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NewsIs South Sudan Sliding Into Chaos?
Violence has re-escalated in South Sudan as a new wave of attacks this month have included a UN base, places of worship,...
Global JusticeOne Year Since Bangladesh Building Collapse
April 24th marked the one-year anniversary of the Rana Plaza building collapse in Dhaka, Bangladesh. This devastating collapse killed more than 1,100...
Global JusticeThe Weaponization of Hunger in Syria
On Friday reports surfaced that U.N. documents obtained by Foreign Policy show that the regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria has been...
Human RightsA Responsible Boycott: Canada and the Commonwealth
On Monday, Canada’s foreign affairs minister announced that the world’s 11th largest economy would be suspending its $10 million annual contribution to...
Global CooperationAmerican Ignorance and Ukrainian Action
The top headline on BBC News yesterday read “Ukraine begins 'anti-terror action’.” "Terror" evokes a strong reaction from most Americans as they...
Global JusticeRemembering Rwanda
One hundred days and nearly 1 million men, women, and children alike killed; killed only because of their ethnic backgrounds. Neighbors, friends,...
Global JusticeFunding Rehabilitation and Reconciliation: The ICC’s Trust Fund for Victims
When a child soldier escapes or is liberated from his captor, he returns home to his family, but often cannot leave the...
Global JusticeA Mass Death Sentence
In what has been deemed as contrary to international law; 529 Muslim Brotherhood members and supporters have been sentenced to death. The...
Human RightsU.S. Human Rights Record Illustrates Troubling Indifference To Fundamental Equality
With the U.N. Human Rights Committee reviewing the report the United States has submitted on its own human rights record this month,...
NewsLandmark Second Conviction for the ICC
On Friday March 7th, the International Criminal Court (ICC) handed down its second conviction in its 12 year history. This conviction found...
Human RightsCosmopolitanism and the Responsibilities of Global Citizenship
What does it mean to be a global citizen? A citizen of the world, or cosmopolitan, is someone who values the equality...