Narrating Human Rights in Crises, Transitions and Beyond

Abstract

The narration of human rights can have far‑reaching consequences, depending on the language used. Too often, we witness migration portrayed as a threat to state integrity, or nationalist and populist discourse deployed to resist rigorous monitoring of human rights protections. At the same time, we see emerging interpretations of international law and technological advances in documentation that can support the pursuit of a more just society. Therefore, in an increasingly complex world, where narratives have the power to shape reality, it is imperative to engage with difficult human rights debates, challenge dominant discourses, and work to conceptualise, recognise, monitor, and implement human rights in ways that preserve human dignity and prevent violations. With a focus on victim‑led approaches, the papers in this panel challenge prevailing narratives on human rights and migration by proposing counter‑discourses grounded in solidarity and the lived experiences of everyday life.

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Narrating Crisis, Imagining Solidarity – The Narrative Politics of Migration	View Paper Details
The Right to Life in War: Redefining the Relationship Between Human Rights Law and the Conduct of Warfare by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR)	View Paper Details
Debating International Human Rights Mechanisms in the Lithuanian Parliament in the Period of 1992-2024	View Paper Details
Voice and Memory Bordering: Externalisation, Unpublic Death, and the Counter-Archives That Re-Politicise Loss	View Paper Details
From Reports to Data: Harnessing LLMs for Fine-Grained Human Rights Data Collection	View Paper Details