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JUN 14, 2010 Journal

Deterrence, Democracy, and the Pursuit of International Justice

Recent indictments of sitting heads of state and rebel leaders engaged in ongoing conflicts are radically altering our conception of international criminal justice. But contrary ...

JUN 14, 2010 Journal

The Paradox of Partnership: Assessing New Forms of NGO Advocacy on Labor Rights

Labor rights public-private partnerships are an important and growing phenomenon in corporate governance, even while they are sometimes used instrumentally by business for reputational reasons, ...

JUN 14, 2010 Journal

The Responsibility to Protect—Five Years On

States' Responsibility to Protect vulnerable populations has become a prominent feature in international debates about preventing genocide and mass atrocities and about protecting potential victims. ...

JUN 14, 2010 Journal

The United States and the UN's Targeted Sanctions of Suspected Terrorists: What Role for Human Rights? [Full Text]

The UN Security Council's approach to counterterrorism, which the United States has greatly shaped, has generally shown a marked human rights deficit. The process for ...

JUN 14, 2010 Journal

Global Justice and the Social Determinants of Health

The final report of the WHO's Commission on the Social Determinants of Health is the first to apply social epidemiological analysis to global health

JUN 11, 2010 Article

Obama Did Not "Take Down" Hatoyama

Carnegie Council Senior Fellow Devin Stewart explains why Obama should not be blamed for the recent resignation of Japanese prime minister, Yukio Hatoyama.

CREDIT: Heather Metcalfe © 2009.

JUN 10, 2010 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Innovations: Afghan Women: Artfully Unforgotten

Afghan women are the last ones to see themselves as merely victims. The creative nonprofit Artfully Unforgotten helps tell their stories of resilience through artistic ...

CREDIT: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/thinkpublic/3042791963/">thinkpublic</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).

JUN 7, 2010 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Education for Innovation

The symptoms of science illiteracy are spread across the United States, and in many cases they're getting worse. The education system is overdue for a ...

Ethics & International Affairs: A Reader, Third Edition

JUN 4, 2010 Article

Book Review: Ethics & International Affairs: A Reader, Third Edition

"...this is a fantastic, easily accessible and well-written series of contributions," writes Brent J. Steele. "...these are selections from some of the most serious, vibrant, ...

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JUN 3, 2010 Article

Independence Day: Fifty Years after Lumumba Speech, DRC's Riches Still Not Benefiting her Children

DRC expert Thomas Turner examines Congo's rash of conflicts, its resource curse, elections, and possible withdrawal of MONUC. The state survives, but is too weak ...