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JUN 19, 2003 Article

Human Rights Dialogue (1994–2005): Series 2 No. 9 (Spring 2003): Making Human Rights Work in a Globalizing World: Articles: Protecting Knowledge

Justin VanFleet argues that the international intellectual property regime threatens the rights of indigenous knowledge holders. He describes an innovative approach to this problem—creating ...

JUN 19, 2003 Article

Human Rights Dialogue (1994–2005): Series 2 No. 9 (Spring 2003): Making Human Rights Work in a Globalizing World: Articles: Gagging Democracy

Using the so-called Global Gag Rule as a case study, Marianne Mollmann argues that donor countries often undermine human rights in developing countries through the ...

JUN 19, 2003 Article

Human Rights Dialogue (1994–2005): Series 2 No. 9 (Spring 2003): Making Human Rights Work in a Globalizing World: Articles: Holding Investors to Account

Kate Geary and Nicholas Hildyard describe how activists in the United Kingdom and Turkey mobilized to stop construction of the Ilisu Dam, a project that ...

Revolutionary United Front diamond diggers in Kono District, Sierra Leone. <br>Photo courtesy Partnership Africa Canada

JUN 19, 2003 Article

Human Rights Dialogue (1994–2005): Series 2 No. 9 (Spring 2003): Making Human Rights Work in a Globalizing World: Articles: Mining for the People

After a brutal war funded by the trade of diamonds, Brima maintains that public participation in the diamond mining sector is crucial to peaceful long-term ...

JUN 19, 2003 Article

Human Rights Dialogue (1994–2005): Series 2 No. 9 (Spring 2003): Making Human Rights Work in a Globalizing World: Articles: Beyond Reports and Promises

The International Labor Rights Fund has formed partnerships with local activists to use the U.S. court system to hold multinational corporations accountable for human ...

JUN 19, 2003 Article

Human Rights Dialogue (1994–2005): Series 2 No. 9 (Spring 2003): Making Human Rights Work in a Globalizing World: Articles: Monitoring International Financial Institutions: An Interview with Flavia Barros

In an interview with Dialogue, Flavia Barros discusses her work with&nbsp;the network of social organizations in Brazil that has been monitoring projects funded ...

MAY 29, 2003 Article

Feasible Additional Sources of Finance for Development

The conference considers possibilities of additional sources of finance either for disposition through multilateral agencies or bilateral aid for global priorities, or as additional own ...

MAY 28, 2003 Article

Democratic Development and Reckoning with the Past: The Case of Spain in Comparative Context

What form does the Spanish collective memory about the civil war take today, and how can we assess the Spanish attempt to reckon with the ...

MAY 7, 2003 Article

Morgenthau Lectures (1981–2006): Waging Modern War

Wesley Clark discusses the nature of modern war as exemplified by the NATO-led attack on Kosovo, for which he served as supreme commander. He argues ...