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Human Rights




  • Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.: “I Have a Dream”

    Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.: “I Have a Dream”

    • April 4, 2018

    I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation.

    Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand …

    By CIPS
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  • Time to Make the Rainbow Refugee Assistance Plan Permanent

    Time to Make the Rainbow Refugee Assistance Plan Permanent

    • March 21, 2018

    In too many countries around the world, LGBTQ persons are criminalized — singled out for who they love — with criminal penalties including prison time and death. Canada’s refugee admission system is not perfect, but one of its great strengths …

    By Patti Tamara Lenard
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  • The Ethics of Buying Clothes Produced in Sweatshops

    The Ethics of Buying Clothes Produced in Sweatshops

    • February 26, 2018

    International Development Week (IDW), hosted by undergraduate students of the School of International Development and Global Studies at the University of Ottawa, took place the week of 5 February 2018. Hundreds of Ottawa-area undergraduate students enthusiastically participated in discussions designed …

    By Nipa Banerjee
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  • Another One Bites the Dust: What Future for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights?

    Another One Bites the Dust: What Future for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights?

    • February 8, 2018

    The announcement in December 2017 by Prince Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein of Jordan that he would not seek a second term as UN High Commissioner for Human Rights — leaving the post in the middle of 2018 — came as a …

    By David Petrasek
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  • Liberals’ Vague “Values” Talk Undermines Rights Promotion

    Liberals’ Vague “Values” Talk Undermines Rights Promotion

    • February 2, 2018

    Canadian governments since the mid-1970s have claimed that promoting human rights around the world is a foreign policy priority. There are solid moral, legal, and practical grounds for doing so. Yet increasingly, the Liberal government, like its Tory predecessor, justifies …

    By David Petrasek
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  • “Returned Extremist Travellers”: The Small Numbers Problem for Canada, Part 1

    “Returned Extremist Travellers”: The Small Numbers Problem for Canada, Part 1

    • January 18, 2018

    On 21 December, the Public Safety department released the government’s “Terrorist Threat to Canada” report for 2017 to no fanfare and little media attention. If you want something to get no attention, send it out just before the Christmas holidays. …

    By Wesley Wark
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  • “Returned Extremist Travellers”: The Small Numbers Problem for Canada, Part 2

    “Returned Extremist Travellers”: The Small Numbers Problem for Canada, Part 2

    • January 18, 2018

    See Part 1 of this blog here.

    The key to a successful response to RETs is knowing who they are and when they will reach your shores. Impossible though this seems, real opportunities for identifying the IS fighter cadre …

    By Wesley Wark
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  • A Pioneering War Crimes Tribunal Comes to an End

    A Pioneering War Crimes Tribunal Comes to an End

    • December 14, 2017

    At the end of December, the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) closes its doors after 24 years in business.

    The United Nations court, situated in The Hague, was established in 1993 with the goal of providing accountability …

    By Srdjan Vucetic
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  • Gender, Data, and High-Risk Environments

    Gender, Data, and High-Risk Environments

    • December 6, 2017

    Collecting reliable data on state and political processes in insecure environments is a necessary first step to understanding and ultimately reducing violence. Gender shapes the data we collect, the ways it is collected, and ultimately the findings we produce and …

    By Gabrielle Bardall
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  • Zimbabwe: A Faustian Bargain with a Crocodile?

    Zimbabwe: A Faustian Bargain with a Crocodile?

    • November 28, 2017

    After 37 years of rule, Robert Mugabe, the world’s oldest leader and one of Africa’s longest serving presidents, has finally lost power. In an unprecedented, unpredictable, and at times unbelievable series of events, the one-time liberation hero was deposed by …

    By Rita Abrahamsen
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  • The General and the Genocide

    The General and the Genocide

    • November 26, 2017

    General Ratko Mladić has been sentenced to life in prison by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. The court found the former Bosnian Serb military chief guilty of one count of genocide and ten crimes against humanity, plus …

    By Srdjan Vucetic
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  • Women in Political Life Say #MeToo: Here’s How Harassment and Violence Limit Their Political Lives Worldwide

    Women in Political Life Say #MeToo: Here’s How Harassment and Violence Limit Their Political Lives Worldwide

    • October 23, 2017

    In the wake of the Harvey Weinstein scandal last week, millions of women and men took to social media to speak out against sexual harassment and violence. Facebook alone saw over 12 million posts as more than 4.7 million users …

    By Gabrielle Bardall
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