All domestic parties to the conflict have consistently targeted their political dissenters as well as wartime rivals with enforced disappearances.
Read More »‘Please, we’re dying’: A Legal Analysis of Horrific Detention Centre Conditions in Contemporary Libya
The combination of Libya's penal sanctions alongside neglectful treatment of asylum seekers is nothing short of inhumane, let alone lawful.
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Armed groups in South Sudan have systematically targeted women with malicious sexual intent as well as continued this in the form of prolonged slavery and forced pregnancies.
Read More »The “terrorists” fighting for democracy in Myanmar
Right now, conflict is still developing throughout Myanmar, constantly escalating as the PDF becomes more heavily armed and effective in their bloody fight for freedom.
Read More »Patterns of Coups in West Africa
Corruption, mismanagement, poverty, and war provide fertile conditions for desperate youths with little prospect and lost patience with leaders to welcome such radical change as a military coup. And the pattern is clear; as long as coups succeed, coups will continue to take place.
Read More »We Come In Peace: New UN Report Substantiates Breaches of Fundamental Rights During Peaceful Protests in Belarus
With all evidence considered, the actions of the Belarusian security forces amount to a denial of not only the rights to freedom of association and assembly but also freedom from torture, free speech, the right to due process and effective remedies and demonstrates failures of the national accountability mechanisms.
Read More »Offshore Detention in Australia – Proposals Set to Revoke Previous Draconian Legislation
14 March, 2022 by Sam Biden, Global Leadership Fellow Current System Australia has been incorporating an ‘offshore’ detention system for over two decades. This system is facilitated via the Migration Act 1958 (MA), allowing for indefinite and arbitrary detention. The ...
Read More »Ethiopian atrocities – Genocidal intent or Crimes against Humanity?
Despite genocide not having been committed in the state, widespread, systemic and targeted crimes against humanity have been committed by all sides to the conflict.
Read More »Putin vs. the World
Moscow must not be allowed to get away with this, even if the sanctions are also costly to the side imposing them. If Russia thinks it has won Ukraine, it is naïve to think it will stop there – this victory will only embolden it to go after everything else it desires.
Read More »Regressing progress: Post 9/11 women’s rights reversed since Taliban takeover
Overall, the state of women’s rights in Afghanistan over the past 7 months has been nothing short of a reversal to pre-2001 Taliban ideology. Not all hope is lost, but promises from the Taliban to employ a new system that will supposedly uphold women’s rights is yet to be seen.
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