Nikola Hajdin In my last blog about the children who have lost their father during the Bosnian war, I have put forward a few issues that I believe affect most directly the quality of life of those who are part of this specific group of citizens. In this piece the focus will be on […]
Film Review: “E-Team”
Angela Barisic Airing on selected theatres and Netflix on October 24th, E-team was a success claiming many awards. In this documentary we get to tag along on the journey of four members of Human Rights Watch’s Emergencies Team (E-team). Anna, Ole, Fred and Peter are all trained to deal with unfolding crises, flying to hotspots […]
Growing up without a father: A Bosnian Story
Nikola Hajdin During the war in Bosnia, both children and adolescents experienced: ‘wounding of one’s father’, ‘father loss because of killing or missing and loss of immediate or extended family member(s)’, ‘unwillingly leaving home’, ‘separation from family and friends’, ‘forced expulsion from home’, ‘living in collective refugee settlements’, ‘refugee problems and life in a small […]
The Use of Child Soldiers by Terrorist Organizations
Leyla-Denisa Obreja On October 2014, ISIS – a renowned and infamous extremist jihadist group operating mainly in Iraq and Syria – announced its new spokesman by means of a propaganda video. His name is Abdullah Elmir, a 17 year old boy from Australia who ran away from home to join the massacres and put […]
Two decades of a fight for LGBT rights in Serbia
Goran Miletić This year marks a 20-years anniversary since homosexuality became decriminalised in Serbia. As a law student, I remember drawing the question of “unnatural fornication” in my Criminal Law exam. Then, in 1993, I thoroughly explained to my professor what constituted that ‘crime’. There are no words to describe the feeling of saying, out […]
Jus Humanis Winter Forum: LGBTI Asylum Claims
Angela Barisic Matthew Scott is UK-qualified solicitor and a doctoral candidate at the Faculty of Law at Lund University in Sweden. He will also be speaking at the Jus Humanis Winter Forum which will explore the topic “Right to Sexuality” on 20 November at 11.30 at Lilla Gråbrödersgatan 3C . His lecture will be […]
LGBT Rights within the Council of Europe framework: the Principle of Non-Discrimination
Vasco P. da Silva Within the political and legal framework provided by the Council of Europe, several recommendations have been presented to its 47 Member States concerning the topic of the LGBT rights. The most crucial has been the request for signature and ratification of Protocol No. 12 to the European Convention on Human Rights […]
A Legal Anaylsis on the Ban of LGBT Propaganda in Russia
Ashkhen Kazaryan The ban on gay propaganda has been one of the major discussion points in the human rights conversation in Russia. Below we’ll go through main legislation adopted in Russia and the problems arising from it. The first legislative prohibition of “propaganda of homosexuality” in Russia was adopted in 2006 in the Ryazan region. […]
Monthly Roundup: Europe
Ukraine adopts law regarding internally displaced persons On October 20th , the Ukrainian parliament passed the law on the rights and freedoms of internally displaced persons. The law stipulates the procedure for registering as IDP and regulates issues such as employment and social benefit. The law was created as a result of constructive efforts made […]
Syrian Refugee Children In Lebanese Child Labour
Angela Barisic The Syrians have been identified by the United Nations as the world’s largest refugee population and neighbouring Lebanon currently hosts 1,133,000 Syrian refugees (thus constituting more than a quarter of the country’s population), of which more than half are under 18 years of age. Many adult men remained in Syria either to […]