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NewsSpecial Envoy to Sudan Speaks to Senate Foreign Relations Committee
U.S. special envoy to Sudan Scott Gration spoke before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Thursday, July 30. He criticized Sudan's inclusion...
Responsibility to Protect versus “Humanitarian Imperialism” in the U.N. Debate
The United Nations General Assembly's debate on the Responsibility to Protect [R2P], held on July 23, showed conflicting beliefs about the role...
U.N. General Assembly Debates Responsibility to Protect
On Thursday, July 23, the United Nations General Assembly gathered to debate the responsibility to protect, or R2P, which states that nations...
Citizens for Global Solutions and Senator Dodd Host Panel on the International Criminal Court
On July 17, International Justice Day, Citizens for Global Solutions and Senator Dodd (D-CT) co-sponsored a panel entitled, "A Seven Year Assessment...
Omar al-Bashir Cancels Visit to Uganda
Omar al-Bashir, the Sudanese President who is wanted for war crimes and crimes against humanity by the International Criminal Court, has cancelled...
African Union Defies ICC’s Arrest Warrant Against al-Bashir
The African Union [AU], made up of all 53 African states with the exception of Morocco, issued a resolution on July 3,...
The Reckoning: A New Documentary About the ICC
A new film, called The Reckoning, is coming out on PBS on July 14th which will look at the workings and struggles...
Panel on Iran’s Elections: Implications of the Home-Grown Rise of the People
On June 23rd 2009, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace hosted a panel with experts on Iran and the Middle East. Ambassador...
Qatar Becomes the 186th Nation to Ratify CEDAW!
What do Sudan, Somalia, Iran, and the United States have in common? They are just a few of the states that have...
The IMF and Aid to Africa
Currently, 65% of the world is in recession, an amount greater than at any time since 1960. The International Monetary Fund [IMF]...
Coalition calls for prompt Administration action on the International Criminal Court
Washington, D.C. -- More than two dozen human rights, legal and religious organizations, including Amnesty International, Human Rights First, the International Crisis...