Category: Human Rights & Development
143 Articles
- Human Rights & Development
Public Opinion, Criminal Procedures, and Legislative Shields: How Supreme Court Judges Have Checked President Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil
In his 2018 electoral campaign, Jair Bolsonaro stirred tension with the Brazilian Supreme Court (Supremo Tribunal Federal, “STF”) by openly defending packing it with new…
April 25, 2022
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Germany’s Holocaust Memory Problems
Introduction It is commonly assumed in the English–speaking world that Germany is the world leader when it comes to dealing with its past. There is even a word for it:…
April 20, 2022
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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…
April 5, 2022
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Iran’s Educational System and the Institutionalization of Gender Inequality
In 2020, instead of attending school, a fourteen-year-old girl named Romina Ashrafi was killed at the hands of her father because she had eloped with a twenty-nine-year-old man.…
April 4, 2022
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Conflict in the Time of COVID-19: Prioritizing Ukraine’s Health Security
Vladimir Putin’s bellicose political posturing, role in supporting conflict in the Donbas, veiled nuclear threats, and questionable charges against NATO aggression culminated in…
March 28, 2022
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The Silenced Epidemic: Why Does Russia Fail to Address HIV?
Introduction The number of people living with HIV in Russia reached more than 1.1 million in June 2021. Over the previous five years, between 85,000 and 100,000 new infections…
January 31, 2022
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The ICC Investigation and Accountability in the Philippines
When the International Criminal Court (ICC) announced on September 15, 2021, that it was formally opening an investigation into alleged crimes against humanity in the, …
January 28, 2022
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Madagascar’s Famine Is More than Climate Change
In June of 2021, the World Food Programme (WFP) announced that 14,000 people in southern Madagascar were facing a Level Five “food catastrophe,” the most severe category of the…
January 24, 2022
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Gender Ideologies, Leadership, and Development in Cameroon
Women in Cameroon face barriers to attaining leadership positions. These barriers appear both in both physical and ideological space. Physical spaces consist of leadership…
December 17, 2021
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Will Biden’s Plan to Resettle Afghans Transform the U.S. Refugee Program?
President Joe Biden campaigned to rebuild the United States’ system of resettling refugees, the US Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP), which had been severely undermined by the…
December 11, 2021