Does media affect foreign policy? Discourse in the reporting of the Russian-Ukraine conflict By the end of February, war broke out in Europe. It is something that we haven’t felt in more than a decade – a heavily destructive, physical conflict, that put aside the (diplomatically made-up) cold peace in which Russia and the western…
Around the World:What’s Going On in Yemen? More than seven years of intense fighting have brought Yemen to a humanitarian catastrophe. The civil war with support from external states has resulted in countless deaths, suffering, hunger, displacement and there is no end in sight. What’s happening in Yemen? Yemen is a country in Western…
The war has started.The most affected by it are civilians With Russia’s attack on Ukraine, the international community is faced with what is the everyday reality of many: people and families being forced to flee from their own homes, communities, and countries due to military occupation and armed conflict. Since February 22nd, images…
A Polish Wall:Safety or Intolerance? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UpDClNFXRs In mid-january, Poland has started building a wall along its frontier with Belarus aimed at preventing asylum seekers (called “illegal migrants”) from entering the country. The barrier would reach up to 5.5m and measure 186km, almost half the length of the border shared by this two countries and It will be equipped…
Universality of rights: establishing dialogue, transgressing borders, supporting self-determination Submitted to The London School of Economics for the MSc in Human Rights with Politics by Rosário Frada The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) and the subsequent covenants were intended to create a worldwide safety net of rights adequate to all, independently of time, space…
At the end of 2021, HOM promoted an auction with the pieces of Breaking Borders Through Art project. It consisted in the collaboration between forced migrants and emerging artists, crafting pieces that tell real stories of today’s forced migration, with the main goals of giving a face to those whose identity is neglected and…