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DEC 12, 2014 Journal

The “Responsibility to Prevent”: An International Crimes Approach to the Prevention of Mass Atrocities

Insights from criminology suggest that an international crimes approach to the prevention of mass atrocities upends many of the usual assumptions on the preventive dimension ...

DEC 12, 2014 Journal

Risse on Justice in Trade

Risse tries to stake out a middle ground between those who fail to recognize the full normative significance of contemporary international relationships and those who ...

DEC 12, 2014 Journal

Response to Arneson, de Bres, and Stilz

The author discusses his attempt at constructing a multilayered theory of global justice, where many considerations must be brought into reflective equilibrium.

Ben Affleck participating in sensitization campaign targeting Democratic Liberation Forces of Rwanda in east Congo. CREDIT: <a href="http://tinyurl.com/kam6nd8">UN</a> (<a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/">CC)</a>

DEC 11, 2014 Article

Do Celebrity Humanitarians Matter?

Celebrity humanitarianism is alternately lauded for drawing media attention and fostering popular engagement and criticized on a number of ethical grounds. What can actor Ben ...

DEC 3, 2014 Journal Online Exclusive

An Introduction to the New Centennial Ebook from EIA

This podcast introduces EIA's new ebook on the most critical issues facing the world today. Ebook free for a limited time!

Skyline of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia via <a href="http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-149398187/stock-photo-kuala-lumpur-skyline-at-night.html">Shutterstock</a>

DEC 3, 2014 Article

Lawlessness: Malaysia and Its Law of Rules

With restrictive laws and harassment touching NGOs, journalists, religious and ethnic minorities, and the LGBT community, Malaysia's rule of law problem cannot be ignored. How ...

DEC 3, 2014 Journal Online Exclusive

Animals as Citizens: A Response to Will Kymlicka

Kymlicka believes that animals should be considered citizens. But the animal-human relationship seems fundamentally dissimilar to its human-human counterpart.

DEC 1, 2014 Journal

Winter 2014 (28.4)

This issue includes an essay by Jacinta O’Hagan and Miwa Hirono on "cultures of humanitarianism" in East Asia; articles by Christopher Kutz on torture, ...

CREDIT: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/studiodxavier/13979834929"> Xavier J. Peg </a> (<a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/">CC</a>)

NOV 12, 2014 Article

Hashtags and Human Rights: Activism in the Age of Twitter

It's very exciting when an activist social media campaign goes viral. But what if all that energy is misdirected, or merely "slacktivism"? This essay examines ...

NOV 12, 2014 Journal Online Exclusive

Challenge from the East

An alternative vision to global order—distinct from the assumptions put forward in Washington and Brussels—is acquiring coherence.