Reports and Books

Bringing Israel to Account: The Role of International Law

IHRC’s latest report looks at how international law has failed in affording any redress to the Palestinian people. Download Uzma Karim’s report here. From the introduction: The beginning of May 2004 saw one of the most intense periods of destruction by the Israeli Military in

To Liberate or Not to Liberate? Islam, Universalism & Human Rights

A presentation by Arzu Merali dealing with the problems of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights from a Muslim perspective. Download the report here. The paper by Arzu Merali was presented at the one day conference, ‘Concepts of Human Rights: Islamic and Western Perspectives.’ In

The Religion of Human Rights

Saeed Bahmanpour sets out the dilemma faced by most people who are faithful to God and at the same time want to make sure that the basic rights of human individuals are safeguarded.  He argues that the discourse of human rights has become ‘the religion