by Eleni Christine Papaiacovou-Lane | Dec 31, 2024 | Genocide, Human Rights, United Nations, United States
In 1951, William L. Patterson, Executive Secretary to the Civil Rights Congress, traveled to Paris with some of his colleagues to present a petition to the United Nations (UN) entitled “We Charge Genocide: The Crime of Government Against the Negro People.”...
by Audrey Stone | Nov 27, 2023 | Executive Power, Human Rights, Jurisdiction, War Crimes
Introduction In 2010, Jorge Vinicio Sosa Orantes fled his home in Los Angeles to evade Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents that were closing in to arrest him for immigration fraud. Sosa is a Guatemalan ex-commando who participated in the Dos Erres...
by Mary Ameringer | Apr 27, 2023 | Human Rights
On April 15th, President Macron signed into law his unpopular reform act increasing the state pension age from 62 to 64. Since January, millions have mobilized in demonstrations across France to denounce the reform. However, civil unrest exploded in late March after...
by Audrey Stone | Mar 28, 2023 | Human Rights, Hungary
On May 22, 2022, Hungary declared a state of emergency in response to the “emergency” posed by armed conflict in Ukraine and Russian aggression. This is the latest in a string of state of emergency declarations that allowed Prime Minister Viktor Orbán to continue...
by Meredith Gusky | Mar 28, 2023 | Human Rights, ICC, Russia
On March 17, 2023 the International Criminal Court (“ICC”) issued arrest warrants for Russia’s President Vladimir Putin, as well as Maria Alekseyevna Lvova-Belova, Russia’s Commissioner for Children’s Rights in the Office of the President. The ICC issued the arrest...
by Andrew Allen | Mar 14, 2023 | Human Rights, immigration, Western Balkans
Introduction and Historical Background Processing genocide is difficult enough, establishing legal protections that reconcile with a prior warring adversary is another. Croatia serves as a distinct example of a country that has used constitutional legislation to...
