The modern day vision of human rights has been shown to have many problems. These include: the failure to include non-Western traditions in the formulation of human rights resources, treatises and documents; the instrumentalization of human rights narratives to promote war and cover for colonialism and resource extraction; the social engineering of populations to be depoliticised and compliant.
Find resources on reimagining human rights and the grammars of human dignity on this page from within and without the UJN Network.
Demonstrators will take to the streets and undertake mass letter-writing campaigns on the weekend from 7 – 9 September to demand the release of illegally
Arzu Merali reflects on the sectarian misrepresentation and instrumentalisation of Sheikh El-Zakzaky’s case by both Sunnis and Shias. No-one is going to like what I
We strongly condemn the mass murder by the Egyptian army and police of people protesting peacefully against the military coup in Egypt and for the
Read the briefing below or download the PDF here. Table of Contents I. Executive Summary II. Introduction III. War in Yemen: Background to the conflict
We, civil society organisations from the ASEAN countries, have today submitted an Appeal to the ASEAN 25th Summit meeting in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar, to
This report was prepared by Caterina Aiena for UJN’s CED Project. Published October 2014 / 22pp / Islamic Human Rights Commission / Free Download Executive
A Universal Justice Network (UJN) delegation led by IHRC is currently visiting Malaysia and Indonesia to address the recent sectarian problems reportedly promoted by some
14 Mar 2014 Human Rights Council. 25th Session. Agenda item. UPR Country – Malaysia Individual Oral Statement- Islamic Human Rights Commission Universal Justice Network (UJN)
Rising communal and sectarian hatred in Pakistan is to form the subject of a discussion at the annual meeting of United Nations Human Rights Council
The report of UJN Observer Mission to Indonesia: INVESTIGATING CLAIMS OF SECTARIANISM’ recounting the group’s findings and recommendations from the Sampang Crisis, can be downloaded
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