Professor Freedman’s latest piece with Nicolas Lemay-Hébert is available to read at The Conversation.
Why Gambia is not ideal to host Africa’s human rights watchdog
Rosa Freedman, University of Birmingham and Jonathan Fisher, University of Birmingham When one thinks of human rights in Africa, The Gambia might spring to mind as an example of a country with a domestic record of grave violations. It is…
How rights violators keep the UN Human Rights Council focused on Israel
Rosa Freedman, University of Birmingham Another UN human rights report has been released about Israel and the human rights abuses it perpetrates in the Occupied Territories – yet another report that highlights ongoing violations of international law and that criticises…
Terror attacks on France and Tunisia are much more than a security issue
Rosa Freedman, University of Birmingham As details emerge about an attack at a factory in France in which one person is dead and several injured, comparisons with the Charlie Hebdo killings in January are inevitable. Following an explosion at a…
New push to protect ‘family values’ is a brazen attack on human rights
Rosa Freedman, University of Birmingham Once again, the Human Rights Council has been hijacked to promote the agendas of states who are trying to undermine the very same human rights the UN is supposed to protect. A recently circulated draft…
Hillary Clinton announces presidential campaign: expert reaction
Rosa takes part in an academic panel about Hilary Clinton’s 2016 Presidential campaign, reposted from The Conversation UK
Leaked report details UN peacekeepers’ sexual exploitation and abuse
Rosa Freedman, University of Birmingham The NGO, Aids Free World, has released a copy of a report on sexual violations committed by UN peacekeeping personnel. The UN’s opaque nature means that rather than address the points made by the independent…
Instead of prosecuting those responsible for FGM, we went after a doctor doing his job
Rosa Freedman, University of Birmingham The verdict has been returned on the first prosecution for female genital mutilation in England and Wales – and the defendant has been found not guilty. This is a damning indictment for the Crown Prosecution…
Five years after Haiti quake, a new setback for cholera victims
Rosa Freedman, University of Birmingham January 12 2015 marks five years since Haiti was hit by a devastating earthquake. Countless victims were killed, homes destroyed, and vital infrastructure reduced to debris. Already one of the world’s poorest and most fragile…
The human rights sector must stop exploiting unpaid interns
Aoife Nolan, University of Nottingham and Rosa Freedman, University of Birmingham The use of unpaid internships in the human rights sector has ballooned in recent years. While human rights bodies have employed interns in a general work experience capacity for…