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International Obligations of Asylum Countries to Protect Refugees

International Obligations of Asylum Countries to Protect Refugees

by Sehar Jamal | Apr 29, 2022 | All, Human Rights, Refugee Law and Policy, Ukraine, United Nations

https://news.un.org/en/story/2017/05/558212-all-refugees-want-go-home-someday-unhcr-spokesperson-and-author-melissa-fleming  What Are States Obligated to Do? At the close of World War II an estimated 60 million people were displaced, creating the origins of modern...
Taking Stock of the UN’s Femicide Watch Initiative

Taking Stock of the UN’s Femicide Watch Initiative

by Amanda Bini | Apr 15, 2022 | All, Human Rights, Latin America, United Nations, Women

Image Attribution: Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos from Washington, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons Pictured above is Dubravka Šimonović, the former Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its...
The Future of International Criminal Law in Domestic Courts: Syrian War Crime Trials in Germany

The Future of International Criminal Law in Domestic Courts: Syrian War Crime Trials in Germany

by Meredith Gusky | Apr 14, 2022 | Europe, Foreign Tribunal, Germany, Human Rights, Law of War, Middle East & North Africa

In January 2022 the first war crimes trial for atrocities committed in Syria concluded with a guilty verdict for Anwar Raslan. Raslan was a Syrian intelligence officer charged with committing the crimes of rape, murder, and sexual assault while working at a prison...
U.S. Policies in Aiding Ukrainian Refugees: What has been done so far?

U.S. Policies in Aiding Ukrainian Refugees: What has been done so far?

by Nur Evin Mercan | Apr 12, 2022 | All, Human Rights, Ukraine

Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on Feb. 24. As many individuals found themselves caught within a dangerous warzone, Ukrainians were “forced to seek refuge in other countries” according to Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas. According...
Detention Intentions: Prisoners of War and Civilian Detainees in Ukraine and Russia

Detention Intentions: Prisoners of War and Civilian Detainees in Ukraine and Russia

by Andrea Lorch | Apr 6, 2022 | All, Human Rights, Law of War, Russia, Ukraine

Since the mid-twentieth century, each generation has been defined by war. War has dominated our society in the worldwide instability that has followed both World Wars and mass global colonization. Since 1947, the number of conflicts in the world have continued to...
Violence Against Women: Landmark Cases and Legal Standards in the Inter-American System

Violence Against Women: Landmark Cases and Legal Standards in the Inter-American System

by Sabrina Rodriguez | Mar 29, 2022 | All, CEDAW, Human Rights, Women

Regional human rights systems address violence against women differently largely because different regions suffer from different maladies and issues. The Inter-American system addressed violence against women earlier than any other region in the world, starting with...
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