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Opinion pieces reflect the views of their authors, not necessarily Citizens for Global Solutions.
Global JusticeLegitimacy and the Rule of Law in Kosovo
What would you do if major figures in your government were suspected of or charged with war crimes? In Baltic States like...
Global JusticeGlobal Justice: The Unrealizable Promise of International Institutions
In recent years, we’ve come to recognize that the world is interconnected, perhaps in ways and on a scale that it never...
Global JusticeRemembering Rwanda
One hundred days and nearly 1 million men, women, and children alike killed; killed only because of their ethnic backgrounds. Neighbors, friends,...
Climate JusticeWorld Bank Has Major Role to Play in Mitigating Climate Change Outcomes
With the joint World Bank and International Monetary Fund meetings coming up April 11th through April 15th, it’s worth reviewing the contribution...
Global JusticeTaiwan’s Democracy is Not For Sale
For over two weeks now, hundreds of students have occupied the Taiwanese Parliament, the Legislative Yuan, protesting the pending Cross-Strait Service Trade...
Climate JusticeThe Big Gamble: Inaction on Climate Change
For years now the United States and countries around the world have mostly been watching and waiting, betting that we have time...
Global JusticeFunding Rehabilitation and Reconciliation: The ICC’s Trust Fund for Victims
When a child soldier escapes or is liberated from his captor, he returns home to his family, but often cannot leave the...
Global JusticeA Mass Death Sentence
In what has been deemed as contrary to international law; 529 Muslim Brotherhood members and supporters have been sentenced to death. The...
Global JusticeFor this Beloved Global Activist, the System Worked
He was always there at every activist meeting. A quiet, rather quirky, guy who rarely spoke, but was eager to assist with...
Global JusticeThe Patenting of Nature Threatens Food Security and Sovereignty
842 million people were food insecure between 2011 and 2013. This means that 1 in 8 people around the world were “suffering...
NewsLandmark Second Conviction for the ICC
On Friday March 7th, the International Criminal Court (ICC) handed down its second conviction in its 12 year history. This conviction found...