More broadly, child marriage, or unions that often involve coercion concerning a girl under the age of 18, “remains a ...

Legislation in the five republics of Central Asia routinely enforces extremism laws that have little or nothing to do with legitimate security threats but are aimed at punishing individuals engaged in ...

Many Myanmar Learning Center students have gone onto college, often with scholarships from the center, or become naturalized ...

Ukraine says that more than 50 of the soldiers it is holding captive are Central Asians. Having seen frontline action in ...

Refugees are in extremely vulnerable circumstances, lacking the protection of their own countries and facing immense challenges to their safety and well-being. The 1951 Refugee Convention, ...

Discrimination: In many cases, statelessness is the result of laws and policies that discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, religion or language. This can cause large-scale and protracted ...