“Nationalism, xenophobia and tolerance in East Europe: origins, ideology, social structure”. International Scientific Seminar, October 16th, 2018 by Sabina Kotova, Sergiy Stelmakh

“…Participants of the seminar (sociologists, historians, political scientists and human rights activists) discussed the historical origins of modern manifestations and peculiarities of nationalism, xenophobia, anti-Semitism, ethnic intolerance, prejudices of hostility in East Europe and Ukraine. …”
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Minority Group and the Media: Media Coverage on Shia Muslims in Malaysia by Sofian Muhammad Raqib Mohd, Briandana Rizki, Azmawati Azman Azwan

“…Nevertheless, the actions taken by the religious authorities have been criticized by several parties, especially the international media and human rights activists. Therefore, this study aims to examine the depiction of Shia Muslims in Malaysia that is reported in the Malaysian media, specifically by a daily Malay newspaper popularly known as Sinar Harian which is owned and linked to the current government’s party. …”
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Security Face of Human Rights Conflict of Iran and West by مسعود نادری, farzad rostami

“…The Islamic Republic of Iran, as an actor with different norms and ideologies than the norms that shape human rights, has always been exposed to various accusations by human rights activists and institutions. To the extent that this issue has gone beyond the legal nature and has been raised in a security and political framework. …”
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Under the veil: women’s economic and marriage rights in Palestine by Muayad Hattab, Mohammad Abualrob

“…Furthermore, the article examines the influence of religion on the patriarchal and socio-cultural system in determining the efforts that are being made to achieve equality and discusses how the Palestinian authorities, human rights activists, and liberal political parties have not been able to overcome the power of traditional religious scholars and clerics who have a much greater influence and are able to win over public opinion. …”
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Death Penalty for Apostasy: The Perspective of Hadith and Positive Law by Muhammadun Muhammadun, Oman Fathurrohman, Idris Ahmad Rifai

“…is still relevant to be applied in the present context, especially when the death penalty has received a very harsh response from human rights activists, both at national and international level? …”
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Fighting State Terror and Becoming the State: Argentina’s Human Rights Movement from Mass Mobilization to Institutionalization by Kristina Emma Thalhammer, Claire T. Branigan

“…<p>The past decade has seen a seismic shift in Argentine human rights activists’ ability to accomplish long-held goals of bringing perpetrators to justice and preserving the memory of victims of the Civil-State dictatorship of the 1970s and 1980s. …”
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Categorización étnica, conflicto armado interno y reparaciones simbólicas en el Perú post - Comisión de la Verdad y Reconciliación (CVR) by Valérie Robin Azevedo, Dorothée Delacroix

“…In their eagerness to visualize and value Andean cultural elements, don’t human rights activists run the risk of reproducing the exoticism associated with the populations most affected by the war; stigma they denounce in their fight against racism? …”
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The role of social media as evidence in asylum procedures in Iceland by Thorkelsdottir, N

“…Although this novel vetting technique has been criticised by human rights activists as invasive and unfair, little academic research exists on the extent to which social media content is exploited as a source of evidence in asylum procedures. …”

Between Hope and Despair: Progress and Resilience in the Inter-American Human Rights System by Par Engstrom

“…In the second part, against the background of the inhospitable conditions facing human rights activists in the region, I highlight the role of civil-society actors in strengthening and embedding the IAS. …”
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FAILURE OF ORGANIZATION OF ISLAMIC COOPERATION: A CASE OF DISMAL STATE OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN KASHMIR AND PALESTINE by Muhammad Shamshad, Farooq Arshad

“…Almost all developed states ensure their citizens with the protection of fundamental rights, and, in return, community plays a critical role in nation-building. Many human rights activists and organizations highlight the shortcomings behind the promulgation of laws for human security and plan to maintain security. …”
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A Phenomenological Study of Sexuality among the People of Tutu Akuapem-Ghana: Implications for Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) by Solomon Kwame Gyamerah, Maxwell Kojo Tsibu

“…In Ghana, the recent frightening figures of teenage pregnancy and diverse reactions to homosexuality, gay, bisexual, and transgender in news outlets have heightened the exigency of sexuality deliberations among religious, political, human rights activists, and social commentators. Amid the controversies and difficulties surrounding sexuality matters, the question is how do Africans maintain their ‘Africanness’ in search of expanded understandings and pedagogies of sexuality? …”
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Religious Diversity and Blasphemy Law: Understanding Growing Religious Conflict and Intolerance in Post-Suharto Indonesia by Noorhaidi Hasan

“…This paper will thus also examine petitions filed by human rights activists and civil society organizations to demand judicial reviews of the Law before the Constitutional Court [Artikel ini akan menjelaskan bagaimana militansi aktifis agama dan kekerasan terhadap minoritas pasca Soeharto yang muncul akibat kegagalan Negara dalam mengelola keragaman agama dan pluralitas masyarakat. …”
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Peacebuilding as a New Form of Colonialism: A Case Study of Liberia and Sierra Leone by Ahan Mohit Gadkari

“…While peacebuilders, development experts, and human rights activists embrace law as a tool for social change, others have looked back on the history of legal development in the Global South to warn that the rule of law served as a framework for social control. …”
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Analysis to The Policy of Delaying The Execution of Those Sentenced to Death is a Violation of Human Rights by Muhaimin Muhaimin

“…The discourse of Indonesia as a country that has the philosophy of Pancasila until now can cause pro and con problems, because there are still many among legal experts and human rights activists as well as the public who question it because of differences and views, among others. …”
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Corporal punishment contestations, paradoxes and implications for school leadership: A case study of two South African high schools by Sekitla Daniel Makhasane, Vitallis Chikoko

“…Corporal punishment is a worrying issue among human rights activists and scholars. This paper reports on contestations and paradoxes regarding the use of corporal punishment arising from a qualitative study in two high schools, and the implications thereof for school leadership. …”
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Internet violence against chilean feminists and other activists by Cecilia Ananías Soto, Karen Vergara Sánchez

“…This work analyses gender-based violence on Internet which affects both feminists and human rights activists in Chile, giving thus a first approach to a kind of violence that has been overshadowed in Latin America and that has proved recently how dangerous it can be for those who have gone through it. …”
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Soviet Union in Lillian Hellman’s Memoirs

“…The final change in Hellman’s views is testified by her speech at the IV Congress of Soviet Writers, when she publicly demanded greater freedoms for the intelligentsia, dissidents and human rights activists. The Soviet press materials as well as the archival documents deposited in the Russian State Archive of Literature, which are introduced into scientific circulation for the first time together with Hellman’s memoir prose, open a new page in the history of American-Soviet relations during WWII and the period of the “Thaw”.…”
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The Polemic on Imposing Castration Sanctions against Pedophiles Perpetrators Based on the Human Right’s Perspective by Rakhmat Ubaidillah Ahror

“…Opinions against the castration sanction are also criticised by various groups, including human rights activists, because castration is considered a cruel punishment for perpetrators, and cruel punishments aim to torture the perpetrators of the crime, but this is undoubtedly related to human rights. …”
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W obleganej twierdzy każde odstępstwo jest zdradą”. Polityka władz kubańskich wobec środowisk twórczych i intelektualnych po 1959 roku by Marta Wójtowicz-Wcisło

“…The government increased persecution of independent journalists, human rights activists and authors of independent cultural initiatives. …”
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Comparison of the Concept of Command Responsibility in Human Rights Court Provisions by Achmad Suhadak Abdul Rahman Wahid, Muhammad Iqbal Rachman, Moh Imam Gusthomi

“…The author takes a legal problem on the comparative law of Law no. 26 of 2000 concerning the Human Rights Court which was adopted from the provisions of the 1998 Rome Statute. Several human rights activists took action, this was because the 1998 Rome Statute provisions were adopted imperfectly in article 42 of Law no. 26 of 2000 which caused problems in the enforcement of the Human Rights Court. …”
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