Health Affairs

Re-Centering Rights, Recovery, And Evidence In US Mental Health Policy

On September 10, 2025, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) released strategic priorities that represent a significant shift in federal mental health policy. The ...
The University of Manchester

Attorney General makes case for international rules-based order during Harry Street Lecture

The University of Manchester was honoured to welcome The Attorney General Richard Hermer KC, an esteemed alumnus, to deliver ...
Mongabay

The cost of conservation without consent: Astrid Puentes on rights-based environmentalism

Astrid Puentes’s journey from Bogotá to the UN is shaped by a deep awareness of how environmental harm often mirrors social injustice. Early in her legal career, she confronted cases where pollution ...
Jurist

HRW urges rights-based approach for newly appointed Sahel envoy

Human Rights Watch (HRW) urged a rights-based approach in a letter on Friday to the newly appointed African Union (AU) Special Envoy for the Sahel, Burundi President H.E. Évariste Ndayishimiye. HRW ...
Jurist

Human rights groups raise concerns over UN framework on sex-based violence

Twenty-three human rights organizations and individuals, including Amnesty International, raised concerns about sex-based violence on Thursday. The report, titled “Forms of Sex-Based Violence Against ...