Creative Non-fiction on Human Rights Issues

I opened my inbox today to find this really exciting email from the Hauser Center for Justice and Human Rights at Harvard University. They were looking for writers who were willing to write articles on human rights issues for an upcoming conference for international law and human rights issues at the UNHQ. I think this will be good practice for my creative non-fiction homework!

Now I need to figure out what topic be best suited for the conference.

Dear Ketki,
So sorry for the late reply—it’s been extremely hectic planning for the September conference on international criminal justice at the UNHQ—take a look at the website we just launched for the Conference: www.internationalcriminaljustice.net — read through the background etc, which will give you a better idea of all the issues we’re hoping to hash out/discuss/engage, and then maybe if you’re interested in writing about a particular issue relating to that array of topics, we can move from there! Given your interest in trafficking, maybe you would be interested in writing about issues of gender violence in conflict zones, intersecting the role of NGOs in victim assistance, accountability, or the like (just off the top of my head)--it would be great to get some kind of NGO perspective on the ground, though, so if you can find a way to tie in the work your doing to the issues to be raised at the conference, that would be ideal! We’re looking for 500 to 600 word pieces op-ed style, so nothing too long at all, but researched, insightful, and interesting.
I hope to hear from you!
Take good care,
[name removed to protect privacy]