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U.S. Prospects for Ratification as MLC, 2006 Enters into Force 20 Aug 2013 | 08:25 pm
The “Ever Ulysses,” a Singapore-flagged container ship of the Evergreen Line, a Taiwanese shipping group. On the eve of the MLC, 2006 entering into force, the Ever Ulysses moored in Trieste, Italy aft...
Asia’s Pivot: Stepping on Human Rights, Reviving Realpolitik 13 Aug 2013 | 09:42 pm
President Obama and Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang in the Oval Office, Thursday, July 25, 2013. Image: AP Photo/Charles Dharapak In late July, following 28 years of authoritarian rule in Cambod...
Impending Change for China’s One-Child Policy? 6 Aug 2013 | 09:29 pm
One-Child Policy Poster, Yunnan Province. Image: Flickr, Arian Zwegers. Recent media excitedly report on the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) contemplation of abandoning its decades-old “one-child ...
Chong Chon Gang Saga Encouraging More International Scrutiny of DPRK 22 Jul 2013 | 10:49 pm
Ships passing through locks in the Panama Canal. Image: cia.gov The recent international shipping scandal involving the Chong Chon Gang, a decrepit, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea-flagged (DPR...
Indonesian Haze Raising Regional Human Rights Questions 25 Jun 2013 | 08:37 pm
The haze affecting Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore: June 19, 2013. Image: NASA.gov. As the slash-and-burn deforestation peat-burning agricultural practices of communities and companies in Southeas...
For Refugees, No Yellow Brick Road to Oz 21 Jun 2013 | 12:44 am
Long a controversial issue, Australia’s treatment of asylum seekers is getting renewed attention after two boats sank in the Indian Ocean last week. Although the government had been tracking both boat...
Of Human Rights and Robots 11 Jun 2013 | 02:57 am
Since the creation of the modern international community following World War II, the prevention of war and conflict has been its major preoccupation. These goals have been achieved largely through two...
Reducing “Food-prints” on World Environmental Day 28 May 2013 | 07:36 pm
The U.N. Environmental Programme (UNEP) recently highlighted some appalling figures pertaining to issues of food waste in a somewhat unexpected and innovative manner. The UNEP’s 2013 theme for World E...
Considering Seafarers’ Right to Communicate 13 May 2013 | 09:04 pm
For much of the world’s employed, maintaining communication with those closest to them while completing their employment requirements is not a contemplated issue. Many workers can use their own person...
Zimbabwe & the Search for the Rule of Law 8 May 2013 | 11:57 am
What does a country in the middle of collapse look like? This was the question filmmaker Lorie Conway attempted to answer in her new film on Zimbabwe, “Beatrice Mtetwa and the Rule of Law.” A recent s...
