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melmartinez.bsky.social
Assistant Professor at the University of Mary Washington. Researching human rights, Latin American politics, and non state org.
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This is how it could look like… www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

The #PEPFAR tracker is following the real time impact of each passing day of the funding suspensions spurred by the USAID funding freeze. Although there is a waiver to allow dispersion of ART, this is not happening because clinic workers have been laid off. People are dying. pepfarimpact.vercel.app

submitted 21 days ago • 21 comments

AI companion on zoom is so accurate --it's creepy.

submitted 34 days ago • 0 comments

It arrived! But two days too late to wear on inauguration day

submitted 37 days ago • 5 comments

Glad to share our new article "HOW COVID CHANGED LATIN AMERICA" in @jodemocracy.bsky.social @mikealbertus.bsky.social muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl... @josefkorbelschool.bsky.social We find COVID created challenges & risks of democratic backsliding but also brought hopeful responses and resiliencies

submitted 56 days ago • 1 comment

In light of the news that the ICC has just issued arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant along with one Hamas leader (the other two have been killed), this piece is once again relevant: www.foreignaffairs.com/israel/dont-...

submitted 98 days ago • 3 comments

We strongly suggest that academic publishers and other platforms that host research rapidly implement a Share to Bluesky button for their articles. Here's how: docs.bsky.app/docs/advance... #AcademicSky #HigherEd #Altmetrics

submitted 101 days ago • 176 comments

Hi new followers! I will post some of my most recent work in this thread. I am a political scientist with expertise in human rights in Latin America, international law, and non-governmental organizations. I'm excited to share some more work coming soon and engage with others about their work.

submitted 102 days ago • 1 comment

For context: I work at a 501c3 nonprofit. We sued the Trump admin to block his rollbacks of environmental rules on average once per week from 2017-2020. We won 90% of those cases. This is why they want to stop us

submitted 108 days ago • 42 comments

🚨New publication! Very happy to share that my paper is now online Open Access in a @the-peio.bsky.social special issue on domestic politics and IOs: Naming and shaming in UN treaty bodies: individual petitions’ effect on human rights link.springer.com/article/10.1...

submitted 150 days ago • 3 comments

HR folks (esp if IL, Gender, migration- focused). send me a message! ASU Global Human Rights Hub has different working groups and virtual talks throughout the year. Previously, I've used it as a way to highlight jr candidates on the market, but I'm open to thinking!

submitted 169 days ago • 0 comments

Pinning this for later for further reflection. Mexico is long due for judicial reform, will this lead to the much needed changes? www.reuters.com/world/americ...

submitted 168 days ago • 0 comments

My article at Georgetown Journal of International Affairs is now available -'Democratic Backsliding: El Salvador's State of Emergency and Use of Violence' muse.jhu.edu/issue/51848

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Applications open till Jan 21st!

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Hey folks! Sara Kahn Nisser&I are putting together a special issue proposal on human rights&democratic backsliding. Great papers with us so far! Looking to add a couple more to be considered part of our proposal. Reach out with title/abstract (and/or questions) by Jan 10!

submitted 427 days ago • 1 comment

New article now online with @malavelle.bsky.social and Matthew Rains, who isn’t on here as far as I know. From the Journal of Conflict Resolution: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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