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 Zach Burgoyne | Nov 2, 2022 | All, Human Rights, United Nations
Do universal human rights exist? In 1948 the world was tired. It had suffered through back-to-back world wars and an increasing rise in globalism led the world’s nations toward a unified goal: Peace and international unity. This newfound internationalism led to the...
by Sabrina Rodriguez | Nov 1, 2022 | All, Children, Columbia, Covid-19, Ecuador, Egypt, Human Rights, Russia, Ukraine, United Nations, Women
Introduction The right to protest is under threat across all regions of the world and repression has grown increasingly common. This year, we have seen various examples of this repression in Russia, Iran, Ecuador, and Chad. However, this problem has always been...
by Amanda Bini | Oct 23, 2022 | Discovery, Environment, History, Law of War, Private Space Flight, Public International Law, Space Law, United Nations
Images from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have renewed worldwide interest in space exploration. In addition to the infinite possibilities that exist in outer space, there are several possibilities that hit closer to home. In the words of the U.S....
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...
by Zach Burgoyne | Apr 25, 2022 | All, GDP, United Nations
GDP is a bit old-fashioned. Economists have heavily relied on GDP to guide national and international policy, however, many economists are jumping onto a new bandwagon that finds its origins in the small, Buddhist nation of Bhutan: Gross Domestic Happiness (GDH)....
