Tag: Civil Liberties
34 Articles
- Human Rights & Development
Routine Observance of Human Rights in Shadow of an Unresolved Conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh: External vs. Internal Locus of Responsibility
Human Rights in a De Facto State: The Locus of Responsibility The Second Karabakh War of 2020 not only shifted the geopolitical balance in the South Caucasus but also created a…
April 6, 2023
- Human Rights & Development
Nicaragua on the Brink: Protests, Elections, and Mass Atrocity
Since December of 2021, the Nicaraguan government has made a series of sweeping attacks on universities, which are often the seat of anti-government protest. Actions have…
March 17, 2023
- Human Rights & Development
Empowering Iranian Judges: A Venue for Reducing Capital Punishment
Introduction In September 2022, a 22-year-old Iranian Kurdish girl named Mahsa Amini died in the custody of the Guidance Patrol, the religious morality police of Iran, after…
February 13, 2023
- Dialogues
Decoding The US Response to Iran’s Protests Amid An Unsettled Middle East, with Former Assistant Secretary of State David Schenker
GJIA: Protests have swept Iran following the death of Mahsa Amini in Tehran on September 13th. President Biden has stated his support for the protestors’ cause, though hasn’t…
October 28, 2022
- Global Governance
Turning the Tables: China Gaining Influence in the International Human Rights Regime
China is gaining influence in the international human rights arena and is reshaping the global understanding of human rights. China’s greater influence enables and inspires…
May 13, 2022
- Human Rights & Development
Lifting the State of Emergency in Egypt – The Limitations of a Regional and International Message
On October 25, 2021, the president of Egypt, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, announced in a Facebook post that he intended to lift the state of emergency that had been in effect since…
December 10, 2021
- Human Rights & Development
Arbitrary Judicial Detention? The Challenges of Protecting Nationals Unfairly Detained Abroad
The arrest of Meng Wanzhou, a senior Huawei executive in Canada, created a considerable steer in China. Meng was arrested at the United States’ request for alleged fraud in…
October 6, 2021
- Human Rights & Development
Bahrain and the Conundrum of Democracy Promotion
Bahrain, a tiny island state off the coast of Saudi Arabia in the Persian Gulf, is a serious violator of human rights and good at pledging to mend its ways without following up…
June 14, 2021
- Human Rights & Development
Chile’s Constitutional Turning Point
Chile is at its most important inflection point since its 1990 return to democracy in the wake of the Pinochet dictatorship. In October 2019, the country exploded in violent…
April 1, 2021
- 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