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U.S. Must Maintain Strong Ties to Moderate Gulf States
Despite rumors of waning influence in the Middle East due to Trump’s protectionist doctrine, America remains as present as ever in the region. Although the media continues to push the narrative that...
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Political Homophobia: Sheds Clouds Over the Rainbow
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro criticised the country’s recent Supreme Court judgment which ruled to criminalise homophobia, making it a crime equivalent to racism. Bolsonaro went on to say “But...
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Millions in India Face Statelessness as Political Party Calls for Hindu...
On July 30, 2019, the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi released a draft of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) where millions from the northeastern state of Assam in India- many Muslims-...
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Communication Blackout in Kashmir is a Human Rights Issue
On August 5, 2019, the government of India, in an attempt to abrogate Article 370, which amongst other things, conferred a special status on the State of Jammu and Kashmir, caused the complete...
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Costa Rica Bids for the Human Rights Council
The president of Costa Rica, Carlos Alvarado Quesada, announced Costa Rica’s bid for the Human Rights Council (HRC) at the United Nations. Two years ago, the Group of Latin America and the Caribbean...
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Marsha Lazareva’s Legal Saga in Kuwait has High International Stakes
Kuwait’s Sabah Ahmad al-Sabah has long had a reputation as one of the more passionate defenders of human decency in the Gulf region. He was honored in 2014 by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for his...
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Women’s Rights Reforms in Saudi Arabia under Mohammed bin Salman
While the Western world is focused on Saudi Arabia’s multiple foreign policy crises, such as the Yemen war, ordinary Saudi citizens are trying to keep up with the rapid pace of social and cultural...
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Deportation to Syria Could Mean Death for Women, Children and LGBTQ Refugees...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan isn’t limiting his assault on neighboring Syria to attacking Kurdish troops that run the country’s northern region. He says the 3.6 million Syrians now living as...
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A Day to Celebrate and Reflect on UN Accomplishments
When October 24th is mentioned in the halls of the United Nations, thoughts immediately gravitate towards the meaning of the UN; for this day represents UN Day – a day to consider the founding of the...
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Unlevelled Fields: Brexit, Workers’ Rights and the Environment
The smorgasbord of Brexit terms has been further plated up with the latest acronym: the WAB or Withdrawal Agreement Bill. It comes in at 115 pages, with an added bonus of 126 pages of explanatory...
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Going to the ICJ: Myanmar, Genocide and Aung San Suu Kyi’s Gamble
Leaders currently in office rarely make an appearance before either the International Court of Justice or the International Criminal Court. International law remains affixed to the notion that...
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Remembering the Adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)...
On December 10, 1948, the UN General Assembly (UNGA) announced the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) and the accompanying 30 rights and freedoms that continue to remain the...
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Tunisia’s Strive for Gender Equality
From the Sahara desert to white sandy beaches, from its Roman ruins to the Arab Spring, Tunisia is known for many things, but did you know that the struggle for gender equality is one of them? Tunisia...
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What Escalating Conflict with Iran Could Mean for Iran’s Baha’i Minority
Iran is home to an estimated 300,000 adherents of the Baha’i faith, a religious minority founded in Iran in the mid-19th century. Since then, the Baha’i faith has spread across the globe and garnered...
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The Position of Dalit Women in Indian Society
The caste system is an ancient societal classification of people based on their varna (caste order or class) or jati (birth). An apartheid-like system, India’s caste order is the archetype of the...
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India has the Responsibility to Protect its Population
Action and words are two separate things, right? But not if you’re a government official. Rhetoric often reflects policy— which translates into action. General Bipin Rawat, India’s Chief of Defense...
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When Politicians Turn Immigration into a ‘Crisis,’ they Hurt their Own People
A massive influx of immigrants on the southern border led to record numbers of people entering the country without legal permission, record numbers of migrant deaths and the criminalization of...
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Wrongful Arrest of Indigenous Man Highlights Enduring Systemic Racism in Canada
In an incident symbolic of Canada’s history of entrenched racism and mistreatment of its Indigenous population, a middle-aged man and his 12-year-old granddaughter were wrongly arrested while trying...
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Treatment of Detainees in Spain ‘Not in Line with European Law’
In its national human rights report presented at the UN earlier this month, Spain claimed that its legislation concerning detainees’ rights has been in line with European law since as far back as...
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For China, Human Rights are an Annoyance. Here’s Why.
Earlier this year, Kenneth Roth, Human Rights Watch’s Executive Director, was denied entry to Hong Kong. Human Rights Watch stated that “Hong Kong immigration authorities have denied access to the...
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