“You’re not disabled by the disabilities you have, you are able by the abilities you have." —Oscar Pistorius In many ways, Oscar Pistorius’s life personifies the mythical “hero’s journey” as defined by Joseph Campbell: Pistorius... Read More

On July 23 the Washington Working Group on the International Criminal Court (WICC) held a congressional briefing titled The International Criminal Court (ICC): Victories, Challenges and Opportunities. Estonian Diplomat Tiina Intelmann and American University Professor... Read More

Read through Sara Lone's analysis below and then take our poll - do you agree with the ban? On July 1, France declared victory when the European Court of Human Rights upheld a ban on... Read More

On June 13th Mubarak Bala, a 29-year-old man living in northern Nigeria, was beaten by his father and three uncles and then sedated, only to wake up over a day later in a psychiatric ward... Read More

Last Thursday the Brookings Institution, along with George Mason University and City University London, hosted an event titled Religion and Foreign Policy: A Transatlantic Dialogue. Brookings Senior Fellow E.J. Dionne opened the panel discussion by... Read More

Hatred and fear of homosexuality has become more aggressive and normalized in many African countries, and for the second time this month, an African nation took a step backwards in terms of LGBTQ equality. Yesterday... Read More

The World Humanist Congress is held every three years and is the main event in the calendar of the International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU), which unites more than 100 atheist, skeptic, and humanist organizations... Read More