Although beloved by billions around the globe, mega-events like the Olympic Games have a history of damaging the cities and societies that host them. Recent reforms by the International Olympic…
The Romani “tradition” of early marriage is not just a quaint custom. Human rights activists emphasize that it is a cover for a profound issue of segregation and discrimination against…
From the satanism scare of the 1980s and 1990s to the contemporary myth of White genocide, White South African culture seems to be particularly prone to moral panics. This article…
Peru’s recent protests have been the most intense in the country in at least a century, leaving a tragic toll of at least sixty human lives. The causes of the…
Ethnonationalism is a strong force in Korean society, and the South Korean state has pursued an active diasporic engagement policy based on this principle. Nevertheless, co-ethnic return migrants from less-developed…
The unresolved conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh and the continued threat of renewed large-scale war have shifted the focus from domestic to externally conditioned human rights issues in the South Caucasus. Observance…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has sparked nationwide protests and international controversy by pushing forward a package of legislation that would fundamentally restructure the Israeli government. After a string of…
The decolonization that spanned across the 20th century dramatically reshaped our world, but what often escapes common knowledge about this period is that anticolonial intellectuals and statesmen did not only…
Portrayals of India and Israel as strategic partners or allies in the oppression of Kashmiris and Palestinians often suggest that India emulates Israel in how it manages oppression. Yet, the…
Statelessness affects millions of people around the globe. The experiences of stateless Vietnamese minority populations in Cambodia suggest that much broader, deeper, and context-specific responses are needed to tackle the…
