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Tag: HumanRights

Why the climate migrant narrative is problematic

by Lan Duong8 Nov 20218 Nov 2021Leave a comment

Alarmist language about climate migrants too often ignores the crisis' nuance.

COP26 climate change, climate refugee, climatechange, climatemigrant, cop26, crisis, HumanRights, immigration, Opinion, refugee, refugeecrisis

Negotiations in Glasgow seek to build on the Paris Agreement

by GPI Fellows5 Nov 20215 Nov 2021Leave a comment

It's been five years since COP21 — how did we get here?

COP26, Explainer climate, climate change, cop26, environment, glasgow, human rights, HumanRights, united nations

Environmental protests sweep Europe

by Aaron Smith5 Nov 202122 Dec 2025Leave a comment

Protestors demand bold moves from world leaders at COP26.

COP26, Europe, Explainer climate, climatechange, cop26, earth, environment, fridaysforfuture, glasgow, HumanRights, thunberg

How can the world address human rights violations amid the Tigray Conflict in Ethiopia?

by Amer Ammache18 Apr 202122 Dec 2025Leave a comment

The United States should mediate between warring parties in the Tigray region.

Problems and Answers, Sub-Saharan Africa eastafrica, eritrea, ethiopia, HumanRights, tigray, tigrayconflict

Human rights advocates must stop calling for sanctions as a foreign policy tool

by Bennett Rine16 Feb 2021Leave a comment

Sanctions too often end up harming the very communities they are intended to help.

IWSJ foreign policy, HumanRights, Opinion, rights, sanction, sanctions

Amid wave of anti-LGBT policy and autocratic rule in Poland, new abortion law sparks mass protests

by Matthew Slade16 Feb 202122 Dec 2025Leave a comment

Marchers defied coronavirus curfews in cities across the country in the largest protests since the fall of communism.

Europe, Explainer, IWSJ abortion, HumanRights, law, lgbt, lgbtq, poland, policy, rights, russia

Five-term Ugandan President wins reelection, despite corruption allegations and a crackdown on human rights

by Amer Ammache16 Feb 202122 Dec 2025Leave a comment

President Museveni wins reelection against opposition leader Bobi Wine and now faces accusations of election, press freedom and human rights violations.

Explainer, IWSJ, Sub-Saharan Africa HumanRights, musevini, president, reelection, uganada, uganadanpolitics

Amid COVID-19 and Myanmar coup, fate of the Rohingya hangs in the balance

by Delarai Sadeghitari7 Feb 202122 Dec 20251 Comment

Refugee resettlement for the Rohingya fails to improve humanitarian and political conditions.

IWSJ, Southeast Asia coup, HumanRights, myanmar, Opinion, protest, Refugees, rohingya

The #MeToo movement reaches Iran

by Sumaya Hussaini3 Oct 202022 Dec 2025Leave a comment

Iranian women and journalists take to social media to break the silence on sexual violence.

Explainer, Middle East & North Africa HumanRights, iran, MeToo, MiddleEast, politics, SocialMedia, WomensRights
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