This book is the collective effort of participants from Dejusticia's annual Global Action-Research Workshop for Young Human Rights Advocates. The talented writers featured here are graduates from previous workshops who came together again in 2018 to explore the intersection between research and activism and what it holds for the future of human rights.

The authors in this book question traditional methods and explore new ways and visions of advancing human rights in the troubled context in which we live today. Do the struggles of small-scale miners in Ghana, the use of strategic litigation in Lebanon, and the recognition of the rights of nature in India represent evidence for hope? Or is the opposite true, and, as shown in the chapters on martial law in the Philippines, the treatment of wastewater in Argentina, and in the internal conflict in Yemen, human rights have failed to deliver on their promises?

Whatever the answer, Reimagining the Future of Human Rights invites us to reflect on the work of human rights in different contexts and the challenges that activists face, but also the progress they have made. The chapters in this book offer a snapshot of the current state of human rights that can help guide our work as activists and researchers.

Osamah Alfakih

Is advocacy director Mwatana, a Yemeni NGO, and a 2021 Nobel Peace Prize nominee. He has more than ten years of experience, mostly on human rights issues in Yemen.

Sebastián Becker Castellaro

Is a lawyer consultant for the International Federation for Human Rights' Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders.

Evgeny Belyakov

Is a researcher and a human rights activist. Born in Russia, he has lived and worked in several East-Central European countries, exploring issues of historical memory and historical trauma, authoritarianism, and political economy.

Jessica Corredor-Villamil (Editor)

Holds a PhD in sociology and anthropology and a master's degree in migrations and interethnic relations from the University Paris VII - Denis Diderot in France. She currently directs Dejusticia's international area.

Mary Louise Dumas

Joined her first fact-finding mission in an Indigenous people's community in the Philippines two decades ago and has been an Indigenous rights advocate ever since. She holds a master's degree in media, peace and conflict studies.

Richard Ellimah

Is a journalist and community activist from Ghana.

Arpitha Kodiveri

Is an environmental lawyer with the Indian nongovernmental organization Natural Justice. She is currently experimenting on the use of different mediums and the potential influence of design in enviro-legal activism in the law