Rethinking Human Rights: Critical Insights from Palestinian Youth

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Erika Jiménez (Queen's University Belfast, UK) Colin Harvey (Queen's University Belfast UK)

Rethinking Human Rights

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Critical Insights from Palestinian Youth

Erika Jiménez (Queen's University Belfast, UK), Colin Harvey (Queen's University Belfast UK)

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Hart Publishing
23 April 2026

Age groups: adolescents; Human rights; Civil rights & citizenship; Human rights & civil liberties law

Series: Human Rights Law in Perspective

Palestinians have used the language of human rights to articulate their struggle against the Israeli occupation and internationalise the injustices they face. Palestinian young people learning about human rights at school experience a dissonance between the aspirational and internationalised framework of those norms and the layers of injustice of their own lived experience. Drawing on research in the occupied West Bank, this book explores the three layers of marginalisation faced by Palestinian young people – the Israeli occupation that denies them their humanity; the Palestinian pseudo-state that denies them a voice; and patriarchal structures that deny them agency – to show how these barriers influence their understanding of, and scepticism towards, human rights. Influenced by decolonial theories, this book illuminates how space needs to be created for the counter-narratives of the oppressed in human rights discourse, which may not align with more conventional representations of human rights. It contends that human rights and, by extension, human rights education in the Palestinian context (and beyond) needs to be critiqued, decolonised and ultimately transformed.

By: Erika Jiménez (Queen's University Belfast UK)
Edited by: Colin Harvey (Queen's University Belfast UK)
Imprint: Hart Publishing
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 232mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 16mm
Weight: 360g
ISBN: 9781509954865
ISBN 10: 1509954864
Series: Human Rights Law in Perspective
Pages: 248
Publication Date: 23 April 2026
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

1. Introduction 2. Human Rights: The Dominant Global Discourse 3. Human Rights Education: Narrow and Expansive Conceptualisations 4. Human rights as a Vehicle to Struggle against the Occupation: Reclaiming the Human of Human Rights 5. Human Rights as a Vehicle to Critique the Authoritarian Palestinian Pseudo-State: Reclaiming Voice 6. Human Rights as a Vehicle to Challenge Patriarchy: Reclaiming Agency 7. Human Rights Education in Palestinian Schools: Discordance Between the Dominant Discourse of HRE in School and the Struggle for Rights Outside School 8. Conclusions Appendix- Timeline of Key Historical and Political Events in Relation to the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict Bibliography

Erika Jiménez is Leverhulme Early Career Fellow at the School of Law, and Mitchell Institute Fellow: Rights and Social Justice at Queen’s University Belfast, UK.

Reviews for Rethinking Human Rights: Critical Insights from Palestinian Youth

Harrowingly timely … It is a well-written and insightful book that provides critical and timely insights into the shortcomings of international human rights law and the lived experiences of Palestinian young people. * Human Rights Law Review * Erika Jiménez’s book is a necessary contribution to the fields of human rights education and Palestine studies. While not the first to examine HRE in the OPT, it brings something significantly new to the table. * International Journal of Human Rights Education *