Nelson Maldonado-Torres This chapter explores the implications of a modern Western and
colonial hegemonic concept of the human. In this decolonial reading, the human rights …

This article surveys the wave of new historical and political-science literature exploring
humanitarianism and the 'pre-history'of human rights in the long nineteenth century, noting …

The Idea of Development in Africa challenges prevailing international development
discourses about the continent, by tracing the history of ideas, practices, and'problems' of …

The United Nations Human Rights Council was created in 2006 to replace the UN
Commission on Human Rights. The Council's mandate and founding principles demonstrate …

The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (uncrc) 1989 has been celebrated
for its universal acceptance. However, questions still arise around its provenance and …

In 1929, tens of thousands of south eastern Nigerian women rose up against British authority
in what is known as the Women's War. This book brings togther, for the first time, the multiple …

The polarized debate amongst states, scholars, and practitioners over the right to
development is underlined by salient paradoxes and contradictions. The rhetoric of the right …

We live today in the world's first universal, multicultural, and multiregional system of
sovereign states. Five centuries ago, emergent sovereign states were confined to Europe …

The Haitian Revolution may have galvanized subjects of French empire in the Americas and
Africa struggling to define freedom and'Frenchness' for themselves, but Lorelle Semley …

Does foreign aid promote human rights? As the world's largest aid donor, the United States
has provided foreign assistance to more than 200 countries. Deploying global numerical …