News

Monday, November 30, 2020

Lecturer in human rights Michael Bochenek was quoted in the recent New York Times article titled "U.S. Shutters Warehouse Where Migrants Were Kept in ‘Cages’". Click here to read it. 

Tuesday, November 24, 2020

Sarah Tucker completed her Master’s Degree in Human Rights Studies, concentrating in disability and digital rights. As a disabled woman working in tech, Sarah has a unique perspective on how modern digital tools are used to harm disabled people by silencing their voices and further excluding them from society.

Wednesday, November 18, 2020

2018 Advocate Marijana Savic of Belgrade, Serbia has been named to the board of the Global Fund for Children. She is the founder and director of NGO Atina which fights violence against women and human trafficking. 

Read the announcement at Global Fund for Children's website here.

By David L. Phillips and Salpi S. Kevorkian
Tuesday, November 17, 2020

Azerbaijan armed forces combined with Turkish-backed jihadists from Syria and Libya attacked Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) on September 27,2020. To date, more than 2,300 Armenians including civilians have died as a result of Azerbaijan’s aggression. The failure of diplomacy and the international community’s unwillingness to protect civilians opened space for Russia and Azerbaijan to impose an agreement that authorizes Russian “peacekeepers.” The events in Artsakh are another example of the international community’s failure to protect humanity.