How can some of us be more human than others? – Collecting our thoughts on the 75th Human Rights Day

International Human Rights Law fails to fulfil its promise. Human rights and human dignity are presumed to be universal and apply to everyone, which is clearly not the case. The Western canon argues that including human rights into international law is one of the ‘great moral achievements of human history’. However, we see how human rights law has failed to reach many people.


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Notes on the death of an asylum seeker in hospital in Germany

An African asylum seeker died under unclear circumstances while undergoing treatment at Universitätsklinikum Ruppin-Brandenburg Hospital. Questions have been raised over the cause of the death.


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