For all the justified concerns about the rule of law and human rights today, there are also inspiring elements and innovations. One is that of human rights cities, often defined as local communities and socio-political processes where human rights play a key role as fundamental values and guiding principles. The city of Utrecht was the…

Barbara Oomen If there is one issue that, as a human rights scholar, has puzzled me for years it is the continued popularity of the UN 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). Permanently referring back to the UDHR, it seems to me, is like continuing to use an old Nokia when the Iphone X…