In the field

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

After more than two decades of war, there are glimmers of hope in Somalia.  Gains by UN-backed troops against the Al-Shabaab rebel group and the...

Voilà maintenant un mois que je suis à Banjul, en Gambie, à travailler pour l’Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa. J’ai...

By Alexandra Olshefsky My work with the Truth and Reconciliation Commission has thus far focused on archival research. One of the major themes...

The voracious appetite for minerals, fossil fuels of all description, and capacity for energy production continues to grow. The activities associated with extracting,...

By Emily Hazlett What to do with Guatemalan children and teens who are in need of emergency psychiatric services? This was the question...

Claire Gunner Last Tuesday, I went to a panel sponsored by the Inter-American Institute of Human Rights and the Institut français. Sexual Diversity...

The past few weeks have been busy for delegations from around the world preparing to attend the World Trade Organization (WTO) TRIPS Council...

By Alexandra Bornac The first two weeks of my internship revolved around preparing a proposal for UN Women and working along with the...

Greetings! I report to you from Kampala, Uganda - a city unlike any I’ve ever encountered. While it took a few days to...

By Molly Joeck What do these three things have in common? They can all be found at the important-sounding and all-powerful Office of...

By Shantha Priya Morley After ten days in Kenya, it feels at once that I have been here for months and that I...