In our 'Refracting Rights' special issue, Dr Ingrid M🪁 and Lynda Holden contend that the forced removal of Indigenous children through child ‘protection’ and criminal law regimes in NSW constitutes everyday human rights violations that serve to deny First Nations sovereignty. #AJHR

In our 'Refracting Rights' special issue, Aurreratze considers the successful social movement campaign against Rio Tinto’s lithium project in Jadar Valley as an example of a bottom-up approach to business and human rights. #BusinessAndHumanRights #RioTinto #Serbia

In our 'Refracting Rights' special issue, TMoges investigates the interaction between formal law, local norms and religion in Ethiopia and the Amhara region to shed light on the violence committed against child wives in violation of international human rights law. #ChildWives

In the AJHR special issue 'Refracting Rights', I-Shalbak argues that international law and human rights offer limited utility to Palestinians in their quest for sovereignty and self-determination. #HumanRights #SelfDetermination #AntiColonialism #Palestinians #SettlerColonialism

In the AJHR special issue 'Refracting Rights' @imranahmed____ analyses the role of the Indian Constitution and its paradoxical stance on governing religion in the obstacles faced by muslims and other religious minorities in addressing inequalities and discrimination. #AJHR

As part of our 'Refracting Rights' special issue, Camilo Espinosa Díaz 🌍 explores the everyday human rights practices of Villa Gloria, a Black community living in the margins of the Colombian Caribbean. #HumanRights #CriticalGeography #LandStruggles #BlackCommunities #CartagenadeIndias

As part of our 'Refracting Rights' special issue, Alison Holland (she/her) explores the ways human rights were deployed in negotiations between Indigenous political actors and the government, post-Mabo (No.2). #HumanRights #NativeTitle #Mabo #ATSIC

Louise Buckingham reviews 'Founding a global human rights culture for trade marks' by Genevieve Wilkinson, which explores the paradoxical relationship between trade mark law and the realisation of human rights. #AJHR #HumanRights #IntellectualProperty #TradeMarks #Culture

Nana Frishling examines multi-stakeholder initiatives seeking to regulate human rights in global apparel supply chains. Contending that social audit is as an inadequate tool, she argues for alternative regulatory techniques that consider power relations and political contexts.

Suzan Ilcan, Tanya Basok & Guillermo Candiz examine the effect of key bordering practices in countries which simultaneously offer protection to displaced people whilst also restraining their access to permanent protection and social services. #BorderingPractices #HumanRights

.Christos Marneros reflects on the problematisation of the (non)existence of human rights, and considers how such an approach could pave the way for further discussions regarding the (non)place of human rights in our contemporary and future state of affairs. #HumanRights #Legaltheory

.Martijn Boersma reviews 'Teaching Business and Human Rights', edited by Anthony Ewing, a book aimed at equipping graduates to understand how business operations can impact human rights. #AJHR #BusinessHumanRights #ModernSlavery

Brandon Perkins critically analyses the case law and legislation in Australia protecting the right to not be subject to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment (CIDPT), proposing legislative reform that pays greater attention to transparency of detention conditions.

OA - Pádraig McAuliffe puts forth the use of political economy analysis in development literature as a first step to understand the drivers of change, reversal and inertia in relation to political commitment towards the realisation of socio-economic rights. #SocioEconomicRights

.Justine Coneybeer Erin O'Brien Bree Hurst and Alice Payne argue in favour of regulatory reform and greater use of reflexive tactics within the fashion industry to address power asymmetries and reduce labour exploitation. #HumanRights #ModernSlavery #ReflexiveRegulation

.Tolulope Adekola & Majekolagbe acknowledge the delicate balance between protecting vaccine developers' private property rights and promoting public health and human rights whilst advocating for reforms that promote equity in global vaccine distribution in future health emergencies.

.@morgancarpeter reviews the journey towards achieving legislative protection from harmful medical practices for people with sex characteristic variations. Carpenter discusses the first-of-its-kind ACT legislation, and how it promotes a shift towards supported decision-making.

.James Kirby reviews Bard A Andreasson's edited volume 'Research Handbook on the Politics of Human Rights Law', in the context of a historian discussing the politics of international human rights law. #AustralianJournalOfHumanRights #AJHR #HumanRights #Politics #IHRL

.Almas Shaikh reviews 'Intersectionality and Human Rights Law', edited by Shreya Atrey and Peter Dunne, which critically examines the role intersectionality plays in the articulation, realisation, violation and enforcement of human rights. #AJHR #HumanRights #Intersectionality

Analysing recent quarantine and public housing inquiries, Laura Grenfell, Anita Mackay & Meribah Rose query whether Aust is meeting the standard of daily access to fresh air under the Mandela Rules and the UN Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners.