'Human Rights and 21st Century Challenges: Poverty, Conflict, and the Environment', co-edited by Dapo Akande, uses a multidisciplinary approach to examine issues in armed conflict, poverty and the environment, and how they can be addressed using a human rights framework.

The book addresses both foundational and applied questions, such as the relationship between morality and the laws of war, as well as the application of the International Human Rights Framework in cyber space. It contains analysis from prominent lawyer, philosophers, political theorists and practitioners in the field of human rights.