by Talking Humanities | Nov 16, 2017 | Features, Graduate Study, Human Rights, Politics & Law, Training and Research
Chloe Pieters on how increasing attacks on journalists constitute a threat to free speech and human rights On the eve of the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists, observed annually on 2 November, UN experts warned that the world is...
by Talking Humanities | Oct 5, 2017 | Analysis & Comment, Events, Features, History & Classics, Human Rights
Image: Mural at the Centro Utopia, cultural centre of the Civic Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras (COPINH) On 17 September 2007, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. It may not have...
by Talking Humanities | Jun 6, 2017 | Features, Graduate Study, Languages & Literature, Politics & Law
Image: © Shutterstock A few days ago, the United Nations passed a Resolution on the role of professional translation in connecting nations and fostering peace, understanding and development. According to Belarus, the country that presented the draft, the Resolution is...
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)....
by Talking Humanities | Sep 15, 2016 | Uncategorized
Professor Henning Melber, director emeritus and senior advisor of the Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation, reflects on the notion of solidarity and the legacy of the second United Nations secretary-general, who died in a mysterious plane crash on 18 September, 55 years...
