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Dzehtsiarou: Human Rights Law and Mandatory Vaccination
September 14, 2021
Kanstantsin Dzehtsiarou, Professor in Human Rights Law at the University of Liverpool, writing for theconversation.com, explores what human rights law says about mandatory vaccinations as increasingly nations are increasingly demanding individuals be vaccinated in order to maintain employment, attend University or eat at restaurants.
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UN Chief Urges Leaders to “Think Big,” with UN Playing Lead Role
September 13, 2021
UN Secretary-General Guterres has set out his vision for the future of global cooperation in a new report released at a recent meeting of the General Assembly entitled, Our Common Agenda, outlining an approach that would herald a new era for multilateralism, in which the UN would be the platform for collaboration.
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National Archives Places ‘Harmful Content’ Warning On U.S. Constitution
September 10, 2021
The National Archives Records Administration has placed a “harmful content” warning on the Constitution, Bill of Rights and the Declaration of Independence, citing that the governing documents of the United States as “harmful or difficult to view.”
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China's New Ambassador to the U.S. Aggresive in First Major Speech
September 07, 2021
China’s new ambassador to the United States, Qin Gang, expressed grievances ranging from U.S. support for Taiwan independence as well as the the U.S. endorsing the World Health Organization’s probe into the origins of Covid - 19, threatening with a warning of « disastrous consequences » should the U.S. seek to suppress China using a « Cold War playbook ».
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Reuters: FBI Finds Little Evidence U.S. Capitol Attack was Coordinated
August 23, 2021
Reuters reports that the FBI has found scant evidence that the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol was the result of an organized plot to overturn the presidential election result and at this point believes the violence was not centrally coordinated by far-right groups or prominent supporters of then-President Donald Trump.