsoil’: mapping the use of law in environmental politics in Central America

by Talking Humanities | Mar 12, 2019 | Features, Human Rights, Projects, Research & Resources

Courts have increasingly become the locus of environmental disputes. Dr Ainhoa Montoya looks at one such case, which occurred in El Salvador, where resource extraction has preoccupied many of its citizens for more than a decade. In 2017, the Salvadoran Legislative...
#PoTW: How to respect communities in international development work: languages and cultural knowledge

#PoTW: How to respect communities in international development work: languages and cultural knowledge

by Talking Humanities | Jun 25, 2018 | Events, Languages & Literature, Politics & Law, PotW

This free, one-day international conference on 27 June will explore how languages and cultural understanding affect international development, and help to respect communities. Taking place at Senate House from 9am–6pm, it has been organised by the Universities of...
Global governance on minority rights: assessing the UN Forum on Minority Issues

Global governance on minority rights: assessing the UN Forum on Minority Issues

by Talking Humanities | Dec 14, 2017 | Features, Human Rights, Languages & Literature, Politics & Law, Research & Resources

L to R: Dr Corinne Lennox, Evelin Verhás (Tom Lantos Institute), Dr Fernand de Varennes (UN Special Rapporteur on minority issues), Dr Anna-Mária Bíró (Tom Lantos Institute). © Lilija Alijeva (SAS MPhil/PhD student) Dr Corinne Lennox, a senior lecturer in human rights...
Reflecting on the meaning of human rights

Reflecting on the meaning of human rights

by Talking Humanities | Oct 27, 2016 | Analysis & Comment, Features, Graduate Study, Human Rights, Politics & Law, Research & Resources, Researcher Series

Minah Ahn, a student on the understanding and securing human rights master’s course at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, reflects on a Geneva study tour, a highlight of the programme which is offered by the University of London’s School of Advanced Study (SAS)....
Battle lines drawn over trade in tusks

Battle lines drawn over trade in tusks

by Talking Humanities | Jul 26, 2016 | Analysis & Comment, Features, Politics & Law, Republished

Image: African bush elephant skull, © JimJones1971 at English Wikipedia Professor Keith Somerville Ivory and elephants have for decades been very emotive topics among conservationists, wildlife departments and NGOs in states which have elephant populations and in...
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