IBA Global Insight - October/November 2019

When Kirenia Navas Rodriguez fled political persecution in Cuba, her year-long journey saw her cross 11 countries, taking enormous risks. Now at the US-Mexico border, she is confronted with the Trump administration’s asylum policy.

Mixed signals are emerging from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. While appearances indicate a willingness to become more liberal, a crackdown on women activists suggests otherwise.

The attempted prorogation of the UK Parliament at a time of national crisis opened a Pandora’s box of constitutional, democratic and rule of law issues – all of them more important than Brexit itself.