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The Gains of LGBTQ Rights in Some Mideast-North African Nations May Be a Game-Changer

May 27, 2019 
by Suraj Girijashanker
Progress in recognizing the human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people at the United Nations in New York and in Geneva may seem detached from the realities faced by LGBTQ people in the Middle East and North Africa, or Mena, region. Activists there, however, are navigating the UN human-rights system as …

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Climate Change and Risk of Conflict: The Links Grow Clearer

May 7, 2019 
by Adriana Erthal Abdenur
There is growing evidence that climate change can increase the risks of conflict and violence. When government authorities are unable or unwilling to mitigate and adapt to climate shocks such as hurricanes, tornadoes, floods and droughts, these extreme weather events are more likely to be followed by surges in crime, including homicide, robbery and sexual …

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Men Can Experience Sexual Violence in War Too

May 3, 2019 
by Z. Pinar Erdem
The United Nations Security Council recognized that men and boys are targets of sexual violence both in wartime and in post-conflict settings. Resolution 2467, approved on April 23, calls upon UN member countries to strengthen policies to provide help for victims. As a human-rights lawyer, during the last nine months, I have been documenting cases of conflict-related …

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Why We Canceled an Event in the US Featuring West African Journalists

April 22, 2019 
by Joe Penney
A resident returned to his home in the Mopti region of Mali after attacks in February 2019
Over the past eight months, we at the Mali-based independent news website Sahelien.com have been working on a documentary film called “The Forgotten Ones,” about the urgent security crisis in Mali’s Mopti region, where civilians, soldiers and United Nations peacekeepers are being increasingly killed. As part of our efforts to engage more directly with …

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Will the US Stand With Victims of Rape in War?

April 20, 2019 
by Noor Sheikh
The annual debate on sexual violence in conflict is about to take place in the United Nations Security Council. As the UN special envoy on sexual violence in conflict, Pramila Patten, has said, this event — on Tuesday, April 23 — presents a critical opportunity to assess progress in the last 10 years, since …

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Where Will Trump’s Love for Israel Take Us?

April 17, 2019 
by Irwin Arieff
President Trump with Prime Minister Netanyahu at the Israel Museum, Jerusalem, May 2017.
In case you haven’t figured it out yet, it’s not really “America First.” It’s “Donald Trump First.” Life would no doubt be safer for the rest of us if his administration based its foreign policy on something larger than one person’s personal fortune(s). But Trump policies have never been famous for their altruism and …

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Saving the Space for Humanitarian Action in Counterterrorism Strategies

April 11, 2019 
by Sophie Huvé
In Aleppo, another victim in the Syrian war
The United Nations Security Council just passed yet another resolution on counterterrorism, this one enunciating the steps that UN member states must take to further constrain terrorist groups’ access to financial and economic resources. Resolution 2462 follows a series of resolutions, dating from 1999, on terrorist threats to international peace and security. This resolution, …

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Is It Only Mothers, Not All Women, Who Need Social Safety Nets?

April 3, 2019 
by Prakirti Nangia
Social policy in developing countries provides crucial assistance to women, but evidence shows that it is increasingly being limited to women who are mothers. India is a vivid case in point. Associating women with children and families is hardly new in society. What is surprising, however, is how much recent social policy has embraced and …

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Trump’s Not-So Secret Ill Will Toward the UN

March 21, 2019 
by Stephen Schlesinger
More than six months ago, the American ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, announced that she was leaving her post. Following her decision, President Trump nominated Heather Nauert to be her successor. Then the administration tarried, never submitted Nauert’s name for Senate approval — and in February abruptly withdrew her nomination. It put …

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US Abortion Restrictions Violate Women’s Human Rights

March 14, 2019 
by Serra Sippel and Akila Radhakrishnan
Every year, 25 million women across the world are forced to obtain unsafe abortions. The United States, through its foreign policy, is deeply complicit in the violation of these women’s right to life and equality under international law. International human-rights frameworks guard against these violations and hold the US and other countries accountable. The International …

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How Will Britain’s Role Change in the UN as Brexit Brews?

February 26, 2019 
by Jess Gifkins, Jason Ralph and Samuel Jarvis
Vassily Nebenzia, Russia's ambassador to the UN, and Karen Pierce, the British ambassador, right, in the Security Council
LONDON — The looming departure of Britain from the European Union will have a significant effect on the country’s influence as a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council. Even with a possible delay in the final Brexit move, Britain will have to navigate the 15-member Council in a new way that could …

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10 Ways to Push the Climate Change and Conflict Agenda, Despite the Deniers

February 19, 2019 
by Adriana Erthal Abdenur
THE HAGUE — It is now well documented that global warming is a multiplier of insecurity and conflict, but holding debates on the topic presents ever-more complex challenges as multilateralism and climate change are increasingly questioned if not dismissed by some of the world’s top leaders and biggest polluting nations. In that light, here …

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Why Developing Nations Send So Many Troops to UN Peace Ops

February 12, 2019 
by Thomas G. Weiss and Giovanna Kuele
Africa, Asia and Latin America provide more than 90 percent of military and police personnel to United Nations peace operations and contribute about 15 percent of the budget. China, hardly a legitimate representative of the Global South as the world’s second-largest economy and a permanent member of the Security Council, inflates the budget number because its …

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