Getting the Insight Out
Over the past five years more than 600 women and children have reported being sexually assaulted by UN peacekeepers. Top UN officials believe the actual number of violent sexual acts More
Human rights and their associated law became an important international issue after World War II. In fact, the development of the United Nations system in the post-war period is intrinsically More
Just a few days apart, April 2019 has seen the fall of two of Africa’s and the Arab world’s longest-serving leaders: Abdelaziz Bouteflika of Algeria and Omar al-Bashir of Sudan. More
Brunei is enacting new laws that impose death by stoning as punishment for crimes such as sodomy, adultery, and rape. These laws are based on a strict interpretation of Sharia More
On April 1st, Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir was deposed by the Sudanese military after three decades of contested governance. While al-Bashir is currently under military custody in an undisclosed location, More
Peru is the third largest producer of copper and zinc in the world, and the leading producer of gold in Latin America. The mining industry has been a site of More
The first week of April 2019 marks 25 years since the Rwandan Genocide began. In the years since, the world has witnessed two more genocides, those in Bosnia and Darfur. More
On July 8th, 2018, the world saw a monumental push for peace as Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki and Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed signed the Joint Declaration of Peace and More
Content warning: this article links to a video with graphic content. In a forty year study completed by the Karolinska Institute, researchers found that humans consistently demonstrate strong fear conditioning More
An uglier side of Belgium’s history has once more made its way into the country’s national debate. On February 12, 2019, the UN Working Group of Experts on People of More