On December 17, 2014 President Obama announced new changes to the diplomatic and economic relationship between the U.S. and Cuba. These initial changes represented the first step in normalizing relations between the two countries since President Eisenhower initiated the first…
On January 13, 2017, U.S. President Barack Obama issued an executive order revoking some economic sanctions that had been imposed on Sudan. The U.S. Department of the Treasury cited several indications of “sustained progress” from the Sudanese government in areas…
Following the Paris terror attacks in November 2015 that left 130 people dead, France’s National Assembly voted to enter into a state of emergency. This state of emergency was extended in July 2016 for an additional six months, following the…
Gafatar, a religious minority in Indonesia’s predominantly Muslim nation, has faced increasing violence. A Gafatar center in Antibar was burned down on January 19, 2017. Human Rights Watch blames Indonesia’s legal system for perpetuating the discrimination against religious minorities. Indonesia…
On Wednesday, October 26, 2016, Washington College of Law’s Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law partnered with American University’s Center for Media and Social Impact (CMSI) to present the Community Voice Project. The purpose of this project, as stated…