One Health approach: the response to future challenges to public health
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought to light the importance of taking a One Health approach to public health. This…
Natural disasters and instability: Where does Balochistan stand now?
For almost over a month, the families of Baloch missing persons have been protesting outside the Governor’s house in…
Iran’s Geopolitical Influence in Middle East
Executive Summary: The geopolitical influence of Iran continues to pose a threat to the international community and jeopardize the stability…
Reviewing Gaza’s Conflict – Beyond the Suffering: Cause & Consequence.
On May 6th, 2021, protests started at the old city in East Jerusalem, following an Israeli supreme court to evict…
A Brighter Future for Iraq’s Religious and Ethnic Minorities?
Since the Islamic State’s invasion over large parts of Iraqi territory in 2014, ethnic and religious minorities were forced to…
Goodbye Skaramagas – volunteer Giusi Santelli leaves one of Greece’s biggest refugee camps, fearing for the future of its 3000 inhabitants, as the camp faces closure.
15th April 2021 In late February, I began a volunteering stint at Skaramagas, a refugee camp on the Mediterranean coast…
Is ISIS really dead?
The Islamic State is not dead. Despite its defeat in March 2019 with the fall of its self-proclaimed “caliphate”, the…
Violations of International Humanitarian Law during the Yemeni Conflict – A Case Analysis
A Case Analysis: R (on the application of Campaign Against Arms Trade) v Secretary of State for International Trade and…
After thirteen years, Georgia has won its war against Russia (but only on legal terms)
In August 2008, amidst the Olympic Games of that year, tensions between Georgia and its separatists’ territories of South Ossetia…
Palestine: The Role of Women in Conflict
In common thinking, we believe women to be strangers to war. Although they are generally far from the battle lines,…
The Humanitarian Catastrophe of the War in Yemen and the Conflicting Interests at Stake
Since the 2011 Houthi insurgence, the State of Yemen is trapped in a spiral of violence that ultimately escalated into…
Detentions in Syria
It all began with the teenagers from Daara, a city in Southern Syria, who were responsible for the graffiti reading…
Iran’s use of punitive amputations and International Human Rights Law
The Islamic Republic of Iran has earned a bad reputation for the mistreatment of prisoners and for arbitrarily detaining hundreds…
An atmosphere of Terror: Arbitrary detention and execution in Iran
In November 2019, a flurry of nationwide protests gripped Iran in response to a sudden governmental decision to raise the…
One who carries the load: The Kolbars of Iran
In Iranian Kurdistan, the opportunities for employment are bleak and this situation has led to many Kurds to become Kolbars.…
Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict and the status of the Nagorno-Karabakh region: Applying International Law
(This is the second article from the two-article series covering the conflict from historical and international law perspectives. Click here…
Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict and the status of the Nagorno-Karabakh region
(This is the first article of a two-part series covering the conflict from historical and international law perspectives) On…
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