Category: Human Rights & Development
138 Articles
- Human Rights & Development
Managing US Sanctions Toward Russia
As Joe Biden prepares to become the 46th president of the United States, speculation has begun on what a Biden administration will mean for US policy toward Russia and sanctions…
December 10, 2020
- Human Rights & Development
A Human Rights-Based Approach to International Food Assistance: Adopting a Long-Term Solution to an Immediate Challenge
In October 2020, the World Food Programme (WFP) received the Nobel Peace Prize for its work as the ultimate foot soldier in the fight against global hunger. Months prior, the…
December 8, 2020
- Human Rights & Development
PART II: A Call for Collective Punishment: LGBTQ in Post-Conflict Chechnya
How then should policymakers, activists, and scholars weigh the policy options? The main question is not whether human rights should be promoted in the region, but how? Stress on…
September 11, 2020
- Human Rights & Development
PART I: A Call for Collective Punishment: LGBTQ in Post-Conflict Chechnya
A useful lens for analyzing the current regime in Chechnya is to reflect upon the wave of violent detentions of LGBTQ that began with allegations in the Russian newspaper, Novaya…
September 4, 2020
- Human Rights & Development
What the Pandemic Reveals: Workers’ Rights in Bangladesh and Garment Supply Chains
The Pandemic EffectAt the same time, it has thrown into relief the chronic weaknesses of the Bangladeshi garment industry itself, including its “labor management” practices,…
September 3, 2020
- Human Rights & Development
“Not One Women Less, Not One More Death:” Feminist Activism and Policy Responses to Gender-Based Violence in Latin America
In 2011, Mexican poet and human rights activist Susana Chávez Castillo was tortured and killed in Ciudad Juárez. Eighteen years earlier, she coined the phrase “ni una mujer…
August 12, 2020
- Human Rights & Development
Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Iraq: Challenges and Solutions
Mental health concerns increase in countries affected by protracted conflict, as experiencing distressing and traumatic events caused by long-term violence can result in…
July 27, 2020
- Human Rights & Development
How Natural Resource (Mis-)management in the Nile River Basin May Threaten Stability
If managed properly, the GERD offers benefits to Ethiopia and the wider region. Ethiopia sees domestic electrification and international energy sales from the GERD as its pathway…
May 20, 2020
- Forum: LGBTQ+ Issues in International Relations
- Human Rights & Development
Same-Sex Narratives and LGBTI Activism in the Muslim World
Same-Sex Narratives and the Sharia In the Arab-Muslim world, homosexuality is typically perceived as forbidden, or haram. Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Intersex ) …
May 18, 2020
- Human Rights & Development
Oil, Ethnic Conflict, and Necessary and Sufficient Reforms
Guyana, a small, English-speaking country of about 780,000 people in South America, comes out at the bottom of the Human Development Index ranking of the fifteen full members of…
May 12, 2020