The international human rights regime has recognized the right to food since its inception, yet chronic hunger remains one of the most flagrant human rights violations of our time. Food security — the ability to access adequate, nutritious food — continues to elude almost one billion people....

The past decade has witnessed a revival in interest in the relationship between rule of law and economic development. Disenchantment with the universal model that emerged from the Washington Consensus era led to a shift in focus to a more pluralist approach in which policy prescriptions became...

Reinvigorating the Faculty of Law's longstanding research interests in Russian legal development, this report is the outcome of a partnership between the Faculty of Law at McGill University and the Center for Legal and Economic Studies (CLES), based in Moscow. The report complements a larger...

Fragility and conflict are responsible for eighty percent of humanitarian need assistance. Many countries amidst conflict and violence have seen erosion to development gains made before and during the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Against this distressing reality, we propose a working...

The sustainable development goals (SDGs) present a real opportunity to direct India towards a path of equality and equity. This article posits that India's plans to achieve the millennium development goals by the end of their term in 2015 faltered because reforms designed to alleviate poverty...

Members of civil society are increasingly decrying what they identify as an insidious trend whereby the government is targeting organizations whose mandates run contrary to the federal government's political and economic agendas and creating a chill around public policy and advocacy work. The...