International Law

Summer is nearly officially over (and the weather here in New York shows it). This means the Perspectives on Global Issues blog is back from its sun-drenched hibernation. Our editors have already been churning out their thoughts and analyses on the latest breaking news in the world of international affairs — but just...
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In an earlier blog I wrote about the leaders in Bangladesh and Thailand that were beginning to put pressure on the Government of Burma to discuss the out-migration of the Rohingya to Bangladesh, Thailand, and Malaysia. It seems now that we may be beyond that point. Business Day recently reported that the...
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Seven years after the Uyghurs, an oppressed Muslim minority group in the west of China, were detained, they are still in Guantánamo prison. They should have never been there in the first place. Although it was apparent in 2001 that the Uyghurs only enemy was the Chinese government, they were considered suspected...
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Photo via CNN Facing persecution as a minority ethnic group in Myanmar, the Rohingya refugees have been fleeing their homeland since the 1970s. Some have ventured to Bangladesh, languishing in refugee camps for over 17 years. Still others have taken the riskier route to refuge traveling by sea to Thailand and Malaysia. ...
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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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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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