Tag: Civil Liberties
34 Articles
- 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
- 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
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
- Science & Technology
The American Antitrust Breakup of Facebook and the Dangers of China’s WeChat
However, in all the discourse on breaking up the tech giant, not a single candidate has focused on the effect it might have overseas. In principle, Senator Warren and Mr. Yang&…
December 11, 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
- Forum: LGBTQ+ Issues in International Relations
- Human Rights & Development
“The Deceased Can’t Speak for Herself:” Violence Against LGBT People in Malaysia
Just three weeks earlier, also in Klang, another trans sex worker was beaten to death. While police have opened investigations into both cases, they hastily determined that the…
June 25, 2019
- Conflict & Security
Part II: (Un)Accountability for Torture
Public Reputational Accountability Gaps and Failures “The category of public reputational accountability,” Keohane asserts, “is meant to apply to situations in which…
June 20, 2019
- Conflict & Security
Part I: (Un)Accountability for Torture
With the nomination and eventual appointment of Gina Haspel to the directorship of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), debates around the legality and the morality of the…
June 17, 2019
- Global Governance
The United States Must be on the Side of Democracy in Southeast Asia
Faced with the challenge of backsliding democracy in Southeast Asia, the United States must make sure that democracy and human rights are at the heart of its policies in the…
May 21, 2019
- Society & Culture
The Struggle of the Indigenous Population in Contemporary Brazil
But the decisive step was taken by the Constitution of 1988, in which Article 231 establishes that the Indians’ “original rights” (“direitos originários”) to the lands…
May 8, 2019