Pushing Forward with a Disability, Peace, and Security Agenda
December 3 marks International Day of Persons with Disabilities. Also being celebrated this December are the seventy-fifth anniversaries of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the foundational...
View ArticleHow Can We Actually Improve Human Rights in North Korea?
Human rights in North Korea are currently in the spotlight. In addition to a recent conference on North Korean human rights held in Honolulu, there’s also a new documentary, Beyond Utopia, about North...
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Some Facts for the Unconvinced: Why We Need a Gaza Ceasefire Now
There is no military solution — this was true in Afghanistan and Iraq and it is true in Gaza. It is not possible to destroy Hamas militarily. Going to war against a small group of militants doesn’t...
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A Crack in a 75-year-old Wall of Impunity: South Africa Challenges Israeli...
1948 was a year of tragic irony. That year saw the adoption of both the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the UN Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, together...
View ArticleProtecting Democracy — Beyond Who Wins
“Democracy is on the ballot in 2024” is starting to become a cliché, as candidates in some of the 60-plus countries holding elections this year espouse overtly authoritarian agendas. But protecting...
View ArticleNavalny and Assange: In the Shadows of Eagles
In the late evening of February 16, I was standing on the other side of the iron fence that surrounds the imposing white building of the Russian embassy in The Hague. Abundantly illuminated by the...
View ArticleEgypt’s Al-Sisi Has Caged Himself In
In no conversation with Egyptians in recent months can one avoid hearing how the prices of basic food and commodities are rapidly rising on a daily basis — sometimes changing literally while someone is...
View ArticleImmigration Is Good. Our Immigration Policy Should Reflect That.
Immigrants are good for this country. They work critical jobs, pay taxes, build businesses and introduce many of our favorite foods and cultural innovations (donuts, anyone?). But for decades, powerful...
View ArticleGazans Are Starving — Don’t Cut Aid Now
Earlier this year, the International Court of Justice ruled that Israel’s actions in Gaza plausibly constitute genocide. The world’s most influential judicial body ordered Israel to stop killing...
View ArticleTransgender Rights in Nepal Has Entered a Hyper-Medicalized Era
As an LGBT+ rights activist and leader of the Federation of Sexual and Gender Minorities-Nepal, one of my jobs is to witness medical abuses as I accompany transgender people trying to be legally...
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