Recent Articles
MAY 19, 2001 • Article
Time for the U.S. to Accept International Law
In the post-cold war era, the foreign policy of the Bush and Clinton administrations has focused attention on the expansion of free trade and the ...
MAY 15, 2001 • Article
Morgenthau Lectures (1981–2006): Universalism and Jewish Values
Though they lacked any state or territory of their own, Jews nevertheless created a distinctive political philosophy, one that deserves systematic scholarly attention.
MAY 11, 2001 • Article
Should Traditional Nuclear Deterrence Be Abandoned?
Public panel in Washington, D.C., cosponsored with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and The Century Foundation.
MAY 10, 2001 • Article
Building Peace and Civil Society in Afghanistan: Challenges and Opportunities
Participants examine the social costs of the conflict in Afghanistan -- exacerbated by the policies of the ruling Taliban regime -- and the local, ...
MAY 6, 2001 • Article
Human Rights Dialogue (1994–2005): Series 2, No. 6 (Spring/Summer 2001): Rights and the Struggle for Health: Articles: Questioning Health and Human Rights
To curb Multi-Drug Resistant-TB, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) committed to WHO's directive that no patient be treated without 80 percent compliance of the population. ...
MAY 6, 2001 • Article
Human Rights Dialogue (1994–2005): Series 2, No. 6 (Spring/Summer 2001): Rights and the Struggle for Health: Articles: Conflicting Interests
Rubinstein observes that health care practitioners can easily become conspirators in human rights abuses by placing the wishes of the state before the rights of ...
MAY 6, 2001 • Article
Human Rights Dialogue (1994–2005): Series 2, No. 6 (Spring/Summer 2001): Rights and the Struggle for Health: Articles: Transforming Practice through Activism
In the systematic promotion and defense of a person's right to adequate health care, Chilean activists have a multitude of opportunities both to require health ...
MAY 6, 2001 • Article
Human Rights Dialogue (1994–2005): Series 2, No. 6 (Spring/Summer 2001): Rights and the Struggle for Health: Articles: Applying Human Rights to the HIV/AIDS Crisis
The Treatment Action Campaign (TAC), a South African NGO, campaigns for access to treatment for HIV/AIDS patients, but the international community must address&...
MAY 6, 2001 • Article
Human Rights Dialogue (1994–2005): Series 2, No. 6 (Spring/Summer 2001): Rights and the Struggle for Health: Articles: Temporary Health Care, Lasting Power
Richard A. Murphy tells how human rights advocacy helped the displaced citizens of Princeville, North Carolina, take on FEMA.
MAY 6, 2001 • Article
Human Rights Dialogue (1994–2005): Series 2, No. 6 (Spring/Summer 2001): Rights and the Struggle for Health: Articles: Using Indicators to Guide Advocates
Oil production in the Ecuadorian Amazon made people sick, and there emerged the Frente de Defensa de la Amazonia, a coalition of 300 indigenous ...