Mountaineers seeking to summit Everest have always relied on Sherpa guides and porters to lead the way. Despite their critical role in ensuring the success of a summit, Sherpas have historically been regarded as subordinate to the very foreign climbers they help. More than just an issue of representation, the proliferation of mountaineering in theContinue reading “The Ethics of Summit: the Commodification of the Sherpa People”
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Tackling violence against women and girls in the UK: is a misogyny hate crime bill part of the solution?
Photo by Ehimetalor Akhere Unuabona on Unsplash By Louise Palmer Content warning: Violence against Women and Girls/ Sexual Assult When asked to think about Human Rights, it is common for people to picture places and situations that are distant or far removed from their everyday lives. However, this perception is deeply misleading as Human RightsContinue reading “Tackling violence against women and girls in the UK: is a misogyny hate crime bill part of the solution? “
Locating the Anthropocene: Man’s Devastating Impact Upon Earth
Image by Matt Palmer on Unsplash By Matt Goodey Humans have had a devastating impact upon the planet. There is no doubt to be had about this. CO2 levels have risen at an unprecedented rate in the last 100 years. And that does not look to be changing in any significant manner in the nearContinue reading “Locating the Anthropocene: Man’s Devastating Impact Upon Earth”
Another Pandemic? Covid-19’s Human Rights Abuses and How Best to Respond
By Jemma Clarke From the very beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, states and societies have faced a vast array of challenges. It has deepened and exasperated many pre-existing inequalities, vulnerabilities and divides. Much more than just a public health emergency, it has also created what UN Secretary-General António Guterres named “a pandemic of human rightsContinue reading “Another Pandemic? Covid-19’s Human Rights Abuses and How Best to Respond“
Femicide: the unrelenting epidemic
Written by Sarah Rennie Content Warning: Violence Against Women & Femicide Throughout the nineties and early 2000s, Ciudad Juárez (a Mexican city just south of El Paso, Texas) made the headlines for the deaths of numerous women. In 1993, the first crimes were reported, as bodies were found on the outskirts of the city ManyContinue reading “Femicide: the unrelenting epidemic”
Tigray: A Violation of International Humanitarian Law?
Photo by Kelly Lacy from Pexels By Sarah Rennie An update: This article says that Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and Eritrea denied allegations of Eritrean forces’ involvement in the conflict in Tigray (a region in northern Ethiopia). However, Ahmed acknowledged in March 2021 that Eritrean forces were involved. And on 16 April 2021, EritreaContinue reading “Tigray: A Violation of International Humanitarian Law?”
Validating the Revolution
Image by Textgrounds/Pexels By Jack McGrath The past decade saw revolution and protest unfold across the globe. It does not seem that this decade will be any different. If anything, matters look to escalate: one might bring to mind the recent widespread protests in Belarus, Peru, and the U.S. Being on the constant cusp ofContinue reading “Validating the Revolution”
Celebrating Christmas Somewhere New!
Photo by Sapan Patel on Unsplash By Olivia Bastin Who doesn’t like Christmas? The festive period filled with yummy food, merry carols, finding your inner artist by drawing a semi realistic Rudolf, receiving cute Christmas cards, and best of all the presents! Christmas is celebrated differently all over the world. I’ve had a lot of British Christmas’s at home. However, I celebrated Christmas with a good friend of mineContinue reading “Celebrating Christmas Somewhere New!”
The Beirut explosion: a call for global investigation
Image from Rashid Khreiss/Unsplash; Graphic by Rachael Millar By Louisa Campbell On the 4th of August 2020 a deadly explosion occurred in Beirut, Lebanon. The UN have acknowledged the suffering of this event, especially given the context of Lebanon’s current economic crisis and the global conditions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite this response, itContinue reading “The Beirut explosion: a call for global investigation”
Open Letter to Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah
Photo by Jack McGrath, graphic by Rachael Millar By Jack McGrath Preamble For seven years, I lived in the Sultanate of Brunei. I had arrived following two years in Egypt which was, at the time, suffering the upheavals of the Arab Spring. Brunei itself could not stand more comically in contrast to Egypt. To goContinue reading “Open Letter to Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah”
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