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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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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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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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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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