Human Rights & Development
Human Rights & Development examines the interplay between the closely-entwined objectives of economic advancement and human welfare. With a particular focus on promoting human dignity, we seek to illuminate the challenges that states, communities, and international organizations face when combating global problems, such as underdevelopment, climate change, racial discrimination, and gender inequality.
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How to Constrain Dictators: Lessons from Georgia
IntroductionFollowing the collapse of the USSR, many thought liberal democracy was a spear aimed at the heart of autocracy. Because it was more open, efficient, and popular, it would eventually…
February 24, 2026
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The Greenlandic Forced Contraception Cases: Apologies, Compensation and Beyond
February 11, 2026
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December 10, 2025
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Infanticide in the Name of Proportionality: Gaza as a World Order Problem
September 26, 2025
Conflict & Violence
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Human Rights in a De Facto State: The Locus of ResponsibilityThe Second Karabakh War of 2020 not only shifted the geopolitical balance in the South Caucasus but also created a need to review the…
April 6, 2023
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Beyond Repatriation: Combating Peacekeeper Sexual Abuse and Exploitation
May 2, 2022
Humanitarian Aid
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In a July 2020 internal statement signed by 1,000 staff members of Médecins Sans Frontéres (MSF), workers criticized the NGO’s “dehumanizing” programs, run by a “privileged white…
May 21, 2021
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Understanding Haiti Through the Power of the Social Forces in Interaction
When studying the Haitian state and its institutions, scholars and policymakers often unwittingly employ standard neo-colonial tropes developed through the lens of racialized capitalism.…
June 15, 2021
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Curbing Illicit Financial Flows to Pay for Sustainable Development and COVID-19 Recovery
As states seek to cope with the economic and social consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, budget deficits and debt burdens widen. This is particularly true in Africa, where post-pandemic…
March 2, 2021
Minority Groups
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From Satanism to Genocide: Moral Panic and White Supremacy in South Africa
During the late 1980s and early 1990s, as it became increasingly clear that South Africa’s apartheid system of minority rule was neither functional nor tenable, White society was assailed with…
May 12, 2023
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The View of the Coup from the Camp: Myanmar’s Emergent Trans-Ethnic Solidarity
March 17, 2021
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Community and Health Governance in Myanmar during and after COVID-19
January 28, 2021
Women & Girls
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Gender and Terror: Boko Haram and the Abuse of Women in Nigeria
Officially known as Jamā’at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da’wah wa’l-Jihād, Boko Haram is Nigeria’s most prominent insurgent sect, fighting for Islamic rule in the country. “Boko Haram” is a…
April 5, 2022
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