In this section you will find a range of resources written by Elizabeth Willmott Harrop. Just click on the links below or in the main menu.

iraq: propaganda's war on human rights

States wage war in the name of peace and democracy. Yet war propaganda can violate human rights and undermine the democratic principles it seeks to champion. However, it is rarely acknowledged, by the media, governments, or even anti-war campaigners, that war propaganda is illegal under international human rights law.

Propaganda's War on Human Rights analyses the legal and practical implications of war propaganda in a human rights framework. Examples of State Practise focus on the United States of America and the United Kingdom, in relation to the ongoing 2003 Iraq war.

human writes

A range of articles on human rights topics. Including the universal declaration of human rights' bias towards western democracies, the legal status of human rights instruments, the evolution of the international criminal court, and Maori and human rights in New Zealand.

blog

My blog discusses social justice issues, the politics of gender and parenting, and the rights of women and children.

Articles include breast cancer's handbag campaign: sexist, puerile, insulting; sexualised boob obsession has origins in lactation; and women's work invisible in global economics.

childbirth, parenting and human rights

There are at least 11 international declarations, resolutions and conventions which support parents, mothers and their children. However, in spite of human rights legislation, society does not necessarily advocate what is best for babies or those who care for them.

This section gives an overview of human rights instruments supporting motherhood and discusses some contentious parenting issues, from extended breastfeeding to the crisis of medicalised childbirth.