On 25th August 2017, in response to militant attacks against the government, the Myanmar military launched “clearance operations” against its Rohingya Muslim population. This involved the burning down of villages, the murder of civilians – including at least 730 children ...
Read More »Trouble in Paradise? HSC hosts reception with former Vice-President of Maldives
The HSC hosted its final policy soirée of the year with the former Vice President of the Maldives.
Read More »Humanity First – Children Not Soldiers
October 20th, 2016 By Andrada Filip – Junior Fellow “The phenomenon of children used as soldiers is not isolated to one country or continent. Despite international conventions, children continue to fill the ranks of seven state armies and fifty non-state ...
Read More »Commonwealth Secretaries General and Human Rights Panel
HSC Director will participate in a panel discussion organised by the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative
Read More »The Need for Accountability in the Central African Republic: The Establishment of a Hybrid Tribunal
Despite the complementary work of the SCC, hybrid tribunals provide a crucial alternative to justice where the ICC cannot exercise jurisdiction
Read More »Russian-Chinese cooperation: smokescreen or long-term reality?
It is key to see Sino-Russian cooperation not as primarily a values-based relationship, but rather a pragmatic cooperation initiative underpinned by shared authoritarian values.
Read More »Womanhood in Iran: an ongoing struggle
As a Middle Eastern conservative nation, womanhood in the Islamic Republic of Iran is a constant struggle, one that the government tends to, often far too literally, cover up.
Read More »When EU companies work with Iran, they run the risk of providing the tools for oppression
There is no shortage of evidence of how in the past Western-supplied goods became tools of repression.
Read More »The Promotion and Protection of Human Rights In Togo
Togo has ratified major human rights instruments, however the country has yet to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court
Read More »Azerbaijan and the drawbacks of the spotlight
Journalists, bloggers and other activists face a variety of criminal charges which defy credibility.
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