Human Rights

ICE fights to keep conditions in detention facilities secret

September 19, 2016

Photographs released by court order cause the Department of Homeland Security to consider following the Department of Justice’s lead and end their use of private for profit prisons. [...]

Tribally-Sanctioned Pedophilia?

August 1, 2016

In Southern Malawi, there exists an unspeakable practice. [...]

Bachelor of rape: higher learning in victimization

April 4, 2016

Sexual assaults in and around our nation’s universities are occurring at an alarming rate, and it is often being swept under the rug. [...]

How a South African Olympic medalist left stadiums for prison: the trial and appeals of Oscar Pistorius

March 21, 2016

Oscar Pistorius, South African Olympic runner, will receive his prison sentence next month for murdering his girlfriend back in 2013. [...]

Deporter-In-Chief: The Obama administration continues to deport thousands to the world’s most dangerous countries

February 1, 2016

To start the New Year, the Obama Administration has deported over one hundred immigrants back to their violent homeland countries in Central America. [...]

Protecting the door without fencing it in

December 21, 2015

As the EU struggles to recover from the recent terrorist attacks, while simultaneously trying to address the continued influx of refugees, the fate of the Schengen Zone as well as those seeking asylum hangs in the balance. [...]

“You shall not pass” – The ongoing debate of deportation in the United States

November 23, 2015

With the Fifth Circuit’s decision to not halt deportation of immigrants and the recent terrorist attacks in Paris, France, there is a nationwide debate regarding immigration, national security, and allowing refugees inside the United States. [...]

How do you say no when you cannot say no?

November 16, 2015

When it comes to refugees seeking asylum in the European Union (“EU”), it is not as easy as “just saying no.” Legally speaking, human rights trump all, regardless of the cost. This has created a Catch-22 that is testing the mettle of the twenty-eight member states. [...]

Refugee Status for Fear of Being Killed by Police Based on Race: U.S. Citizen Seeks Asylum in Canada

November 9, 2015

A United States citizen applying for refugee status in Canada based on fear for his life due to his race hopes to be one of the very few refugee applicants who is granted refugee status. Whether his application will be granted will be determined on whether his fear is “well-founded.” [...]