by Caroline Dumoulin | Jul 12, 2021 | All, Asia, Comparative Law, Covid-19, Human Rights, Labor Law, Middle East & North Africa, Migration Law, Uncategorized
There are an estimated 164 million migrant workers in the world today, approximately 8.5 million of them women, with roughly 19 percent of these women working in the Arab region. Despite these high numbers, due to the private nature of the work causing poor...
by Heather Zimmerman | Jun 16, 2021 | Africa, All, Democracy, Elections, Human Rights
The world has been watching the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) since its presidential election in 2018. That election and inauguration of President Felix Tshisekedi marked the country’s first peaceful transition of power since independence in 1960. Observers...
by Elise Levy | May 31, 2021 | All, Comparative Law, Human Rights, Latin America
TW: This article discusses instances of sexual violence. In a landmark decision, the birthplace of the current Pope and a nation where 92 percent of the population self-identify as Catholic has voted to legalize elective abortions up to fourteen weeks. Argentina’s...
by Danielle Barnes-Smith | May 27, 2021 | All, Elections, Europe, France, Human Rights
Emmanuel Macron was touted as a refreshing centrist after defeating Marie Le Pen in the 2017 election. But his reception by the French public has been on a downward slope since then with 60 percent of the French public currently unhappy with Macron’s leadership. As...
by Garrett May | May 20, 2021 | All, Human Rights, Southeast Asia, U.S. Foreign Policy
Shortly after his election in 2016, polling surveys put President Duterte’s trust rating among Filipinos at 91 percent. One commenter observed “it seems he has the pulse of his nation.” But as a politician whose unusually transparent temper has been a cause of concern...
by Michael Friedl | Mar 29, 2021 | All, Human Rights, Law of War, Public International Law
The aspects and characteristics of wargaming as a way of training military decision-makers and gaining insights into potential future developments relating to armed conflicts has already been much discussed. A recent post on War on the Rocks has recently featured the...
