Category: Human Rights & Development
141 Articles
- Forum: LGBTQ+ Issues in International Relations
- Human Rights & Development
Are LGBTQ Human Rights in Uganda a Lost Cause?
Uganda was not always the extremely homophobic country it has transformed into. It first gained international notoriety in 2009 when David Bahati, a member of the Ugandan…
February 27, 2020
- Human Rights & Development
Building a Multi-Directional Transnational Solidarity Movement
Within this predominant relationship, the colonial mindset continues to influence our understanding of who needs help, who is responsible for the conditions of those in need, and…
February 13, 2020
- Human Rights & Development
No Peace Without Justice in Afghanistan
Human Rights and Accountability Measures in Afghanistan Since the coup d’état of 1978 and the Soviet invasion a year later, Afghanistan has experienced consecutive regimes,…
February 10, 2020
- Human Rights & Development
The “Anti-Corruption Drive” in Bangladesh: Where is it Going?
The so-called anti-corruption drive was initially received with excitement and great enthusiasm in the media and in public discourse. However, in the past month, it has become…
December 16, 2019
- Human Rights & Development
Development Cooperation: Threatened but Supported by a Durable Consensus
In contemporary times, we have seen aid weaponized by a transactional administration that views aid as a gift to be withheld in exchange for unrelated concessions. The alleged …
December 10, 2019
- Human Rights & Development
Climate Change, Carbon Politics, and Kenya’s Democratic Future
Nigeria is the quintessential example of the destructive impacts of oil. In the 1950s, vast oil reserves were discovered in the Niger Delta, one of the planet’s most precious…
October 8, 2019
- Human Rights & Development
Examining the International Community’s Long-Standing Double Standard on Refugees
To understand the current situation and how to move forward, it is worth comparing the Palestine refugee problem to the plight of Jewish refugees in the rest of the Middle East…
July 17, 2019
- Human Rights & Development
Uncertainty in the Uighur Diaspora: A Brother’s and Sister’s Tale
Gulmira’s brother Mehmet also endured an unexpected and harrowing experience with the Chinese authorities. When Mehmet, who was studying to earn his PhD in the United States,…
July 12, 2019
- Human Rights & Development
Part II: Bosnia and Herzegovina after the October 2018 Elections: Highly Volatile, Yet Functionally Inert
The Impetus Must Come from Below At least as worrisome and consequential to Bosnia as the illiberal engagement from Moscow, Ankara, or Beijing is that from Belgrade and Zagreb,…
July 7, 2019
- Human Rights & Development
Part I: Bosnia and Herzegovina after the October 2018 Elections: Highly Volatile, Yet Functionally Inert
More than half a year ago on October 7, 2018, Bosnia and Herzegovina (hereinafter “BiH” or simply “Bosnia”) held general elections in a highly charged environment in…
July 3, 2019