Aryeh Neier, President Emeritus of the Open Society Foundations and a founder of Human Rights Watch, is author of The International Human Rights Movement: A History.
Feb 26, 2020 suggests how the International Criminal Court can strengthen its impact, highlights violence and official discrimination against Muslims in India, and names several unsung heroes of the global human-rights movement.
Feb 20, 2020 highlights the link between suppression of free speech and public-health crises like the new coronavirus.
Feb 5, 2020 shows how the regime, skilled at stifling criticism of its own record, now prevents criticism of others', too.
Nov 11, 2019 examines the factors driving – and undermining – the mass protest movements that have erupted worldwide.
May 8, 2019 joins a chorus of ICC supporters who are increasingly frustrated with its performance.
The United Nations is marking its 75th anniversary in muted fashion, and not only because of the COVID-19 pandemic. With rising nationalism and the return of great-power rivalry threatening to paralyze the organization at the heart of the multilateral system, many are asking whether global cooperation has a future.
