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Human Rights




  • “Nothing to Lose”: The Daily Struggles of Venezuelans

    “Nothing to Lose”: The Daily Struggles of Venezuelans

    • February 5, 2019

    By Rosana Lezama Sanchez

    Venezuelan emigrants always talk about how much they miss the country they left behind. I returned to Caracas in August of 2018, but I too miss Venezuela. The Venezuela that I grew up in was certainly …

    By CIPS
    Democracy, Fragile States, Human Rights, Latin America
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  • Canada Can’t Put Human Rights on the Back Burner in 2019

    Canada Can’t Put Human Rights on the Back Burner in 2019

    • December 19, 2018

    By Stéphanie Bacher

    Over the past year, Canada has taken some important steps to promote and protect human rights abroad. However, the picture is not as rosy as often presented by the government, and Canada still has a long way …

    By CIPS
    Canadian Foreign Policy, Gender, Human Rights, International Trade, Middle East, Women
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  • Facing the Biggest Challenges of Our Generation

    Facing the Biggest Challenges of Our Generation

    • December 18, 2018

    By Gabriel Bichet, Eve Cassavoy, Maddie Hunt, Jasmine Sebastian, and Emma Turner (ENG1100Q), edited by Ruth Bradley-St-Cyr

    In September, I took on teaching three sections of ENG1100: Workshop in Essay Writing, a required course for first-year students at the University …

    By CIPS
    Éducation, Environment, Human Rights
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  • Time to Move Past the Errors of the War on Terror

    Time to Move Past the Errors of the War on Terror

    • December 10, 2018

    The aftermath of 9/11 produced many problems in many countries. Canadian police and security agencies made numerous mistakes as followers and participants in an ill-considered American-led War on Terror declared shortly after that tragedy. The evidence in two public inquiries …

    By Daniel Livermore
    Canadian Foreign Policy, Defence and Intelligence, Human Rights, International Security, Middle East
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  • Human and Non-Human Rights — Convergence or Conflict?

    Human and Non-Human Rights — Convergence or Conflict?

    • December 10, 2018

    Today is the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). Most reflections on this milestone are likely to sound a sombre note, dwelling on the many challenges faced by those championing human rights in an increasingly …

    By David Petrasek
    Environment, Human Rights, United Nations
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  • Democracy’s Promise Unfulfilled while Violence against Women in Politics Persists

    Democracy’s Promise Unfulfilled while Violence against Women in Politics Persists

    • December 10, 2018

    In October 2018, the Office for the High Commissioner on Human Rights’ Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women and Girls presented a report to the UN General Assembly recognizing violence against women in politics (VAWP) as a human rights violation …

    By Gabrielle Bardall
    Democracy, Gender, Human Rights, Women
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  • Blue Wave Swamps Taiwan Elections

    Blue Wave Swamps Taiwan Elections

    • November 28, 2018

    Taiwan’s mid-term elections on 24 November brought a renewed “blue wave” to the island democracy. In this case, the blues are the Chinese Nationalist Party (Kuomintang, KMT) and allies who favour rapprochement with China. The greens are the …

    By Scott Simon
    Asia, Democracy, Gender, Human Rights, International Relations
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  • Bulldozing Human Rights in Tanzania

    Bulldozing Human Rights in Tanzania

    • November 16, 2018

    by Dane Degenstein

    Tanzania has recently started a campaign to identify, track down, and arrest gay people, an unprecedented move in a previously more tolerant country. The regional governor of Dar es Salaam, Paul Makonda, announced a task force to …

    By CIPS
    Africa, Gender, Health, Human Rights
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  • Khashoggi Murder Case a Test for Despots Everywhere

    Khashoggi Murder Case a Test for Despots Everywhere

    • October 18, 2018

    The disappearance and possible murder of Saudi dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi is an important test case for despots everywhere. Can they get away with interrogating, kidnapping, and even assassinating their critics in other countries?

    Khashoggi, a resident of the United …

    By Roland Paris
    Democracy, Human Rights, International Law, Middle East
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  • Understanding “Ethnic Conflict”

    Understanding “Ethnic Conflict”

    • October 7, 2018

    By Marie-Eve Desrosiers and Srdjan Vucetic

    “Ethnic conflict” elicits no shortage of strong scholarly opinion and debate. But what exactly is the causal relationship between ethnicity and violence? And what does “causal” mean in this context anyway? Since ethnic conflict …

    By Srdjan Vucetic
    Africa, Europe, Human Rights, Theory
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  • Decisive Action is Overdue to Protect the Rohingyas

    Decisive Action is Overdue to Protect the Rohingyas

    • September 15, 2018

    By John Packer

    Director of the Human Rights Research and Education Centre at the University of Ottawa and Neuberger-Jesin Professor of International Conflict Resolution

    Finally, the United Nations Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar has stated the obvious: the Rohingya …

    By CIPS
    Asia, Canadian Foreign Policy, Human Rights, International Law, Refugees, United Nations
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  • Germany: Yet Another Migration Debate?

    Germany: Yet Another Migration Debate?

    • August 1, 2018

    Asli Ilgit, Cukurova University

    Audie Klotz, Syracuse University

    Once again, pundits predict the downfall of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). Why? Her migration policies appear to fuel the rise of the nationalist …

    By CIPS
    Europe, Human Rights, Middle East, Refugees
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