Human Rights
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Erasing the Citizen: Civil Death and the Erosion of Human Rights in Nicaragua
Nicaragua’s Ortega-Murillo regime has weaponized Civil Death–the erasure of citizenship and legal…
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Ukraine’s Epilogue?: How Moldova’s Parliamentary Election Results Could Affect Great Power Dynamics in Eastern Europe
On September 28, Moldova’s incumbent Party of Action and Solidarity (PAS) won…
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Free Speech: a Tool for the Oppressed or the Oppressors?
Freedom of expression, while legislated to a greater or lesser degree depending…
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Europe’s Alarming Far-Right Migration Agenda: Strengthening Borders, Eroding Rights
The anti-immigration wind has returned and is ominously blowing over European legislation,…
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Neo-Slavery in the Twenty-First Century: Lebanon’s Kafala System
Domestic workers account for a large percentage of the global workforce. Regardless…
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Saudi Arabia Releases Women’s Rights Activist: A Sign of True Change to Come?
Saudi activist Loujain al-Hathloul has been released from prison after being detained…
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In-Depth: Are Economic Sanctions Justifiable?
Article 33, under the Fourth Geneva Convention, states that “No protected person…
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Comparative Cultures of Violence: The UN Peacekeeping’s Perpetuation of Oppression
Over the past five years more than 600 women and children have…
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Truth Commissions: The What, Why, and How
Human rights and their associated law became an important international issue after…
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The Long Read: the Women’s Arab Spring in Algeria and Sudan
Just a few days apart, April 2019 has seen the fall of…
