There have been remarkable developments in the field of human rights in the past few
decades. Still, millions of asylum-seekers, refugees, and undocumented immigrants …

While the 1960s marked a rights revolution in the United States, the subsequent decades
have witnessed a rights revolution around the globe, a revolution that for many is a sign of …

This book questions the'role model'status of the Turkish Republic with respect to the
advancement of female agency in a secular context by using the study of women with …

In this Element, I introduce the socio-legal study of politics of rights as the theoretical
framework to understand rights in the culturally and politically diverse region of Southeast …

Giorgio Agamben presents us with one of the most powerful and controversial criticisms of
human rights. He contests conventional understandings of human rights as normative …

The conventional interpretation of equality under the law singles out certain groups or
classes for constitutional protection: women, racial minorities, and gays and lesbians. The …

The pluralities of silence speak to political undercurrents otherwise neglected or unheard.
Questioning how and why people remain silent debunks assumptions that silence is passive …

With the collapse of the Soviet Union, neo-liberal models of governance have become
dominant, and have increasingly been justified through the employment of human rights …

Feminist strategising on abortion has been dominated by a “pro-choice” frame. Increasingly,
however, pro-choice discourse is being viewed as inadequate to meet contemporary and …

Turkish speakers' linguistic rights in Germany have been central to the debates about their
ties to Turkish culture as well as their place in the German society. Scholars have …