Frank Elbers
Class of 2016
Frank Elbers is a freelance journalist specialised in reporting on human rights, migration, and displacement. He is currently also a visiting fellow at the Institute for Women’s Studies in the Arab World at Lebanese American University (LAU) in Beirut, where he teaches courses on gender and human rights, and does research on the effects of displacement on gender relations among urban refugees in Amman, Beirut, and Cairo. A political scientist by training, he has worked in human rights, transitional justice, and international development in post-communist Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa, West Africa, and Southeast Asia over the past 25 years. He has published on political extremism, migration, gender equality, citizenship, and human rights. Frank’s stories and commentary have appeared in CBC News, National Post, Dallas Morning News, taz, and De Volkskrant, among others.

Former intelligence officer convicted in first use of Romania’s law against Holocaust denial

The Mysterious Death of an Iranian Judge in Romania

Will Romania’s Investigation into the Fugitive Judge’s Death be Independent and Fair?

EUROPE FOUNDATION – Podcast: Human Rights Education, People & Society – Part 2

EUROPE FOUNDATION – Podcast: Human Rights Education, People & Society – Part 1

An Interview with Eloy Domínguez Serén, Director of the Documentary “Hamada”

Romania’s Gender Gap Continues to Close

Eight Things You Need to Know About the Global Compact for Migration

An Interview about the Glass Ceiling with Dana Reizniece-Ozola, Minister of Finance of Latvia

“Nowadays, the Saharawi struggle takes new forms”

How Politics & Globalization Are Killing Football in Lebanon

A possible thaw in Western Sahara’s ‘frozen conflict’

The Boycott, Divestment & Sanctions Movement for an Independent Western Sahara Is Gaining Momentum

Lebanon’s Prime Minister Puts Resignation On Hold

Q&A WITH MONICA HELLER: THE POLITICS OF LANGUAGE

4 myths about Brussels and jihad

TIME ZONES

TIME ZONES

5 reasons the EU-Turkey deal won’t end the Syrian refugee crisis

The refugee crisis no one is talking about

Indefinite conscription fuelling exodus from Eritrea: Amnesty

10 sobering facts about violence against women

Nearly 90 per cent of Syrian refugees in Lebanon have been trapped in a vicious cycle of crippling debt

Search for Sanctuary
