Is the referral of Venezuela to the ICC a move towards justice, or a demonstration of growing political tensions in the region? Such are the questions the ICC Prosecutor must face when deciding whether or not to open a formal investigation.

Before the innumerable challenges that come with Venezuelan migration, we don’t need to improvise. We need to learn from countries like Lebanon that have already tried.

The United Nations Human Rights Council has approved a draft of a declaration on the rights of peasants and rural workers. Despite their critical role in the world’s food production, some 80% of this population lives in poverty and hunger.

Ultimately, as consumers, we need to be more conscious about where our food comes from, and demand to know what it underwent before reaching our plates.

Civil society in Yemen failed to respond to the revolutionary energy of 2011. However, in the midst of a civil war and diminishing space for activism, organizations like Mwatana for Human Rights stand firm.

Economic growth alone is not enough to alleviate extreme poverty. Instead, we need creative, targeted alternatives—like unconditional cash transfers and livestock donations.

As inequality deepens, so too should concerns about rural policies and unequal access to land. The decline of redistributive agrarian reforms coupled with growing patterns of land concentration and land-grabbing threaten to exacerbate cycles of inequality in the countryside, in the city, and around the world.