Global launch of the 20th issue of SUR Journal

Conectas launched the 20th issue of its SUR Journal. This publication was created ten years ago as a vehicle to deepen and strenghten bonds between academics and activists from the Global South concerned with human rights, in order to magnify their voices and their participation before international organizations and academia. SUR Journal is considered to be by many a roadmap for the global human rights movement in the 21st century. 

Readers from London, New York, Bandung, Johannesburg, São Paulo and Buenos Aires have been invited to participate in the cycle of global launches of the 20th issue of SUR Journal. The issue comes in a larger and more dynamic commemorative format and marks the 10 years of the publication. It has been launched with a series of debates on the challenges currently facing the human rights movement around the world.

The launch event in New York City, on October 20, hosted by the Ford Foundation, included Lucia Nader (Conectas), Louis Bickford (Ford Foundation), Chris Grove (ESCR-Net), Mallika Dutt (Breakthrough), Ken Roth (Human Rights Watch), Sara Burke (Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung), Martin Kirk (The Rules), Thiago Amparo (SUR Journal), and Heloísa Griggs (Open Society Foundations).

“SUR was born with the goal of uniting the points of a discussion that until recently was fragmented and trending towards isolation” said Ana Luiza Cernov, coordinator of the South-South program of Conectas. “Now, 10 years on, the journal proves its ability to broaden the critical debate on the theory and the practice of human rights and to strengthen those that struggle for those rights to become a reality, especially in the Global South.” 

In the issue’s 55 articles, which are divided into six key topics, activists, academics and authorities present practical experiences, provide local perspectives on global issues, question the relevance and the timeliness of the rights approach, share action strategies and address the political, economic and social outlook that currently shapes the multipolarity and redefines the boundaries between the North and the South.

Several ESCR-Net members, as well as Chris Grove, ESCR-Net Director, have collaborated on this issue. 

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