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AUG 19, 2003 • Article
Feature Articles from Inprint Newsletter (2001–2004): Shall We Call It An Empire?
The projection of American power inspires the great debate of our time. Is the United States a twenty-first century empire, and if so, what kind? ...
JUN 25, 2003 • Article
Democratic Development and Reckoning with the Past: The Case of Spain in Comparative Context
Boyd and Crocker discuss Spain as a case study of the problems raised by the process of development and democratization in a country that must ...
JUN 20, 2003 • Article
Religious Traditions of Peace in Times of War
This 2002 Carnegie Council and Uehiro Foundation for Ethics and Education workshop examines how different religious traditions -- Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam -- give ...
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 the network of social organizations in Brazil that has been monitoring projects funded ...
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: 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: 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 ...
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: 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 ...