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…
Snooping on irregular migrants breaches their human rights – and puts us all at risk
Rosa’s latest piece for The Conversation: “Recent reports have indicated that the Home Office has enjoyed access to the NHS records of more than 6,900 people since 2010, and used information from them for ramped-up efforts to track down illegal…
Failing To Protect: Systemic weaknesses within the UN human rights machinery
Rosa blogged at the Universal Rights Group. “On 20th March 2014 the International Service for Human Rights (ISHR) attempted to hold a minute of silence in the UN Human Rights Council’s chamber in memory of Cao Shunli. Ms Cao was…
UN Human Rights Council keeps up its bad form on LGBT rights
Rosa writes for The Conversation
Freedom Rights Project » The Freedom Rights Project Proudly Welcomes Dr. Rosa Freedman as Principal Investigator
The Freedom Rights Project is proud to welcome Dr. Rosa Freedman, Senior Lecturer at the University of Birmingham, who will join the founders as a Principal Investigator. Dr. Freedman brings with her significant expertise in international human rights law and…
Failing to Protect: read the Prologue online at the IntLawGrrls blog
Read an excerpt from Rosa’s latest book