On May 20 the United Kingdom appointed its first human rights ambassador to the United Nations and two days later the General Assembly of the
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The West Is in No Position to Lecture Turkey on Democracy or Human Rights
April fool’s day passed a few weeks ago but when we see news from Turkey that President Erdogan is going to do a re-run of
With 3.8 Million Yemenis Displaced Last Year, New Report Shows Country’s Crisis Growing Worse
A report from the Sana’a-based Yemeni government has revealed that the conflict in Yemen — sometimes called the “Forgotten War,” owing to sparse international media
AN INTRODUCTION: Smart Power & The Human Rights Industrial Complex
Human rights and the West: does the reality live up to the rhetoric? On the surface, the cultural narrative seems innocent enough: billionaire philanthropists, political
Shaping the New World Order: The Battle for Human Rights
China is leading the charge in a bid to undermine accepted concepts of human rights accountability and justice. The Chinese effort backed by autocrats elsewhere
Pompeo Is On His Way Home, and US Policy in the Middle East Is Hazier Than Ever
He surprised the Iraqis, castigated Obama-era policies in Cairo and announced an anti-Iran conference for next month. But as US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo
In 2018, Israel’s Mask Was Finally Removed
2018 wasn’t a good year for Israel. It was even worse for Palestinians, of course. On the surface, it wasn’t an especially dramatic year –
UN Migration Pact: “Human Rights” vs. “Globalist Totalitarianism”
164 countries signed the politically binding UN Migration Pact during a summit in Morocco. This piece of international legislation is marked by controversy after over
