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Confiscation of Russian Assets: Legal, Human Rights, and Political Limitations
Moral considerations in confiscating Russian assets Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine has been going on for almost two years....
Images of Iran’s Resistance: In Conversation with Roshi Rouzbehani
Roshi Rouzbehani, a London-based Iranian illustrator, uses her captivating artwork to champion social causes. Beyond captivating...
Solomon Njombai
11 min read
Bridging Trauma to Hope: In Conversation with Jessa Crisp
Jessa Crisp is a licensed professional counsellor, public speaker, and anti-trafficking activist. A victim of sex trafficking as a child,...
Nadia Jahnecke
26 min read
Anemones of the People
Knuckle dragging, low-slung, dead pig-eyed, A belch or a growl passes for thought, Ogres, tramping through dirty snow fields To sniff out...
Paul Pickering
2 min read
Invisible in Plain Sight: How Can We Increase the Rate of Identification of Victims of Human Trafficking and Slavery?
My Story Ten years old and wishing I was dead. Sitting on my bed, staring at my hand—wondering whether I was invisible or not. I never...
Jane Lasonder
18 min read
Doubtful Legislative Innovations: Criminalising Wartime Collaboration during Russian Aggression in Ukraine
1. Historical Overview of Wartime Collaboration In situations of armed conflict, it is almost inevitable that there will be instances...
Artem Nazarko
36 min read
Defending Global LGBT Rights: In Conversation with Téa Braun
Téa Braun is the Chief Executive of the Human Dignity Trust. She oversees all of the core legal work of the Trust and has been involved...
Abi Dore
16 min read
Lessons From International Tribunals: In Conversation with Anabela Alves
Anabela Alves is a Portuguese lawyer having served as Legal Advisor to Chambers at the ICTY and later as Legal Advisor to the Presidency...
Aidan Johnson
22 min read
Film and Culture in Sudan’s Civil War: In Conversation with Ibrahim Ahmad
Sudanese filmmaker Ibrahim Ahmad exposes human rights abuses through his award-winning films. Chronicling the atrocities in Sudan, his...
Solomon Njombai
17 min read
From Afghanistan to France: A Route Strewn with Pitfalls
On 15 August 2021, the Taliban seized control of Afghanistan. The ‘Apagan’ operation initiated an airlift that successfully evacuated...
Salomé Cohen
8 min read
The Power of Social Movements: In Conversation with Deva Woodly
Deva Woodly is a professor at Brown University. Her research covers media and communication, political understanding of economics, race,...
Eleanor Taylor
22 min read
Justice for Victims and Survivors of Sexual Violence related to Russia’s Armed Aggression in Ukraine
І. Sexual violence as Russia’s weapon in the war against Ukraine: History and the present On 24 February 2022, Russia launched an open...
Khrystyna Kit
10 min read
My Dark Drawings
My Dark Drawings begin as I cover the white paper with the blackest of black charcoal. Working in a spontaneous manner I push and pull...
Lee Tribe
3 min read
Youth Activism in Afghanistan: In Conversation with Nila Ibrahimi
Nila Ibrahimi is a 16-year-old Afghan women’s rights activist who narrowly escaped the Taliban following their return in August 2021....
Nadia Jahnecke
15 min read
What Comes After Freedom: In Conversation with Behrouz Boochani
Behrouz Boochani is an award-winning Kurdish writer, journalist, scholar, cultural advocate, and filmmaker. His memoir No Friend But the...
Alexandra Marcy Hall
14 min read
Ukrainian Cultural Heritage: A Victim of Russian Aggression
As a result of systematic attacks by the Russian armed forces on Ukrainian cities, civilians are killed and injured, and civilian objects...
Hong Kong’s Last Generation: In Conversation with Frances Hui
Frances Hui is policy and advocacy coordinator for the Committee for Freedom and Hong Kong Foundation. Having become an activist at the...
Nadia Jahnecke
21 min read
The Legal Battlefield of the Syrian Civil War: In Conversation with Anwar al-Bunni
Anwar al-Bunni is a Syrian human rights defender who has fought for the right to freedom of speech and for democratic reform in Syria. He...
Nour Kachi
15 min read
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