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        The UN’s Highest Court Might Convict Myanmar. It Won’t Be Enough.
        Eric Han

        The UN’s Highest Court Might Convict Myanmar. It Won’t Be Enough.

        By Eric Han The Peace Palace in The Hague, Netherlands The International Court of Justice (ICJ) met last month to hear Myanmar’s...
        5 Ways for American High School and College Students to Support Ukrainians
        Marta Tsvengrosh, LL.M.

        5 Ways for American High School and College Students to Support Ukrainians

        By Marta Tsvengrosh, LL.M. Ukrainian refugees seeking shelter under a destroyed highway It was 5 am on February 24 when an explosion woke...
        John Sexton Essay Contest 2019: Kevin Tang
        Kevin Tang

        John Sexton Essay Contest 2019: Kevin Tang

        By Kevin Tang “We are scared to return to Myanmar because if we go, they will kill us.” Chilling, these words uttered by Rohingya refugee...
        Exodus: Will Anyone Help the Rohingya Refugees?
        Zubaidah Chowdhury

        Exodus: Will Anyone Help the Rohingya Refugees?

        By Zubaidah Chowdhury “My daughter shook me and said, ‘Mom, get up. The house is on fire. You’re burning,’” painfully recalls Mumtaz...
        Resolving Human Rights through Demilitarization and Equal Representation
        Kelly Su

        Resolving Human Rights through Demilitarization and Equal Representation

        By Kelly Su The cries of the Rohingya wail, “Please, I have no place to call home and nowhere to go. I am only a displaced person denied...
        Returning Rohingya Refugees Home Safely
        Jason Tan

        Returning Rohingya Refugees Home Safely

        By Jason Tan 727,000. To ignorant bystanders, this number represents nothing; to Rohingya refugees this number represents everything....
        John Sexton Essay Contest 2018: Elena Li
        Elena Li

        John Sexton Essay Contest 2018: Elena Li

        By Elena Li In 1997, a band of masked attackers with ties to the municipal government sprung from the forests of Chiapa, Mexico,...
        John Sexton Essay Contest 2018: Iftida Faria
        Iftida Faria

        John Sexton Essay Contest 2018: Iftida Faria

        By Iftida Faria “Please don’t kill my baby”, begged the mother as the Myanmar police snatched her child away. While the Rohingya crisis...
        The Keys to Successful Repatriation of the Rohingya
        Anab Khan

        The Keys to Successful Repatriation of the Rohingya

        By Anab Khan Over 700,000 men, women, and children have been displaced from their ancestral home in the worst ongoing humanitarian crisis...
        Advocating for Rohingya Voices, Health & Human Rights in Myanmar - Dr. Jen Leigh
        Kelly Su

        Advocating for Rohingya Voices, Health & Human Rights in Myanmar - Dr. Jen Leigh

        By Kelly Su In this interview, Kelly Su (JS Scholar 2019) consults Myanmar research consultant Dr. Jennifer Leigh about her work and...
        Words Carry Urgency in the Rohingya Genocide
        Fiona Neibart

        Words Carry Urgency in the Rohingya Genocide

        By Fiona Neibart “Maggots.” “Rapists.” “Dogs.” These slurs—translated from Burmese and aimed at Rohingya—are among more than a thousand...
        Women's Rights, Refugees & Genocide in Internat. Human Rights Law - Chaumtoli Huq
        Zubaidah Chowdhury

        Women's Rights, Refugees & Genocide in Internat. Human Rights Law - Chaumtoli Huq

        By Zubaidah Chowdhury In this interview, Zubaidah Chowdhury (JS Scholar 2018) talks to Human Rights Lawyer and Professor Chaumtoli Huq...
        Higher Education & the Development of Refugee Communities - Kamal Ahmad
        Anab Khan

        Higher Education & the Development of Refugee Communities - Kamal Ahmad

        By Anab Khan In this interview, Anab Khan (JS Scholar 2019) talks to Kamal Ahmad about the complex and important relationship between...
        To Assert Rohingya Humanity, Turn to the Arts
        Eric Han

        To Assert Rohingya Humanity, Turn to the Arts

        By Eric Han Gudar Mia, an eighty-year-old Rohingya refugee in Bangladesh, with smoke-filled lungs, croaks an old Rohingya folk song. The...
        What We Can Do to Help the Rohingya
        Yotam Peer

        What We Can Do to Help the Rohingya

        By Yotam Peer Men, women, and children of all ages sit hunched together. Their clothes are raggedy, and they fill each hut and room to...
        Covid, Rohingya Refugees, & Healthcare in South Asia - Dr. Ruhul Abid
        Tasnim Anika

        Covid, Rohingya Refugees, & Healthcare in South Asia - Dr. Ruhul Abid

        By Tasnim Anika In this interview, Tasnim Anika (JS Volunteer 2020) talks to Dr. Ruhul Abid about his organization, Health & Education...
        John Sexton Essay Contest 2021: Vincent Jiang
        Vincent Jiang

        John Sexton Essay Contest 2021: Vincent Jiang

        By Vincent Jiang The irony of the Rohingya crisis is that a “textbook example of ethnic cleansing”, in the words of UN High Commissioner...
        Global Citizenship & Youth Empowerment - Jatnna Ramirez, Global Kids
        Jason Tan

        Global Citizenship & Youth Empowerment - Jatnna Ramirez, Global Kids

        By Jason Tan In this interview, Jason Tan (JS Scholar 2019) talks with Jatnna Ramirez, MPA, about the Global Kids mission, as well as the...
        Mass Media and Genocide in The Modern Age
        Zoe Lee

        Mass Media and Genocide in The Modern Age

        By Zoe Lee In order to confront the genocide of the Rohingya, we must recognize the compounding factors that ultimately engender...

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