Category: Global law

  • CIA black sites: offshore interrogation centres and an increasingly aggressive CIA

    CIA black sites: offshore interrogation centres and an increasingly aggressive CIA

    With details of the newly published report by the US Senate coming out, this 4 year investigation is shining light on some of the questionable interrogation techniques and the medical staff involved in the “safe keeping” of the detainees of the US Government. Whilst much of the attention has been focused on the legality and […]

  • Human trafficking: 36 million victims

    Human trafficking: 36 million victims

    In 2014, the Global Slavery Index (GSI) found that worldwide there are nearly 36 million victims of human trafficking. This practice, which is especially prevalent in Asia, shows no signs of disappearing and a solution to the problem is far from clear. South Africa At the end of November, South African businessman Lloyd Mabuza was […]