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Opinion pieces reflect the views of their authors, not necessarily Citizens for Global Solutions.
Global JusticeThe Latest Failure in Corporate Accountability
The world's worst garment factory disaster occurred this past April in Bangladesh when the Rana Plaza collapsed, killing 1,132 workers and injuring...
Global JusticeA Peacekeeping Mission with Teeth
The UN Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, or MONUSCO, has been conducting peacekeeping operations in the unstable countries since...
Statement on U.S. Policy Toward Syria
Citizens for Global Solutions Supports the International Rule of Law and Cautions Against Unauthorized Use of Force Citizens for Global Solutions supports...
Kenya’s Questionable Motives
The Parliament of Kenya passed a motion to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC). Coincidentally, this is happening just before Kenyan...
Global JusticeThe Bitter Truth About Chocolate
“When people eat chocolate, they are eating my flesh.” This is what Amadou, a former child laborer on a cocoa farm, said...
Global JusticeSyria : Chemical Weapons and Restraints in War
There was a recent political drawing in the International Herald Tribune which showed high piles of skulls with signs on them which...
Global JusticeR2P and Goals the Public Could Support
The United Nations has been moderately successful at ending the scourge of war between its member states. It has also shown creative...
Global JusticeWhat Lessons Should We Learn from the Crisis in Syria?
Much attention is now focused on the crisis in Syria. Should the United States and its allies use military force to punish...
Global JusticeGlobal Leadership on Global Violence: Time to Sign the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT)
What three things would you wish for given the chance? One wish may be to be wealthy, another may be to have...
Global JusticeAtrocity Prevention: A Modern Social Justice Movement
An internet search for "social justice movements" yields what you might think - rights-based campaigns for race, gender, sexual orientation, and class...
Global JusticeCelebrating International Justice Day
Today being International Justice Day, I wanted to write a post about the International Criminal Court, but in light of the closure...