Category: Human Rights and Workplace Investigations
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What are digital rights?
As technology becomes more integrated into daily life, a critical question arises – How can human rights be effectively protected within digital environments? Addressing this question requires an understanding of how human rights are applied in digital contexts. Digital rights refer to the application of existing fundamental human rights within digital spaces. For example, freedom…
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The Act of Intake Assessment in Managing Workplace Conduct Complaints
In today’s evolving workplace, organizations are expected to address conduct complaints with procedural fairness, confidentiality, transparency, and strategic foresight. For effective complaint management, intake assessment is typically the first step toward addressing a workplace conduct complaint, where trust is established, key information is gathered, and the direction of the complaint is set, including consideration of…
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Trauma-Informed Approach to Legal and Investigative Work
Trauma-informed approach is now recognized as an essential skill for lawyers and investigators. Although this approach was rarely addressed in legal education or professional training early in my career, the field has evolved significantly. Today, more training opportunities and resources are available to help practitioners build these crucial skills. A trauma-informed approach means understanding that…
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3x3x3 — TRANSITIONS AND THRESHOLD
I had the absolute pleasure to join the Girls research Network at York University to present an aspect of my work on Girls and Transition: Sexual Violence in Conflict in Nigeria. Here are three key ideas that my presentation highlighted: 1. Girls transition from peace to conflict settings. 2. Girls transition from conflict to post-conflict…
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Tracing Sexual Violence in Conflict as a Continuum of Violence Against Women and Girls in Northern Nigeria: Pitfalls of Law and Policies
Abstract Sexual violence is a human rights infringement that causes harm in the lives of individuals when committed and may lead to severe complications, disabilities or even death. In Nigeria, women suffer from a chain of violence which is traced from regular times to post-conflict situations in addition to other social problems like gender discrimination,…
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Reflection from Global Insitute for Human Rights Certificate Program
Changemaker Catalyst Award recipient, Chidinma Umahi Odi Nwankwo attended the Global Human Rights Certificate Program by University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School Global Institute for Human rights virtually from June 8 to June 19th 2020. Chidinma is an LLM Student, Class of 2020, Majoring in International and Comparative Law. June 8 marked the beginning of…
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Investigating Non-Human Rights Allegations
Reflections from Rubin Thomlinson’s complimentary webinar On March 27, 2025, I attended a one-hour webinar hosted by Rubin Thomlinson titled “Investigating Non-Human Rights Allegations,” led by Janice Rubin and Liliane Gingras. As a legal and human rights professional, I find immense value in participating in these sessions not only for the purpose of meeting professional development requirements, but also for…
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