Forced labor is a widespread problem in fisheries on the high seas. Between 2012 and 2018, an estimated 100,000 people may have been victims of forced labor on thousands of different boats.
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The court prosecutes genocide, torture and grave wartime abuses worldwide. Trump’s executive order imposes on its lawyers and judges the kind of sanctions usually used on foreign terrorists.
United Nations peacekeeping operations need to be refashioned to meet the needs of an ever evolving world.
It is not all democracies that struggle to deal with the coronavirus; it is those in which the people do not feel the system works for them.
Ousted president Omar al-Bashir could face the International Criminal Court for his role in Sudan’s clampdown on the non-Arab people of Darfur.
The role and efficacy of the traditional crime-prevention measures in Iraye-Oke are widely acknowledged by people who live in the area.
Although financial reparation for African-Americans may be complicated to achieve, steps such as accurate acknowledgement of atrocities as well as public apologies and memorials can be enacted.
Traveling death squads. Sadistic torture techniques. Stolen babies. The US helped it all happen by aiding Argentina’s military regime in the 1970s, according to newly declassified documents.
If left unchecked, invasions of privacy enabled by technology could put every human right at risk, and on a scale that would be truly terrifying.
To address environmental degradation, including climate change, it is essential to take into account human rights and migration. Hybrid international law and regional thinking are both essential.
In 1981, many criticized Ronald Reagan’s nominee to head human rights initiatives in the State Department. Here is how activists mobilized to ensure the nomination was rejected.
ASEAN has been silent over the blatant disregard of human lives by the Philippines and Indonesia in the name of the ‘war on drugs’.
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Research Fellow at Centre for Trusted Internet and Community, National University of Singapore
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Assistant Professor of Sociology, Yale University
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Prof. of Contemporary Slavery, Research Director - The Rights Lab, University of Nottingham
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Senior fellow at CIPS and a lecturer at International Trade faculty, Politeknik APP Jakarta
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Professor of Political Science, Department of Political Studies and Governance, University of the Free State
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Professor, Criminology, Carleton University
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Associate Professor of Political Science, The Ohio State University
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Professor of the Practice of Mediation, University of Notre Dame
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Associate Professor, Sociology, Bishop's University
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Modern Slavery Programme Officer, Centre for Policy Research (UNU-CPR), United Nations University
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Professor of History, Colgate University
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Professor in Global Security, RMIT University
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Dean of the Faculty of Law, Universitas Katolik Indonesia Atma Jaya
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Professor of Sociology (Criminology, Victimology and Security Studies), University of Ibadan
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Assistant Research Professor and Senior Fellow, Georgetown University