Is Ivory Coast on the Road to Being a Developed Country?

By Andy Kemmer

After experiencing political upheaval and civil war, Ivory Coast’s economy has been rapidly developing since 2010. It is now West Africa’s second-largest economy and Africa’s fastest growing economy. Among the turmoil and the upheaval cocoa production has remained the biggest driver in Ivory Coast’s economy. As the country continues to develop and cocoa prices drop, the country is finding ways to encourage chocolate production and local chocolate businesses. Given the money in chocolate is greater than that in cocoa, chocolate production could push Ivory Coast over the top to becoming a developed country.

MSU ILRJuly 30, 2018Andy Kemmer, Ivory Coast, Africa, Cocoa

A Call on Tanzania to Just Love

By Kelly McClintock

In the country of Tanzania, homosexuality is criminalized by law and ridiculed by leadership. Homosexual men are particularly targeted under Tanzanian law, which provides that “carnal knowledge…against the order of nature” be severely punished – up to life in prison, and a minimum of thirty years.”

MSU ILRJuly 26, 2018Kelly McClintock, #GayRights, Tanzania, #LGBTQ

SEX IN SIERRA LEONE: CRIMINAL FOR ONE AND NOT THE OTHER

By Brittany Jones

Sierra Leone is one of more than 70 countries that criminalizes gay sexual activity. The stories of LGBTQ members in Sierra Leone and in other non-Anglo countries as a whole provide comprehensive insight into the cultural values that often promote homophobic legislation throughout the world.

The Mysterious Case of Preemptive Force in Syria

MSU ILRJuly 19, 2018#BlogPost, #Thran, #Syria, #MissileAttack, #InternationalLaw

Refugee and Asylum-Seekers in Malaysia: The Consequences of Invisibility

MSU ILRJuly 16, 2018#Wurscher, #Malaysia, #BlogPost, #Blog, #refugees

Germany’s Free Speech in the Online Era

MSU ILRJuly 12, 2018#Germany, #FreeSpeech, #FreeSpeechOnline, #Goodman

Running Away from Formalism One Unsent Text at a Time

MSU ILRJuly 9, 2018wills, unsenttext, Australia, Heylek

The Bid for Recognition: The Enduring Cost of Being Unrecognized

MSU ILRJune 25, 2018#Hall, #Kosovo, #BlogPost, #InternationalLaw

India’s Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Act: Anticipating Clarification of the Crèche Clause

MSU ILRJune 21, 2018#Faris, #India, #MBAmendmentAct, #BlogPost

Understanding Law via Science Fiction: A Look at the Antarctic Treaty Through the 1982 Film “The Thing”

By: Jeff Caviston.

What John Carpenter’s “The Thing” Can Teach Us About the Law in Antarctica. Read this blog post to learn more.

MSU ILRJune 18, 2018#MSUILR, #Caviston, #Antartica, #TheThing

Contraceptives: A Basic Human Right - Not So Accessible in the Philippines

By: Amanda Carmichael.

The tension between the Philippine government and the Catholic Church continue over access to contraceptives. To learn more, please read the blog post.

MSU ILRJune 14, 2018#Carmichael, #MSUILR, #ThePhilippines, #HumanRights, #Contraceptives, #WomensRights

The City of Endless Turmoil

By: Kathryn Bristor.

For centuries, the dispute over Jerusalem has been at the heart of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but what is so significant about this city that it has the power to create such discord?

MSU ILRJune 11, 2018#Bristor, #Jerusalem, #IsraeliPalestinianConflict