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Besides the blog contributions, the africanlegalstudies.blog and the Chair of African Legal Studies at the University of Bayreuth are constantly developing new initiatives to exchange and engage with scholars and practitioners. These include research projects such as “Intractable Human Rights Issues” or debate series (e.g. “Everyone’s human rights”).
In the last two years, we have found ourselves confronted with a series of global crises that seem to have pushed the pressing issues of…
If the aim of LGBTIQ+ rights discourse is to promote and protect the interests and lives of all LGBTQI+ identifying peoples, what does it mean…
While the harms of child labour are undisputed and human rights discourse has for decades tried to find solutions, the complexity of the subject remains.…
Source: Artyom Korshunov (2020) ANAYLSIS Ange Dorine Irakoze 28 February 2022 The month of February is devoted to celebration of Black men and women who…
Source: Brett Jordan 2019 OPINION Isabelle Zundel 27 February 2022 In another blog contribution in July 2021, I stressed the importance of “Decolonizing Law and…
Source: Unseen Histories 2020 ANALYSIS Kilili Nthiw’a 27 February 2022 Earlier this week on Monday the 21st February 2022, Malcom X would have been approximately…