The Deadliest Year Yet
More environmental activists were murdered in 2015 than any other year on record. With the high-profile assassination of…
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Human Rights
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What Will It Take to Stop the Murders of Journalists in Veracruz?
Last week, Manuel Torres González, another journalist in Veracruz, was killed. Is Governor Javier Duarte de Ochoa partly…
Mexican Human Rights Defenders Say They’re the Target of a Smear Campaign
The authors of a report investigating a student massacre in 2014 and other human rights advocates fear an…
Justice, Interrupted
Some Colombian paramilitary leaders accused of brutal human rights violations will not face justice—or their victims' families—until they've served sentences for American drug charges.
‘The Worst War Criminals in the Western Hemisphere’
An early look at a Pacific Standard story that's currently only available to subscribers.
Human Rights Are Women’s Rights, and Neither Is an Objective of the Global Climate Agreement
Climate change affects women disproportionately—yet tensions among Middle Eastern states, and a dearth of women at COP21, mean the final agreement is unlikely to do much for them.
Environmental Justice for Prisoners
Why doesn’t the Environmental Protection Agency count incarcerated populations in its impact statements?
Exploiting Puerto Rico’s Fuzzy Sovereignty
With the homeland as neither nation nor state, Puerto Ricans twist in the wind of political whimsy.
Shelf Help: ‘The Twilight of Human Rights Law’
Are our human rights initiatives too abstract and ineffective?