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An Avenue to Justice for Afghan Women: Bringing a CEDAW Case Before the International Court of Justice[1]   In a tumultuous Afghanistan,...

Wassim Hassan is a Syrian political activist. He is a member of the The Syrian Women's Political Movement and the Mouatana Movement, a...

Gus John is an award-winning writer, education campaigner, and lecturer. His work spans the fields of education policy, management, and...

We are the Restitution Study Group (RSG), a New York-based non-profit founded in 2000 to campaign for innovative approaches to healing...

In our society and social theory, there is a fine line between a ‘right’ and a ‘wrong’ decision. While society uses moral justifications...

Anna Gallina is a Legal Consultant at eyeWitness to Atrocities. Julianne Romy formerly worked as a Legal Advisor at eyeWitness to...

‘It is authority and not truth that makes the law’[1] German philosopher Hannah Arendt says in her book On Violence : ‘The authority does...

Moneim Adam is a human rights attorney and the Gisa Group’s Program Director for the Sudan Human Rights Hub (SHRH). He began his career...

This article discusses international agreements such as the Declaration on the Elimination of Violence Against Women (DEVAW) and the...

Francisco B González Centeno is an officer for the International Criminal Court (ICC) from Buenos Aries, Argentina. He holds an MSc in...

Helena Wray is a professor of migration law at the University of Exeter. Her extensive experience in this area spans several...

I. Introduction 2014 was the beginning of a turbulent but crucial journey for the Ukrainian identity to gain a foothold. In February of...

Ali Ghaderi is a young refugee from Iran. He arrived in the UK five years ago through a family reunification scheme which was available...

Nadia Murad is a Yazidi human rights activist. In 2014, she was abducted from her hometown in Iraq, Kocho, by the Islamic State, as part of the Yazidi genocide. After her escape, she founded Nadia's Initiative, which advocates for survivors of sexual violence. In 2018, she was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize alongside Denis Mukwege for her fight to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and armed conflicts. CJLPA : Throughout history and to present day, we see that w

Marie-Claire Kakpotia Koulibaly is a feminist and activist fighting to end Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and forced marriages....

Introduction Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, especially its full-scale unfolding since 2022, has highlighted many important issues...

Boarding a crowded Delhi Metro train, I was crammed up with four college boys who seemed quite amused by my Tibetan face. As if the grins...

Johann Soufi is a Franco-Algerian international lawyer and prosecutor, and a former Senior Legal Officer at the United Nations. He has...

A snapshot in time of English folk music, queer visibility, and gender non-conformity Alex Garden is a fiddle player, guitarist,...

How and why the international community failed Syria One of the most unforgiving aspects of the Syrian Conflict is the fact that its...

Ronald W Meister is a distinguished legal professional serving as Senior Counsel at Cowan, Liebowitz & Latman in New York City. Holding...

Soomaya Javadi is a Hazara human rights activist who fled Afghanistan with the help of the 30 Birds Foundation. Actively advocating...

Clive Stafford Smith is a British human rights lawyer who has spent his career working against the death penalty in the United States,...

Riad al-Turk was a political opposition leader, lawyer, and human rights activist from Homs, Syria. By many Syrians he is seen as a...