Better Know President Biden’s Pick For The Top US Human Rights Post, Sarah Margon Mark Leon Goldberg June 10, 2021 On April 23, 2021, President Joe Biden has nominated Sarah Margon as Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy Human Rights and Labor. This is the top human rights post in the United States government. This is...
There’s a Scourge of Gender Based Violence in South Africa, and Women Are Fighting Back Mako Muzenda September 13, 2019 When Uyinene Mrwetyana went missing on 24 August 2019, her family and friends started a nationwide campaign to find her and bring her home. They put up posters. They begged the South African Police Service (SAP...
Spain Has Figured Out How to Save the Lives of Migrants at Sea. The Rest of the EU Should Follow Mark Leon Goldberg July 30, 2019 Ed note. This article by Luna Vives, Assistant Professor of Geography and Migration, Université de Montréal is from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. According to the International Organiz...
Countries with the Highest Murder Rates, Ranked in a New UN Report Joanne Lu July 12, 2019 Armed conflicts are becoming deadlier as violence intensifies, but a new United Nations (UN) report reveals that actually, intentional homicide kills far more people. In fact, according to the hefty Global Stu...
The White House Wants To Send Asylum Seekers To Guatemala. This is Probably Illegal Mark Leon Goldberg July 10, 2019 This is a guest post from Eric Schwartz, the president of Refugees International. He previously served as U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees, and Migration In a particularly egregious ...
The Most (and Least) Peaceful Countries in the World, Ranked Joanne Lu June 18, 2019 Afghanistan is now the least peaceful country in the world, replacing Syria, according to the latest Global Peace Index published Wednesday. Meanwhile, Iceland is retaining its position as the most peaceful cou...
Venezuelan Refugees in Curaçao are Facing Abuse, Detention and Deportation Mark Leon Goldberg April 26, 2019 Ed note. This is a special guest post from Izza Leghtas and Jessica Thea of Refugees International. “I’ve been here two years, and I don’t have a right to anything. I can’t get sick. The other day a neighbor s...
The Trump Administration Banned the ICC Prosecutor from Visiting the United States. Are UN Officials Next? Mark Leon Goldberg April 5, 2019 The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court is banned from the United States. Aside from official meetings at the United Nations, the State Department has placed visa restrictions on Fatou Bensouda, a Ga...
The Head of UNICEF (Who is a Former Republican Official Nominated by Donald Trump) Warns Against Cutting Aid to Central America Mark Leon Goldberg April 3, 2019 The head of UNICEF, Henrietta Fore, is a former Republican official. She served in George W. Bush's administration as a top official at USAID, the State Department and even ran the US Mint for several years in ...
