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Author: Dr. Fred Sekindi May 21, 2026 Note: This study was sponsored by the Universal Coalition of Affirming Africans Uganda and published with permission through the Human Rights Research Center. Under Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Act, two women face life in prison following allegations of them kissing in public. [Image credit: RDNE Stock project / Pexels via MambaOnline] Introduction In Uganda, religion and culture are commonly cited as the basis for rejecting the LGBTQ+ c

Author: Nadia Nasri, MA May 20, 2026 Children in a refugee camp in Gaza. [Image credit: Hosny Salah via Pexels] Israel has been occupying the Palestinian territories of the West Bank, Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip since 1967 (Amnesty International, 2025a). The Israeli military rules these territories, exerting extreme control over the Palestinian people, dictating their movement and controlling whether they can go to school or work, use their own land, leave the country, and

Author: Pradanya Nagru, MS May 19, 2026 Downloadable version available below.

Author: Tata Varadashvili May 14, 2026 [Image credit: RDNE Stock Project via Pexels] Introduction Domestic Violence (DV) in Georgia is a significant human rights issue that is deeply rooted in social and institutional structures. Domestic Violence within families has long been regarded as a private matter, shielded by societal norms and patriarchal traditions, and largely invisible to public authorities. The invisibility or even ignorance has contributed to the normalized ac

Author: Laura Pettigrew May 13, 2026 [Image credit: Tyrone Madera via Wikimedia Commons] Introduction In the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948), the United Nations listed the right to housing as a basic human right, stating that “Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services” (Article 25). The Office of the United Nat

Author: Ryan Kemp, JD May 12, 2026 [Image credit: The U.S. Supreme Court, Mahmoud v. Taylor case document] Mahmoud V. Taylor Mahmoud v. Taylor, 606 U.S.__ (2025) (Taylor) is a United States Supreme Court decision that fundamentally changed the way educators and schools teach in the classroom. It enables a slippery slope about what can and cannot be included in the public education system. In 2023, the Montgomery County Board of Education, in the State of Maryland, introduce

Author: Emma Nelson May 7, 2026 European Parliament in Brussels [Image credit: Wikimedia Commons] Corporations are deeply embedded in the global economic systems that shape labor conditions and resource extraction worldwide, but what counts as a corporate human rights obligation has long been contested. For years, the international standards governing business conduct have relied on voluntary guidelines and reputational pressure rather than binding legal requirements. In June

Author: Eirini Triantafyllidou May 6, 2026 [Image credit: World Meteorological Organization] Introduction According to the United Nations, climate change refers to long-term changes in temperature and weather patterns. While such changes historically occurred due to natural processes, since the Industrial Revolution, they have been primarily driven by human activities. The burning of fossil fuels, along with industrial agriculture and other human activities, has significantly

Author: Natalie Bello, PhD May 5, 2026 Athlete in a Wheelchair Race on City Street [Image credit: C. AG TRAPHAUS via Pexels] Every two years, the world tunes in for either the Summer or Winter Olympics, admiring the athletic successes of primarily non-disabled competitors. Following the Olympics, Paralympic athletes start their competitions. The Paralympics is meant to be parallel to the Olympics, “illustrating how the two movements exist side-by-side,” (International Paralym

Author: Kaitlyn V. Andres, MPH & MS April 30, 2026 A woman with transverse myelitis gets an ultrasound while in her wheelchair at the Accessible Care Pregnancy Clinic at Sunnybrook, a clinic for pregnant women with physical disabilities. [Image credit: Doug Nicholson] Introduction Considering that almost 25% of the United States (U.S.) population has some sort of disability, it is alarming that the presence of a disability is tied to barriers in seeking health care.1 Compar