Category: Human Rights & Development
141 Articles
- Human Rights & Development
Re-imagining Water (and Energy) Sharing in South Asia
Water security has enormous consequences for agricultural productivity and food security in the region. To illustrate, India and Pakistan have over 80 million hectares combined…
February 27, 2018
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The Pacific Islands: At the Confluence of Cultural Preservation and Climate Change
As opposed to the unpredictable calamities that regularly occur in the Pacific, the future may bring a much slower and more insidiously destructive scenario with the potential to…
February 20, 2018
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For Refugee Protection, More Lenient Marriage Recognition is a Must
Out of the 58,179 total refugees admitted in the United States in 2012, most were not the principal applicants for admission but rather their spouses and unmarried children…
September 30, 2013
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Time for Renewal of Religious Independence in Uzbekistan
Over the centuries, Muslim scholars from Uzbekistan have contributed much to history. The Uzbek mathematician Al-Khorezmi is widely known as the “Father of Algebra.” The…
September 21, 2013
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Does Religious Freedom Have a Future in Pakistan?
At the July 18 panel event, a wide array of representatives from nongovernmental organizations, government agencies, and the press gathered to discuss the current state and the…
August 26, 2013
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Guantanamo Bay and the Land of the Free
The United States’ global war on terror has, over the past decade, ushered in a new attitude towards torture. Starting in the United States and subsequently spreading around…
August 7, 2013
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Terrorist Disengagement: A Response to Dr. Angel M. Rabasa
In regard to the affective level, I would posit that there are many reasons that individuals radicalize, of which only one is emotional engagement with other group members. For…
March 22, 2013
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Egypt’s New Constitution: Challenges for Religious Freedom and Related Rights
Religion/State Article 2 of the new constitution includes the words, “Islam is the religion of the state…” These words were found in both the previous and the interim…
March 21, 2013
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- Online Archive
Blood Sport Returns to Afghanistan
These recent executions in Afghanistan demonstrate that the death penalty is no solution when there is no proper rule of law and when corruption permeates law enforcement and the…
January 15, 2013
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- Online Archive
They Are Not Alone: Supporting Prisoners of Conscience
Unfortunately, many people today are not free but languish in jail cells around the world. They are imprisoned because of who they are, what they believe, and how they have…
January 14, 2013