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DEC 31, 2002 Article

Human Rights Dialogue (1994–2005): Series 2 No. 8 (Fall 2002): Public Security and Human Rights: Articles: "Firm Hand, Large Heart"

According to Adam Isacson, the tough new leader of Colombia has the support of a war-weary population, making human rights work in the region more ...

DEC 31, 2002 Article

Human Rights Dialogue (1994–2005): Series 2 No. 8 (Fall 2002): Public Security and Human Rights: Articles: Bridging Activism and Policymaking

Pinheiro, founder and director of the Center for the Study of Violence at the University of São Paulo, discusses the center’s successes ...

DEC 31, 2002 Article

Human Rights Dialogue (1994–2005): Series 2 No. 8 (Fall 2002): Public Security and Human Rights: Articles: A View from the Inside

Carlos Basombrío offers a perspective on human rights, crime, and police reform in Peru from his new position as Vice Minister of the Interior.

DEC 31, 2002 Article

Human Rights Dialogue (1994–2005): Series 2 No. 8 (Fall 2002): Public Security and Human Rights: Articles: Israeli Exceptionalism?

Rabbi Jeremy Milgrom explains why, as an Israeli human rights activist, he is isolated in his opposition to the widely supported policy of targeted killing.

DEC 31, 2002 Article

Human Rights Dialogue (1994–2005): Series 2 No. 8 (Fall 2002): Public Security and Human Rights: Articles: Crackdown with a Blessing

Wong reports on the use and abuse of Malaysia’s Internal Security Act and its new-found international support in the post–September 11 world. Raslan, a ...

DEC 31, 2002 Article

Human Rights Dialogue (1994–2005): Series 2 No. 8 (Fall 2002): Public Security and Human Rights: Articles: U.S. Civil Liberties In September 11's Wake

Dialogue met with U.S. rights leaders to learn how their work has changed since September 11, and how they are sticking to their guns in ...

DEC 13, 2002 Article

Feature Articles from Inprint Newsletter (2001–2004): Justice after War

On October 11, 2002, President Bush back-pedaled from a suggested plan to install an American-led military government in Iraq, stating that the United States "would never seek ...

DEC 10, 2002 Article

Environmental Values, Policy, and Conflict in India

Many think that Indian environmentalism arose in opposition to an anti-environmental government (as well as, at an earlier point, British colonial rule), leading to "a ...

DEC 9, 2002 Article

International Labour Standards and Social Policy Principles

Fundamental labour rights such as freedom of association and the right to collective bargaining, as enshrined in the principles of the International Labor Organiztion (ILO), ...

DEC 9, 2002 Article

Access to Basic Social Services: Human Rights that Make Excellent Economic Sense

Paper presented at the workshop on Social Policy Principles and The Social Development Agenda, Pocantico Conference Center of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, December 3-5, 1999