Populist nationalism and racist xenophobia are on the rise worldwide, and immigration policies reflect these trends. Borders are sites of frequent and extreme violations of human rights. Where are the pressure points when working to protect, defend and promote the human rights of migrants today? What role is there for international human rights law and institutions […]

Women and the Laws: Reading Le Code Noir Le Code Noir, the body of law advanced by the government of Louis XIV in the world of 17th-century France, is one of the first codified legal documents regarding judicial conduct toward enslaved persons in the French colonies of the New World. As slavery increasingly established an […]