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The COVID-19 pandemic has brought to light the importance of taking a One Health approach to public health. This approach recognizes the interconnectedness of human, animal, and environmental health and…
For almost over a month, the families of Baloch missing persons have been protesting outside the Governor’s house in the red zone asking for the formation of a judicial commission…
Executive Summary: The geopolitical influence of Iran continues to pose a threat to the international community and jeopardize the stability of the Middle East. The theological regime in Tehran consolidates…
On May 6th, 2021, protests started at the old city in East Jerusalem, following an Israeli supreme court to evict six Palestinian families in favour of the Jewish settler organisation,…
Since the Islamic State’s invasion over large parts of Iraqi territory in 2014, ethnic and religious minorities were forced to leave their homes as a result of the military operations…
15th April 2021 In late February, I began a volunteering stint at Skaramagas, a refugee camp on the Mediterranean coast just outside Athens. As I returned home this week, I…
The Islamic State is not dead. Despite its defeat in March 2019 with the fall of its self-proclaimed “caliphate”, the jihadist group continues to launch deadly attacks in Syria, particularly…
A Case Analysis: R (on the application of Campaign Against Arms Trade) v Secretary of State for International Trade and Others EWCA Civ 1020 Where military equipment is lawfully obtained…
In August 2008, amidst the Olympic Games of that year, tensions between Georgia and its separatists’ territories of South Ossetia and Abkhazia escalated to the outbreak of a war between…
In common thinking, we believe women to be strangers to war. Although they are generally far from the battle lines, in most cases they bear the full brunt of the…
Since the 2011 Houthi insurgence, the State of Yemen is trapped in a spiral of violence that ultimately escalated into a bloody civil war, which is of global concern since…
It all began with the teenagers from Daara, a city in Southern Syria, who were responsible for the graffiti reading “Next it’s your turn, doctor” in March 2011. The choice…
The Islamic Republic of Iran has earned a bad reputation for the mistreatment of prisoners and for arbitrarily detaining hundreds of human rights activists. As a matter of fact, physical…
In November 2019, a flurry of nationwide protests gripped Iran in response to a sudden governmental decision to raise the price of petrol. In response to the protests, that the…
In Iranian Kurdistan, the opportunities for employment are bleak and this situation has led to many Kurds to become Kolbars. The word Kolbar is derived from the Kurdish words, “kol”…
(This is the second article from the two-article series covering the conflict from historical and international law perspectives. Click here to read the first article.) The international law applicable to…
(This is the first article of a two-part series covering the conflict from historical and international law perspectives) On 10 November 2020, Armenia and Azerbaijan entered a truce after six…