LSE Human Rights

*By Austin Schiano In the wake of U.S. President Donald Trump’s withdrawal from the Paris Climate Accord, I was scouring to understand how this decision would affect present and future progress in combatting climate change. After some thought, it became clear that the behavior of businesses would be key. I found myself musing over several questions: Would this withdrawal act as a signal to affect corporate behavior on combating climate change? [ 860 more words ]

Economic Will for Climate Change Action *By Austin Schiano In the wake of U.S. President Donald Trump’s withdrawal from the Paris Climate Accord, I was scouring to understand how this decision would affect present and future progress in …

*by Swapnil Tripathí It was recently reported that the National Capital of India witnessed numerous deaths of sanitation workers, employed in the cleaning of sewage and drains, mainly due to lack of safety equipment. These deaths are not just restricted to New Delhi as similar deaths have been reported in other Indian states. Manual scavenging has been termed as the worst… [ 862 more words ]

Right to Dignity, not for Manual Scavengers: The neglected state of rights of scavengers in India *by Swapnil Tripathí It was recently reported that the National Capital of India witnessed numerous deaths of sanitation workers, employed in the cleaning of sewage and drains, mainly due to lack o…

UNRWA Commissioner General at LSE Human Rights on 4 December:

The Human Cost of Conflict: the search for dignity and rights of Palestine refugees A public lecture at the London School of Economics and Political Science to mark International Human Rights Day.

*An interview with Kwame Sekyere Firstly, congratulations on launching Project Five Fifths. How did this organization get its start? Thank you! Project Five Fifths has been a thought in my mind for the past couple of years. It hasn’t always been in the form that it’s currently in now, in fact, it was initially just going to be something similar to a blog, but the more I’ve developed as a person in my skills and experiences, the idea has developed with me, as well. [ 892 more words ]

Project Five Fifths *An interview with Kwame Sekyere Firstly, congratulations on launching Project Five Fifths. How did this organization get its start? Thank you! Project Five Fifths has been a thought in my mind for…

By Siddharth Sunil* Around the 9th of August 2017, news first broke that the Indian Central Government had passed detailed orders directing, inter alia, the deportation of Rohingya Muslims from the country. The order was passed under Section 3(2) (c) of the Foreigners Act 1946. It was met by widespread criticism and prompted numerous sharply worded news reports, op-eds, special television segments, et al. [ 964 more words ]

India’s Rohingya Deportation Quagmire: Misplaced Nationalism or a Pragmatic Middle-ground? By Siddharth Sunil* Around the 9th of August 2017, news first broke that the Indian Central Government had passed detailed orders directing, inter alia, the deportation of Rohingya Muslims from the…