Over the past seventeen years, asylum seekers and refugees who arrive to Australia by boat are prohibited from entering and accessing asylum procedures on the mainland. Instead, they are sent by boat to Australia’s offshore detention centers located on the…
The Bahá’í religion has faced persecution and severe human rights violations throughout the world. This is especially true in Iran which has the highest number of followers of the Bahá’í faith. There are more than five million Bahá’ís in communities…
On January 25, 2019, a Brazilian dam collapsed, killing hundreds of people in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. The dam was owned by a Brazilian company, Vale SA, and was designed to hold back iron ore waste. The collapse…
Women are often left out of the conversations on disaster preparation and response. According to the United Nations (UN), women and girls experience greater “risks, burdens, and impacts” during and after disasters such as cyclones and extreme flooding. These risks…
by Olga Emelyanovich* Introduction For the past decade, the Belarusian agenda has largely focused on the issue of combating trafficking in women and children by actively implementing its international obligations. Specifically, Belarus passed preventive legislative and practical measures as a…