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 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 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...
by Mark Rook | Mar 22, 2021 | Africa, All, Covid-19, Human Rights, Refugee Law and Policy
Today, the global refugee crisis is more pressing than ever before. As of mid-2020, the number of forcibly displaced people worldwide had reached a staggering 80 million, comprised mostly of internally displaced people (IDPs) and refugees settled into host countries....