Recently the United Nations University hosted Dr. Thomas Pogge, the Leitner Professor of Philosophy and International Affairs at Yale University. Dr. Pogge discussed “Human Rights: the Second 60 Years” during the week celebrating the 60th anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. ...
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Human Rights
Who’s Responsible for Human Poverty? One scholar’s answer…
Practical Politics for Protracted Refugee Situations
Recently, I had the opportunity to conduct research in the Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh. While many know about the plight of the impoverished in Bangladesh, the presence of the Rohingya refugees has received much less attention. The Rohingya are a minority Muslim ethnic group from the Rakhine state of Myanmar, which...
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Delay Prosecution to Save Lives in Darfur
The panel of International Criminal Court judges weighing whether to indict Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir on 10 counts of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes related to the conflict in Darfur will reach a decision in the coming months. It is expected that the judges will allow the case against Bashir to go...
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