X Welcome to International Affairs Forum

International Affairs Forum a platform to encourage a more complete understanding of the world's opinions on international relations and economics. It presents a cross-section of all-partisan mainstream content, from left to right and across the world.

By reading International Affairs Forum, not only explore pieces you agree with but pieces you don't agree with. Read the other side, challenge yourself, analyze, and share pieces with others. Most importantly, analyze the issues and discuss them civilly with others.

And, yes, send us your essay or editorial! Students are encouraged to participate.

Please enter and join the many International Affairs Forum participants who seek a better path toward addressing world issues.
Wed. December 04, 2024
Get Published   |   About Us   |   Donate   | Login
International Affairs Forum
IAF Articles: Humanitarian/Social: Human Rights

1-30 IAF Articles articles displayed
for the Humanitarian/Social/Human Rights Topic

Childhood Poverty and Homelessness in United States: A Humanitarian Calculus
Childhood Poverty and Homelessness in United States: A Humanitarian Calculus
Author analysis the issue of child povery and homelessness in the United States and offers recommendations to address it. By Gloria Baidoo. (11/10/2024) Read More...


Stolen Innocence: The Forcible Displacement of Ukrainian Children and the Battle for Their Return
Stolen Innocence: The Forcible Displacement of Ukrainian Children and the Battle for Their Return
Author examines the legal and human rights challenges surrounding the forcible displacement of Ukrainian children. By Molly Armstrong. (10/21/2024) Read More...


The Cost of Exclusion: Labor and State-Sponsored History in the UAE
The Cost of Exclusion: Labor and State-Sponsored History in the UAE
Article analyzes the historical narrative presented in the Al Shindagha Culture of the Sea Museum and the Abu Dhabi Heritage Village to highlight the ways in which the state’s narrative of the pre-oil... Read More...


El Salvador’s Mass Imprisonment: Do the ends justify the means? A look at the Country’s Human Rights Abuses, Safety, and Future of Democracy
El Salvador’s Mass Imprisonment: Do the ends justify the means? A look at the Country’s Human Rights Abuses, Safety, and Future of Democracy

Analysis of El Salvador's mass imprisonment of gang members. By Bella Sigler. (04/19/2024)

Read More...


New Issue of International Affairs Forum: Europe and the EU; Addressing Climate Change
New Issue of International Affairs Forum: Europe and the EU; Addressing Climate Change

Read the latest issue of International Affairs Forum where experts from around the world, includi... Read More...



EU’s Eastern Border and Inconvenient Truths
EU’s Eastern Border and Inconvenient Truths

In this article from our Winter 2024 issue of International Affairs Forum, Dr. Aleksandra Ancite-Jepifánova analyzes migrat... Read More...



New Frontiers in International Law: Myanmar's Genocide Case in Light of Lessons from Serbia’s Trial
New Frontiers in International Law: Myanmar's Genocide Case in Light of Lessons from Serbia’s Trial

Article employs the concept of “attribution” to explain why the ICJ acquitted Serbia of responsibility, and explores the relevance of attribution to the Myanmar genocide case in order to generate i... Read More...



Navigating the Complex Terrain: Marginalized Communities in Pakistan
Navigating the Complex Terrain: Marginalized Communities in Pakistan

Overview of challenges and issues facing minorities in Pakistan. By Zainab Rana and Maryam Arif. (02/26/2024)

Read More...


Child Prisoners in Pakistan: Unveiling the Nexus between Their Plight and Economic Implications
Child Prisoners in Pakistan: Unveiling the Nexus between Their Plight and Economic Implications

The causes and implications of child prisoners in Pakistan. By Farrah Saleem. (05/31/2023)

Read More...


Human Rights in Thailand: Interview with Professor Tyrell Haberkorn
Human Rights in Thailand: Interview with Professor Tyrell Haberkorn

Professor Tyrell Haberkorn discusses human rights issues and democracy in Thailand. (03/28/2023)

Read More...


IA Forum Winter 2023 - Human Rights
IA Forum Winter 2023 - Human Rights

This new issue of International Affairs Forum presents interviews, essays, and opinion pieces from worldwide experts discussing Human Rights. 03/07/2023

Read More...


Criminalizing Ecocide to Achieve Climate Justice
Criminalizing Ecocide to Achieve Climate Justice

Examing 'Ecocide' and its prospects for its application for climate justice. By Genevieve Cabadas. (03/03/2023)

Read More...


Armenophobia: Enemy and Dehumanizing Images
Armenophobia: Enemy and Dehumanizing Images

The need for Turkey and Armenia to reconcile the Armenian genocide and move forward.  By Kathryn Maldonado. (10/04/2022)

Read More...


How the United States Violates the Rights of Undocumented Workers
How the United States Violates the Rights of Undocumented Workers

Examining U.S. failure to protect and enforce human rights protections for undocumented workers.  By Diane Cruz. (12/21/2021)

Read More...


Examining Potential Steps Towards Transitional Justice in the United States
Examining Potential Steps Towards Transitional Justice in the United States

Analyzing efforts needed to successfullly implement transitional justice in the US. By Sydney Lang. (05/04/2021)

Read More...


Trinity for Scrutiny:  Council of Europe, Human Rights instruments and Citizens
Trinity for Scrutiny: Council of Europe, Human Rights instruments and Citizens

Essay discusses the ongoing erosion of human rights in Europe and the efforts of the Council of Europe to protect and upheld them via the Tromsø legal instrument which recently entered into a force... Read More...



Of Privacy, EU and of Human  Rights – 75 years After
Of Privacy, EU and of Human Rights – 75 years After

Lizzie O’Shea discusses Human Rights issues at the recent IFIMES Vienna Process Conference.  By Nora Wolf. (09/02/2020)

Read More...


Throwback to a powerful and timely HR message addressed to the citizens of the world
Throwback to a powerful and timely HR message addressed to the citizens of the world

Report on Professor Manfred Nowak's discussion about Human Rights at the recent IFIMES Conference in Vienna. By Nora Wolf. (08/21/2020)

Read More...


Legacy of Antifascism for the Common Pan-European Future
Legacy of Antifascism for the Common Pan-European Future

Speech by Manfred Nowak from IFIMES conference, From the Victory Day to Corona Disarray: 75 years of Europe’s Collective Security and Human Rights System.&n... Read More...



It Is Time for Reparations
It Is Time for Reparations

How governments around the world are committing Human Rights violations through inaction. By Alexandra Byrne. (01/16/2020)

Read More...


Bleeding them Dry: America’s Vampiric Relationship with Puerto Rico
Bleeding them Dry: America’s Vampiric Relationship with Puerto Rico

Essay argues that American human rights violations against Puerto Rico are a major contributor to Puerto Rico's current economic debt crisis. By Kevin Bloodworth II.  (12/30/2019)

Read More...


Small States Navigating the Complex World: Costa Rica’s Success Story
Small States Navigating the Complex World: Costa Rica’s Success Story

Costa Rica's advancements prove that small states can be important players in international politics. By Huan-Cheng (Thomas) Liu. (01/17/2019)

Read More...


Trafficking in Human Beings: How Companies Can Make a Difference
Trafficking in Human Beings: How Companies Can Make a Difference

The need for companies to assist in combating human trafficking.  By Carlos López-Veraza Pérez. (07/24/2018)

Read More...


Overheating the Humanitarian Law in contemporary international relations
Overheating the Humanitarian Law in contemporary international relations

Refugee Status – a political challenge and legal limbo. By Dr. Nafees Ahmad. (07/01/2018)

Read More...


After Morales: The Case for Indigenous Rights in Bolivia
After Morales: The Case for Indigenous Rights in Bolivia

Examination of indigenous peoples' human rights in the post-Evo Morales era. By Ingrid Noriega. (08/21/2017)

Read More...


The Plight of Minority Groups
The Plight of Minority Groups

Essay analyzes human rights issues in Sri Lanka and Bhutan. By Sooyoung Hu. (05/29/2017)

Read More...


Interview with Dr. Luke S. Bearup: Human Trafficking
Interview with Dr. Luke S. Bearup: Human Trafficking

In this interview, Dr. Luke S. Bearup discusses human trafficking reintegration and justice as it relates to human trafficking. (11/28/2016)

Read More...


Interview with Professor Kelly M. Greenhill
Interview with Professor Kelly M. Greenhill

Professor Kelly M. Greenhill discusses human trafficking, migrant trafficking, and related corruption issues.  (11/23/2016)

Read More...


Displacement and Statelessness
Displacement and Statelessness

This essay from the latest issue of International Affairs Forum, explores the rarely recognized relationsh... Read More...



Eritrea at the Center of the International Migration Crisis
Eritrea at the Center of the International Migration Crisis

In this essay from the latest issue of International Affairs Forum, an analysis of Eritrea's precariou... Read More...



1-30 | 31-60 | 61-68



Contact Us | About Us | Donate | Terms & Conditions X Facebook Get Alerts Get Published

All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2002 - 2024