“[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 […]
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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 […]
Following the start of the Syrian Civil War in 2011, Lebanon began receiving an influx of Syrian refugees.[1] The influx began slowly but grew exponentially over the years. At the peak of migration, “the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) was registering on average over 48,000 refugees per month.”[2] […]