Dispatches from the Field

A coup in Myanmar

A Coup in Myanmar

Lara Kajs | 4 February 2021 | On 2 February, there was a coup in Myanmar. If we have not…

Protection of Civilians - POC

Protection of Civilians

Lara Kajs | 11 December 2020 | International Humanitarian Law (IHL) is a set of policies that work to limit…

Efficient Policy of Crime Repression

Efficient Policy of Crime Repression

Dr. Sadmir Karovic | 20 June 2020 |Today, international criminal law is strongly criticized for having very adverse effects on…

conflict and famine

Conflict and Famine

Lara Kajs | 6 June 2020 | Governments withhold and control food, or block aid as a means to manage…

Yemen's humanitarian crisis

Yemen’s Humanitarian Crisis

Lara Kajs | 10 September 2019 |Yemen is on the verge of a humanitarian disaster. For the past five years,…

undocumented in Lebanon

Undocumented in Lebanon

Lara Kajs | 30 October 2018 |Approximately the size of New Jersey, Lebanon has the largest refugee-to-resident ratio in the…

US withdraws from UNHRC

US Withdraws from UNHRC

Lara Kajs | 1 July 2018 |On 20 June 2018, the United States officially withdrew from the UN Human Rights…

day against torture

Day Against Torture

Lara Kajs | 26 June 2018 | There are no conditions in which torture is acceptable, not even in war.…

ethnic cleansing in Myanmar

Ethnic Cleansing in Myanmar

Lara Kajs | 30 April 2018 | “A textbook example of ethnic cleansing in Myanmar” is what the United Nations…