By: Konrad Starostka.
Poland’s presidential election was a hotly contested race with narrow margins. The reelection of Duda, a right-wing politician, further disenfranchises the LGBT community.
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By: Peter Veldkamp.
Iceland faced the worst financial crisis in 2008 of any country relative to its size. Unlike the United States, Iceland took a unique path to recovery that has largely been categorized as a success. This blog outlines several distinctive features of Iceland’s recovery, as well as some of the accompanying issues in its enactment.
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By: Alexandra Welke.
For years, India has allocated a small percentage of funding to public health. Increased medical costs and lack of funding from the country is resulting in an inequality in who is able to seek health care treatment. Increasing India’s budget on health and family planning may help individuals desperately in need.
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By: Megan Wilson
The Brazilian tax system has been one of the most complicated and difficult to comply with for many years. Administrations have been hesitant to do anything about this because any attempted fix will be complicated, take a long time, and likely be unpopular. Changes may finally be coming – and hopefully staying.
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After the legalization of homosexual marriages and decriminalization of prostitution, judges in Taiwan advocate for decriminalization of adultery, another bold proposal in family law. The supporters argue adultery is a gendered crime discriminating women and violating freedom of marriage. The opponents are with the public opinion that such reform is too early to make, and adultery crime mainly aims at protecting marriage as the cornerstone of the society, not happy marriages.
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By: Jacob Vande Zande
This brief blog explores the debate around secularism in France, the international community’s response to France’s 2004 headscarf ban, and the arguments surrounding France’s strong commitment to secularism.
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By: Laura Stickney
This brief blog post discusses the controversial commercial whaling industry in Norway – one of two countries that continue the practice of harvesting whales. This post gives a short overview of the International Whaling Commission, the leading authority on international regulation of the whaling industry, as well as the arguments surrounding Norway’s opposition to the Commission and the moratorium on commercial whaling.
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By: Jessica Skelly
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights recently ruled in favor of Marin, a member of the PGBTQI community, who was assaulted because of her sexual orientation. The decision classified the assault as torture.
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By: Wesam Shahed.
A short analysis of Palestine’s and other Middle Eastern countries’ repeal of “Marry Your Rapist” laws. In the past, some Middle Eastern countries had laws that allowed a rapist to not face legal punishment if they married or asked to marry the person whom they raped. Recently Palestine and other Middle Eastern countries have repealed or reformed that type of law in response to growing activism.
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By: Emily Seeling
This blog post explores Italy’s future and current legal business implications. It looks at potential strategies to terminate current contracts within the business realm.
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By: Samantha Rothman.
Coronavirus sweeps through Israel during the holy days of Passover, Israelis will be celebrating in a completely new way as the government works to find solutions. Families all over Israel are working with new restrictions and the governments makes efforts to hopefully reopen soon.
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By: Danielle D. Rogers.
Inspired by Dreams of Liberation Bound by Bondage, written by Danielle D. Rogers, this blog post is a part of a larger series that examines how the remnants of colonization continue to negatively impact people of the African diaspora around the world. This post examines how the remnants of colonization in the healthcare and science fields led to unethical research trials and how international law could help prevent the exploitation of individuals in human subject research.
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By: Alexandra Lee Page
The Japan Fair Trade Commission has proposed several amendments to Japan’s Anti-Monopoly Act. In a landmark consultation about fair trade, industry stakeholders will have a chance until May 2020 to weigh in on whether to introduce legal professional privilege for the first time.
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By: Michael Moran.
Macau, a special administrative region of the People’s Republic of China, has experience explosive economic growth in recent years as the biggest gaming city in the world.
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By: Emily Michienzi.
This blog will explain the problem of water scarcity and address China’s Sponge City Initiative, which is attempting to rebuild urban areas with green infrastructure to stop urban flooding and recharge its depleted aquifers.
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By: Trevor Mason.
One of Latin America most wealthy countries is a prime landing spot for your next business with plenty of competition and perks that can be explored.
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By: Lauren Marshall.
After a mass shooting involving a semiautomatic riffle, New Zealand’s Prime Minister introduced the country’s second most prolific gun law since the ‘90s. It received almost unanimous support and shows the country’s support in helping their citizens feel safe.
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By: Yasmeen Farran.
Thailand’s Hill Tribes face many economic obstacles and despite the presentation of different economic opportunities such as farming, education, ethnic tourism, and working for foreign companies, there continues to be a lack of agency. Tribes have little say or control in these economic options which makes sustainable advancement for tribes difficult.
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By: Joseph Chlestos.
Currently Australia has faced many impacts on its environment, both on land and sea. With these significant impacts to the environment, questions remain whether or not Australia will be able to rebound, and become the environment it once was.
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