Introduction Subjecting people to torture is a human rights violation to their right for a life with dignity.[1] International organizations and several sovereign nations advocate against the use of torture for any reason.[2] Article 5 of the UDHR holds that no person shall be subjected to torture.[3] Under international law, […]
Forfeiture is a common practice wherein local police or government bodies seize property or money in connection with a civil violation.[1] Most Western countries have similar legislation to freeze and seize assets.[2] The practice has been criticized by legal scholars and civil rights advocates as cruel, unusually harsh, and prejudicial.[3] […]
Introduction Administrative closure is a docket-management mechanism used by immigration judges and the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) since the 1980s.[1] Typically, administrative closure is used when the decision on a case is affected by an application pending before another government agency, for example, when a decision for removal relies […]
Introduction After two years of violent war, the Ethiopian government and authorities from the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (“TPLF”) announced on November 2, 2022 a “cessation of hostilities.”[1] Overshadowed in the media by coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine, this two-year-long war has been dubbed as […]
Abstract: Children’s unique human rights hold global value and recognition; however, the United States’ juvenile detention practices continue to violate these rights. American detention centers hold children without need and biases and prejudices. Legal professionals have pushed for and continue calling on the United States to ratify the Convention on […]
Abstract The tyrannical Sri Lankan Prevention of Terrorism Act (“PTA”) has been in effect for over forty years. Dating back to the decades-long civil war, the PTA has terrorized Sri Lankan citizens. The PTA authorizes the Sri Lankan government to arbitrarily detain citizens without warrants for up to eighteen months; […]
“[Police] are citizens in uniform, performing a function on behalf of other citizens and their powers thus need to be constrained.”[1] INTRODUCTION Across the globe, law enforcement officials (“police”) play a role in “protecting society from violence, enforcing justice, and securing the rights of people.”[2] Police are given a significant […]
Since 9/11, the United States has continuously used unmanned drone strikes in counterterrorism efforts in Yemen, Somalia, Pakistan, and Afghanistan.[1] Drones have become a preferred weapon as they allow for military objectives to be fulfilled without placing soldiers in physical danger.[2] Drones also allow pilots to distance themselves from the […]
Introduction “We do not want to face [atrocities] again. Every Rohingya will refuse to go [back to Myanmar (Burma)].”[1] This sentiment from a Rohingya refugee refers to the decades of systematic “disenfranchisement, discrimination, and targeted persecution that Rohingya people have faced in Myanmar’s Rakhine State.”[2] Rohingya refugees have fled to […]
Introduction You may be surprised to discover that your twelve-year-old child could get a job on a farm, working virtually unlimited hours and in hazardous conditions. However, due to loopholes in the Fair Labor Standards Act, children are exploited daily on farms across the United States. While the exact number […]