human rights issues EU shows how to do a dodgy surveyAnne Fleck | 16 May 2013 |tags: EU, homophobia, human rightsThe EU's largest-ever survey of hate crimes and discrimination against LGBT people claims that they labour under a terrible burden. But the figures don’t support the conclusions. Cultural imperialism on the marchRobert R. Reilly | 13 May 2013 |tags: homosexuality, same-sex marriage, US foreign policyWhy is the Obama administration promoting Gay Pride Months and campaigning for gay rights in countries like Pakistan and El Salvador? Indifference to the fate of Middle East Christians has ancient rootsLars Brownworth | 18 April 2013 |tags: Christianity, Egypt, Iraq, Middle East, SyriaThe Western media is using an centuries-old playbook in its treatment of Iraqi, Syrian and Egyptian Christians. Will Egypt become a totalitarian state?Robert R. Reilly | 26 December 2012 |tags: Egypt, Islam, Muslim BrotherhoodThe Muslim Brotherhood wants to control all aspects of the state and personal life after consolidating its power. Wisdom from MassachusettsMichael Cook | 08 November 2012 |tags: 2016 elections, assisted suicide, MassachusettsThe failure of a referendum on assisted suicide shows that "dying with dignity" is not a progressive cause. I’ll drink to that!Andrea Mrozek | 25 October 2012 |tags: Canada, pro-life movementIn Canada, two pro-life jailbirds have been awarded Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee medals. Thomas Szasz: man versus mythTheron Bowers | 23 October 2012 |tags: mental health, psychiatryAn unconventional psychiatrist reminds us that the zeal to help is easily corrupted by a need for control. Nobel laureate criticises one-child policyMichael Cook | 15 October 2012 |tags: book reviews, literature, Nobel Prize, one-child policyWill the national pride in China's first national to win the Nobel Prize for Literature lead to a reform of the one-child policy? The new sexual predatorsAlana S. Newman | 12 October 2012 |tags: bioethics, egg donation, surrogacyIt used to be just men looking for one-night stands. Now it's older women and gay men seeking their eggs. Will “choice” trump even gendercide?Margaret Somerville | 03 October 2012 |tags: Canada, sex selective abortionsA new page in Canada’s abortion debate will force pro-choice politicians to decide just how non-negotiable their position is. Barefoot power lights up rural AfricaIzael Pereira Da Silva and Boldewijn Sloet | 17 September 2012 |tags: Africa, development, solar energyTwo Australian entrepreneurs are behind a company that is transforming lives at the bottom of the social pyramid. The human rights and wrongs of “Innocence of Muslims”Sarah Joseph | 14 September 2012 |tags: hate speech, Middle East, Muslims, USAShould the United States have banned the film that has caused ructions in the Middle East as hate speech? Immigration: he who is without sinJohn B. Londregan | 11 September 2012 |tags: 2012 elections, ImmigrationThose who complain about illegal immigration are still morally complicit: they gladly take advantage of cheaper prices made possible by undocumented workers. Wrongful conviction: lessons from the Chamberlain caseJoanna Kyriakakis | 21 June 2012 |tags: capital punishment, criminal justice, human rightsThe dingo did take Azaria Chamberlain. The criminal justice system does get it wrong, each error bearing its own human cost. Moving the goalposts on DOMAJames S. Cole | 06 June 2012 |tags: jurisprudence, same-sex marriageA vital case in the debate on same-sex marriage was settled with the help of judicial legerdemain. Religion has its rights in the public squareDavid Cortman | 09 May 2012 |tags: religious freedomThere are no historical or rational grounds for denying faith a public voice. The shining city on a hill slams its doorsConstance Kong | 07 May 2012 |tags: Chen Guangcheng, China, human rightsThe Obama Administration's treatment of two Chinese dissidents has been shameful. Free speech no fait accompliAlex Perrottet | 03 May 2012 |tags: freedom of speech, mediaOn World Press Freedom Day, it’s not just Fiji that needs to pull up its socks. Barefoot and blind: the power of oneMichael Cook | 02 May 2012 |tags: Chen Guangcheng, China, one-child policyA disabled campaigner against China's one-child policy has outwitted the world's most powerful governments. Preventing atrocitiesMartin Shaw | 01 May 2012 |tags: Barack Obama, genocide, human rightsThe Obama Administration has created an agency to identify and address threats of atrocity around the world. Will it be effective? Parenthood is not just a private projectJennifer Roback Morse | 23 April 2012 |tags: marriage, parenthood, rights of the childThe state’s role in marriage is essential to protect the rights of children against the mere wilfulness of adults. A cry for purposeNicole van Heerden | 16 March 2012 |tags: Africa, idealism, Kony 2012Young people want to be part of a cause, especially if it is one their elders have seemingly ignored. Page 1 of 1 : subscribe donate
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