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Constructing Human Rights in the Age of Globalization

MAR 26, 2003 Article

The Challenge to International Human Rights

"A commonly held notion among Western liberals is that Asian, African, and Arab perspectives on human rights are the greatest challenge to universality—the implication ...

FEB 27, 2003 Article

Can Democracies Initiate Preventive War? America's Confrontation with the Soviet Union and Iraq

During his commencement address to West Point graduates in June 2002, President Bush set in motion an extraordinary national and international debate over waging war with ...

FEB 21, 2003 Article

Feature Articles from Inprint Newsletter (2001–2004): Response to "Dealing Justly with Debt"

The IMF may sometimes prescribe the wrong medicine to countries experiencing a financial crisis. Right now, the IMF’s support for the Lula government in ...

FEB 20, 2003 Article

Feature Articles from Inprint Newsletter (2001–2004): Instead of Reconciliation, A Widening Gulf

In the first-ever Japan-North Korea summit last September, North Korean leader Kim Jong Il apologized for the forced abductions of thirteen Japanese nationals who were ...

FEB 6, 2003 Article

Beyond Reports and Promises: Enforcing Universally Accepted Human Rights Standards in the Global Economy

Collingsworth describes the problems of human rights enforcement with respect to corporations conducting business abroad through a detailed description of the operations of the Unocal ...

JAN 7, 2003 Article

Feature Articles from Inprint Newsletter (2001–2004): Response to "Justice After War"

In “Justice After War,” Lang and Cox are right to look beyond a potential war with Iraq to contemplate what will--and should--come after the current ...

JAN 5, 2003 Article

Feature Articles from Inprint Newsletter (2001–2004): Dealing Justly with Debt

On October 27, 2002, former factory worker Luis Inácio Lula da Silva (popularly known as “Lula”) achieved a landslide victory in the Brazilian presidential election. His ...

DEC 31, 2002 Article

Human Rights Dialogue (1994–2005): Series 2 No. 8 (Fall 2002): Public Security and Human Rights: Articles: The New Face of Impunity

Rachel Neild explains the phenomenon of rising crime and the challenges it poses to human rights activists worldwide.

DEC 31, 2002 Article

Human Rights Dialogue (1994–2005): Series 2 No. 8 (Fall 2002): Public Security and Human Rights: Articles: Restricting the Right to Shoot

Martin Schönteich details the life and eventual passage of a controversial piece of legislation in crime-ridden South Africa. Makubetse Sekhonyane provides some insights from ...

DEC 31, 2002 Article

Human Rights Dialogue (1994–2005): Series 2 No. 8 (Fall 2002): Public Security and Human Rights: Articles: Responding to Vigilantism

One human rights group in Nigeria, writes Innocent Chukwuma, is working with community vigilante groups to help them fight crime - the right way.