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Thomas Coombes

Human Rights Day 2020: Re-imagining human rights for the 21st century

Three years ago, on Human Rights Day 2017, I first asked out loud whether we need a new model for communicating human rights. I was…

Dec 10, 2020

Human Rights Day 2020: Re-imagining human rights for the 21st century

Dec 10, 2020

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The Tilt

From megaphone to mosaic

Five principles for narrative communications

Jul 7, 2020

From megaphone to mosaic

Jul 7, 2020

The videos that gave us hope in 2019

High lachrymosity alert! From Dublin Bus to Cory Booker, these are the most inspiring, hope-based social media ads of 2019.

Dec 18, 2019

The videos that gave us hope in 2019

Dec 18, 2019

Here are six principles for ethical human rights communications

How do you tell surprising, powerful stories for social change to a global audience that respect and empower both subject and the viewer?

Dec 4, 2019

Here are six principles for ethical human rights communications

Dec 4, 2019

How to change narratives with hope

Two years ago I wrote a medium post that changed my life. I had a sudden realisation that the role of human rights groups was to give…

Nov 11, 2019

How to change narratives with hope

Nov 11, 2019

World Review of Books – Jamaica to Jordan

Reading stories increases empathy. What better reason to read books from other parts of the world? If every book is a chance to devleop…

May 4, 2018

World Review of Books – Jamaica to Jordan

May 4, 2018

World Review of Books — Iceland to Italy

I believe every novel should be an adventure, revealing something wholly different to your understanding of the world. That’s why I am…

Feb 18, 2018

World Review of Books — Iceland to Italy

Feb 18, 2018

Hope, not fear: A new model for communicating human rights

Since publishing this story in 2017, the idea of hope-based communications has grown. In 2019, I set up hope-based communications as a…

Dec 10, 2017

Hope, not fear: A new model for communicating human rights

Dec 10, 2017

A World Review of Books — H

I’m reading a book from every country in the world — an A to Z of undiscovered world literature. This time, books from Haiti, Honduras and…

Sep 25, 2017

A World Review of Books — H

Sep 25, 2017

A book from every country – G

The best world literature you have never heard of, one country at a time, from A-Z.

Jun 23, 2017

A book from every country – G

Jun 23, 2017

Thomas Coombes

Thomas Coombes

Founder, Hope-based comms. Human rights strategist. Blogging about world literature in my spare time.

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