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Should Human Rights Matter in a Pandemic?

March 20, 2020 Sushant Naidu 0 Comments Arbitrary Detention, censorship, China, Coronavirus, Covid19, discrimination, Global Health, Human Rights, International Law, Right to Health

Image: Yichuan Cao – Sipa USA via Time By Leah Bordlee The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has infected more than 218,743

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Indigenous Peoples in Brazil and the Right to their Sustainability: A Territory, Authority, and Rights Approach

March 16, 2020 Sushant Naidu 0 Comments Brazil, First Peoples, Indigenous Rights, Latin America, Protests, South America

Image: Fernando Bizerra | EPA by Priscila Ribeiro Prado Barros In her article for the Diversity issue, Barros illustrates how

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When Ethnic Diversity Becomes a Curse in Africa: The Tale of Two Sudans

March 12, 2020 Sushant Naidu 0 Comments africa, diversity, Editors' Pick, Governance, South Sudan, Sudan

Image Credit: Will Baxter | CRS by Luka Biong Deng Kuol Author Luka Biong Deng Kuol discusses how ethnic diversity

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A New Sudan: How al-Bashir’s Trial Could Move the Country Forward

February 24, 2020 Sushant Naidu 0 Comments africa, Human Rights, International Criminal Court, Omar al-Bashir, Sudan, truth and justice, UNSC

Image Credit: Ashraf Shazly/AFP By Mohamed Elshekh The Former President of Sudan, Omar al-Bashir, managed to seize control of the

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A Digital Future Requires Strong Human Rights Frameworks

February 5, 2020 Sushant Naidu 0 Comments AIIB, Asia, Development, Digital Infrastructure, Human Rights, World Bank

Image Credit: Business & Human Rights Resource Centre   By Kendra Brock   “There is nothing more dangerous [when building

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Wrapping Up on 2019 – The Year of Return for the African Diaspora

December 30, 2019December 31, 2019 Sushant Naidu 0 Comments Abolition, africa, Diaspora, Ghana, Jerry Rawlings, Mathieu Kireka, Nat Amarteifio, Project Joseph, Slave Trade, Slavery, United Nations, Year of Return

Photo description: New Ghanaian citizens pose for a photo with President Nana Akufo-Addo. (Photo credit: Office of the President, Ghana)

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Justice for the Huddled Masses Yearning to Breathe Free: Immigration After Trump

October 20, 2019October 20, 2019 Sushant Naidu 0 Comments Detention Centers, Human Rights, immigration, justice, Refugees, Reparations, Traumatized Children, US Policy

Image credit: Natasha Varner/The World By Eleanor Baldenweck  Following a dictator or other authoritative government, new democracies are often faced

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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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Mental Health, Venezuela, FIFA Word Cup and Leading Latinas at the 2019 Concordia Summit

October 7, 2019October 14, 2019 Sushant Naidu 0 Comments Fifa, immigration, Latina, Latinx, LGBTQ, Mental Health, Sports, Venezuela, World Cup

Three of our Associate Editors covered four specific events at the 2019 Concordia Summit.  Change the Narrative: Mental Illness, Health,

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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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