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Climate JusticeCould a World Parliament on Climate Change help to achieve a breakthrough?
Two days before the close of the COP19 climate conference in Warsaw, hundreds of climate activists left the conference prematurely to protest...
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...
Peace & DisarmamentU.S.-Iran Relations Rekindled: Insh’Allah
A deal has been reached; Iran's nuclear program will halt for the next 6 months. That is the outcome of Sunday's negotiations...
Human RightsWhy do we need a Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women?
When in his Nobel Peace Prize address (1974), Sean MacBride (1904-1988) cited torture along with the development and acceptance of indiscriminate nuclear...
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...
Global CooperationPhilippines Crisis Highlights Need for Food Aid Reform
The international community is scrambling to deliver emergency aid to cyclone-devastated areas of the Philippines. The United States’ response to the crisis...
“Blood Phones”: Corporate Complicity in Mass Atrocities
What links you, the average American consumer, to the deadliest conflict since World War II? Probably the cell phone in your pocket,...
The March Toward Human Rights for LGBTQ and Intersex Individuals
Several distinct, though often interrelated, human rights issues have been in the news in recent weeks: Gender and sexuality. Two weeks ago,...
Human RightsTragedy and Devastation in the Philippines
The Philippines are continuing recovery efforts following landfall of the deadliest typhoon to strike the country on Friday. Casualty figures are skyrocketing...
Peace & DisarmamentVeterans Day Vision
Today we honor veterans. My grandfather Charlie ran away and joined the army as a 16-year-old bugle boy in World War I....