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Global CooperationCatholic Social Doctrine and World Parliament
The following is the introduction to an updated paper by Dr. Maja Brauer and Mr. Andreas Bummel with the German-based Committee for...
Global JusticeBook on Immunity from Atrocity Crimes: A UN Favorite
On December 31st the UN Library announced via Twitter that its most popular book of 2015 was Immunity of Heads of State...
Global JusticeArms Control: The Missing Component in the Conversation about Terrorism
We can’t have it both ways. We can’t be both the world’s leading champion of peace and the world’s leading supplier of...
Global CooperationNorth Korea’s Nuclear Test
North Korea claims to have completed a successful test of a hydrogen bomb on Wednesday, January 6th. This test (North Korea’s first...
Global JusticeWill We Learn this Time?
Hunger and starvation are in the news again, this time in Syria. They shouldn’t be. For decades, the world has produced more...
Global JusticeGlobal Responses to Human Trafficking
It is truly frightening to think that there are more slaves in the world today than ever before in history. Exploiting human...
Global JusticeSlavery in the Seams
When most people think of human trafficking, they think of sexual slavery. This is understandable, given the public awareness campaigns, films, and...
Human RightsSaudi Arabia: New Year Beheadings Pour Oil on the Flames
As a major oil producer, the government of Saudi Arabia might know the dangers of pouring oil on a fire. Tensions between...
Climate JusticeFrom Paris to Present: Addressing Climate Change in the New Year
Last month, 196 countries reached a historic agreement to address climate change. While the agreement does not address everything—such as the affect...
Global CooperationThe Peace Walls Must Eventually Come Down
In Northern Ireland, there are barriers known as peace walls separating Irish Catholic and British Protestant neighborhoods from each other. Most of...
Global CooperationLocal Engagement with Armed Groups in the Midst of Violence
The armed conflict in Iraq and Syria becomes more complex each day, and good faith negotiations seem ever further away. Those of...