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COP20: Typhoon hagupit hits the Philippines
Waves consumed villages, winds warped cities, entire communities were left powerless and destitute. A year on from Typhoon Haiyan, UN delegates present in Lima, Peru for the latest round of negotiations can still vividly recall...
El Salvador: Women Face Imprisonment If They Miscarry
Imagine that you are a woman in El Salvador and suffer a miscarriage, there is a chance that you may be jailed up to 50 years for aggravated homicide.
WATCH: The race to save the Arctic
Our poles remain the only two parts of our planet unexploited by man, but the growing interest in oil and rich fishing grounds in the Arctic is leading to a free for all as nearby powerful nations scramble to declare the territ...
The Lion’s Claws, or Flemish Nationalism in a European Perspective
“So this is how liberty dies, with thunderous applause.” It is a sad time indeed. Flanders fell to the claws of populist nationalism, and if Belgian politicians continue their current strategy, so will Belgium in a ...
Syrian Revolution: The Final Chapter
March of 2011 marked the beginning of the Syrian revolution. The struggle that rages on as I write this article has seen the lives of at least 60, 000 Syrians claimed by the regimes’ war machine. This astonishingly high figur...
Putting Youth At The Centre Of The Human Rights Agenda
Youth form a crucial constituency for the High Commissioner for Human Rights, and – to overcome their growing disenfranchisement – he should lead in the development of a specific framework that sets out and champi...
