Can human rights advance social justice?

Dr Lorenzo Cotula (Principal Researcher, International Institute for Environment and Development; Honorary Professor, University of Strathclyde) challenges the naysayers of human rights in his academic piece “Between hope and critique: Human rights, social justice and re-imagining international law from the bottom up.” For a shorter version, check out this Uni of Bristol blog piece “Global resource governance and IEL: can human rights advance social justice?”