The World is Sidestepping the International Criminal Court to “Investigate” War Crimes in Yemen and Iraq? Kimberly Curtis October 11, 2017Yemen and ISIS's crimes in Iraq are two of the most dire human rights situations in the world right now. There is plenty of evidence of war crimes and crimes against humanity, and under normal circumstances the International Criminal Court would be dispatched ...
A UN Official (Correctly) Calls Trump’s New Travel Ban “Collective Punishment” Mark Leon Goldberg September 25, 2017New travel restrictions imposed by the United States hurts ordinary people for one reason only: their nationality.Jan Egeland is the head of the Norwegian Refugee Council, one of the world's largest humanitarian organizations. He is also the former top UN ...
More people have died because Yemen’s main airport is closed than from the conflict directly Mark Leon Goldberg August 10, 2017It has been one year since the Saudi-led international coalition stopped all commercial traffic in and out of Sanaa International Airport. The results have been deadly -- perhaps even deadlier than the conflict itself.Marking the anniversary of the airport...
VIDEO: A BBC Journalist Snuck Into Yemen To Report on the Worst Humanitarian Crisis Mark Leon Goldberg July 28, 2017Journalists routinely hitch rides on UN planes. If there is space on airlifts transporting humanitarian goods and personnel, the UN generally welcomes journalists to ride along and report on some forgotten humanitarian crisis. Such was the case last week when ...
After years of decline, child marriages are skyrocketing in Yemen. (Because, War) Penelope Chester March 29, 2017The war in Yemen - which is now entering its third year of active conflict - is having a devastating impact on the population. Almost the entire country is affected, with alarming rates of food insecurity and malnutrition. The public health system is threateni...
The “Four Famines,” Explained Kimberly Curtis March 17, 2017Hunger will be the humanitarian disaster of 2017. The UN already declared a full fledged famine in parts of South Sudan last month, and three other situations around the world are precariously close to crossing a threshold of food insecurity that leads to fa...
Trump seeks deep cuts to UN relief programs, just as 20 million people face famine Mark Leon Goldberg March 14, 2017In a perfect storm, the Trump administration is reportedly seeking deep cuts to UN relief programs, just as 20 million people face famine.Colum Lynch reports in Foreign Policy that the White House has instructed the State Department and the US Mission to t...
Famine, Explained (VIDEO) Mark Leon Goldberg March 13, 2017What three conditions trigger the United Nations to declare a "famine?" What causes a famine? And how do you stop a famine? These questions are acute right now as the world faces an unprecedented number of people living in famine or near famine conditions. ...
Famine Strikes South Sudan. UN Warns Three Other Countries Could be Next. One of the Biggest Catastrophes of a Generation Mark Leon Goldberg February 23, 2017Famine kills children first.Famine does not simply mean "lack of food." Rather it is a threshold against which indicators like childhood mortality are measured to determine whether the lack of food is causing people to starve to death in large numbers. Whi...
