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This article contains descriptions of significant violence that may be challenging to analyze due to the sensitive nature of the subject matter and each individual’s unique identities and experiences. Violence against any individual or group is unequivocally wrong, and nothing in this article should be construed as promoting or condoning such behavior. The ongoing conflict … Read more

In an effort to maintain more friendly and stable food systems throughout Europe, the European Union (EU) has implemented several new policies for Europe’s farmers. The main directive, the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), sets forth several objectives and initiatives to benefit the European agricultural landscape.[1] Not all initiatives, however, have been well-received by farmers who … Read more

Implemented by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Section 1502 of the 2010 Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank Act) addresses trade in conflict minerals originating from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).[1] Conflict minerals include tungsten, tantalum, tin, and gold.[2] Section 1502 requires publicly traded companies in the U.S. … Read more

With the growth and rise of fast fashion, there has been immense stress put on the planet as the practices used to create, maintain, and dispose of garments degrades the environment. Consumers in 2019 purchased 60 percent more garments than shoppers 15 years prior, and that percentage likely increased over the last 4 years.[1]To fully … Read more

The vast expansion of digital technology in everyday American life has contributed to the technology companies’ collection of vast quantities of consumers’ data.[1] However, the regulation of data collection and usage in American states only started in 2018 with the passage of the California Consumer Privacy Act.[2] Now, in 2024, only 14 other states have … Read more

In the wake of WWII, political instability and discriminatory denationalization policies displaced millions of people, leaving many without a nationality.[1] This widespread statelessness crisis specifically affected the Jewish population of European countries, and increasing international concern for stateless individuals spurred the formulation of various international agreements aimed at protecting stateless persons and reducing statelessness generally.[2] … Read more

On May 28, 2023, first time parents Nyanrat Bol Lang and Chan Dau welcomed their firstborn, a son, into the world.[1] To their horror, their baby was born with severe extremity deformities and gastroschisis, a condition where the intestines develop outside of the body.[2] The doctors advised them that these conditions were likely caused by … Read more

Currently, there is no widely accepted definition or consensus on who constitutes a climate refugee.[1] Yet millions of people are displaced internally or across borders each year.[2] In response to natural disasters, many flee first to another location within their home country.[3] For example, 8.7 million people were internally displaced by disasters in 2022.[4] While … Read more

For the World Trade Organization (WTO) to remain relevant in world trade, it must supplement the traditional approach of only pursuing multilateral agreements by embracing plurilateral agreements on important trade topics. Although plurilateral agreements should not replace multilateral agreements all together, they should be used for pressing trade issues to ensure the WTO stays relevant … Read more

For much of human history, the management of the oceans and seas followed an informal system, described in the seventeenth century as the “freedom-of-the-seas” doctrine.[1] But as globalization connected the world in new ways, a clear need arose for a state to formally claim its natural resources.[2] Such a claim provided a state with the … Read more