by Meredith Gusky | Oct 3, 2022 | All, Russia, Ukraine
On March 16, 2022 the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ordered Russia to immediately suspend military operations in Ukraine. This order raises two very important questions for international law and policy: First, what authority does the ICJ have in ordering a...
by Vivian Overbeck | May 19, 2022 | All, European Union
The European Union is in the process of creating the European Digital Identity: a biometric passport, or a central location for all identifying information. The purpose behind the passport is to enable Europeans to easily identify themselves and share selected...
by Gabriella Igboko | May 3, 2022 | Africa, All, Children, Nigeria, Sharia Law, Women
Child marriage is a human rights violation with many facets and consequences; it is a practice that disproportionately affects girls, stripping them of their agency to make decisions, inhibiting their education, and exposing them to violence and abuse. Countries have...
by Hyung-jo Choi | May 2, 2022 | All, Financial, Trade
In early March of 2020, a South Korean national who worked for German automotive company, Continental, was extradited to the United States. He pleaded guilty for his involvement in an international market allocation and bid-rigging conspiracy involving the sale of...
by Eric Cunningham | May 2, 2022 | All, Russia
On February 21, 2022, Russian president Vladimir Putin announced that the Russian Federation would recognize the Donetsk People’s Republic and the Luhansk People’s Republic, two Russia-backed separatist regions of Ukraine, as independent sovereign states. On February...
by Meredith Gusky | May 2, 2022 | All, Russia
Since Russia invaded Ukraine, Putin has struggled to keep his own people from joining the rest of the world in protesting the war. Following demonstrations, Putin heightened censorship of news media and journalists in Russia. Stifling dissent is a way for Putin to...
