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.
Recent Articles
The recruitment and use of child soldiers by state and non-state actors remains a frequent occurrence in Africa despite local and international efforts to combat the practice. While eradicating the…
Conflict & Violence
The unresolved conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh and the continued threat of renewed large-scale war have shifted the focus from domestic to externally conditioned human rights issues in the South Caucasus. Observance…
Minority Groups
From the satanism scare of the 1980s and 1990s to the contemporary myth of White genocide, White South African culture seems to be particularly prone to moral panics. This article…
Women & Girls
Laws and regulations encourage institutionalized gender discrimination and inequality in Iran, ranging from differences in teaching boys and girls to extreme cases such as honor killings. This piece discusses how…