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Global CooperationU.S. Congress Must Pass IMF Reform
The U.S. Congress is holding up a key reform of the International Monetary Fund and, in the process, is both reducing the...
Global JusticeTaking Great Strides toward Silencing Female Victims
If you wanted to use the criminal justice system to abolish women’s rights and protections, you couldn’t do much better than the...
Violence Rages on in Central African Republic
The ongoing surges of deadly conflict in Central African Republic demand action from the United Nations. The Responsibility to Protect (R2P) is...
Global JusticeThe United States: Last Holdout for Protecting Children’s Rights?
One hundred ninety-two member states of the United Nations have ratified the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), which outlines...
Global JusticeThe Disappearing State of the Central African Republic
In November 2013, Secretary General Ban Ki-moon warned the UN Security Council that communal violence in the Central African Republic (CAR) was...
Accountability for Offenders, Justice for Victims: Goals for the ICC
One of the major struggles that criminal justice systems all over the world face is achieving equal application of the law and...
Global JusticeThankful
We give thanks on Thanksgiving, take advantage of deals on Black Friday and Cyber Monday—but on #GivingTuesday, we generously give back to...
Global JusticeLive-tweeting from Capitol Hill
On Thursday, November 21st, Global Solutions staff will be live-tweeting from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee's second hearing on U.S. ratification of...
NewsNuke Negotiation
The talks about Iran's nuclear program started up again today in Geneva. Britain and Russia seem optimistic that a deal that will...
A Step Back for Malaysia
Malaysia recently passed new amendments to its Prevention of Crime Act that represent blatant human rights violations. Most disturbing is the contention...
Global JusticeA Philanthropic Holiday: Trick-or-Treating for a Cause
What kid doesn’t love Halloween--a day of dressing up and getting free candy? Unfortunately, kids around the world who have to worry...