In the field

By Alexandra Bornac Yaoundé is a beautiful city built around seven hills (namely why I call it the Rome of Africa). From any...

Over the summer, most major banks in the United Kingdom began closing the accounts of the small companies which Somali migrants use to...

Claire Gunner For the project I'm currently working on I've been relying pretty heavily on the Convention on the Rights of the Child....

Andrew Higdon, One Earth Future Foundation. Broomfield, Colorado, USA. On November 7, 2008 the Bahamian flagged cargo ship CEC Future was attacked by Somali...

A hypothetical scenario: In order to be married in Kianyaga, Kenya, a couple must obtain a marriage license from the Office of Registrar...

By Charlotte-Anne Malischewski While at the Calcutta Research Group, one of my tasks has been to look into the legal aspects of statelessness...

By Angela Slater Despite a tumultuous political history, including several military dictatorships, Ghana has reached a period of peace. Despite a fall from...

By Silvia Neagu While I’ve spent a substantial portion of my time so far doing legal research at the university, I also attended...

By Emily Hazlett Despite all the work I’ve been doing with Disability Rights International and the endless things to see and do and...

By David Nugent Last month two legal interns and I hired an outfitter to take us dog sledding. After getting into our winter...

By Angela Slater The belief that a society should be ‘a government of laws, not of men’ is a cliché that all law...

By Lia Bellefontaine After being in Manila for more than a month, I can’t help but notice that most people have a family...