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Costa Rica Bids for the United Nations Human Rights Council

October 11, 2019 Sushant Naidu 0 Comments Brazil, Carlos Alvarado, Costa Rica, environment, Epsy Campbell, Human Rights, Human Rights Council, Latin America, UNHRC, United Nations, Venezuela

By Sushant Naidu Costa Rica announced its bid for the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) this week, two years

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Women’s Education and Professionalism in Post-Conflict Liberia

August 9, 2019 Meagan Torello 0 Comments africa, education, gender equality, Human Rights, Liberia, post-conflict, truth and justice

by Tanya Ansahta Garnett and Kari Øygard As part of the 20th volume of the Journal of Diplomacy, Garnett and Øyhard offer

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Intimate Partner Violence as Evidence of Widespread Gender-based Violence in the Arab Region

August 9, 2019 Meagan Torello 0 Comments GBV, Gender, gender equality, gender-based violence, Human Rights, legal rights

by Lina Abirafeh As part of the 20th volume of the Journal of Diplomacy, Abirafeh examines the widespread issue of gender-based

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Engaging, and Disengaging, on Xinjiang

June 16, 2019June 17, 2019 Kendra Brock 0 Comments China, Equality, Human Rights, ICC, United Nations, Uyghur, Xinjiang

The ongoing visit of UN undersecretary general for counterterrorism Vladimir Voronkov to China’s Xinjiang region, and the invitation to UN

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The Importance of Emir Abd el-Kader Today

May 19, 2019 Meagan Torello 0 Comments colonialism, diversity, Geneva Convention, Human Rights, humanitarian aid, Islam, peace, truth and justice

by Patricia Zanini Graca Emir Abd el-Kader (AEK) was born in the 19th century, before the modern conundrum of international

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Help Wanted: A Call for More Malalas, Kissingers Need Not Apply

May 3, 2019 Meagan Torello 1 Comment Donald Trump, genocide, Human Rights, Iraq, Samantha Power, U.S. foreign Policy

by Meagan Torello The United States has consistently failed to consider human rights in foreign policy as an integral part

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From Guatemala to Sweden: The Power of Young Women’s Voices

April 19, 2019 Meagan Torello 1 Comment activism, Climate Change, Human Rights, Women

by David Gutierrez Arvidsson  When a fifteen year-old Greta Thunberg decided to school strike in front of the Swedish Parliament

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Soviet Jews: The Answer to the LGBTQI Chechen Crisis?

March 25, 2019 Meagan Torello 0 Comments Chechnya, Human Rights, LGBT, Russia, Soviet Union, U.S. foreign Policy

by Sushant Naidu  In 2017, Chechen authorities detained, beat, tortured, and even killed gay Chechens. In 2019, it’s happening again.

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Strangers in a Familiar Land: The Dangers of Citizenship Withdrawal to the Fight Against Terror

February 22, 2019February 24, 2019 Meagan Torello 0 Comments Citizenship, Counter Terrorism, Human Rights, ISIS, terrorism, U.S. foreign Policy

by Kendra Brock  The recent UK decision to withdraw the citizenship of Shamima Begum and the U.S. decision to bar

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Reflecting on 70 Years of the Genocide Convention: Is It Effective?

December 22, 2018 Meagan Torello 1 Comment genocide, Genocide Convention, Human Rights, justice, peacebuilding, prevention, Rohingya, U.S. foreign Policy, United Nations

by Maliheh Bitaraf On December 9, 2018, the United Nations commemorated the 70th anniversary of the Convention on the Prevention

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