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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...
Climate JusticeWorld Water Day: A Chance to Reflect on Conservation
Saturday, March 22nd, was World Water Day. Recognized by the United Nations since 1993, World Water Day aims to raise awareness of...
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...
Peace & DisarmamentOpen Letter #4 To My Grandson Jake
Dear Jake,It was great fun seeing you and the twins on Skype this weekend. Every time I see you I can tell...
Human RightsU.S. Human Rights Record Illustrates Troubling Indifference To Fundamental Equality
With the U.N. Human Rights Committee reviewing the report the United States has submitted on its own human rights record this month,...
Global CooperationBark v. Bite: Action in the Ukraine
In the wake of continued threats of invasion into the Ukraine by Russia, Western diplomats are drafting Security Council resolutions to take...
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...
Global CooperationU.S. Senate Must Confirm Backlog of Ambassador Nominees
Last week The Washington Post reported that an unusually large number of ambassador appointments are being held up by the U.S. Senate,...
Global JusticeCommission: The Security Council is to Blame for Syria
The UN Security Council has been called out by its own the Human Rights Council's Commission on Inquiry in Syria as enabling...