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Global JusticeICC Prosecutor: Stronger Commitment Needed to Arrest Bashir
Outgoing International Criminal Court Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo called on the United Nations Security Council to expedite the arrest of Sudanese president Omar...
Conflict in Sudan: What Can Be Done
"Men want power, women want peace." Former British Ambassador to Sudan, Alan Goutly quoted this statement from a Sudanese woman in an...
Tibet Burns: A Desperate Cry for Help
While the world focuses on the democratic revolutions in the Middle East, similarly stirring protests in Tibet have seemed to receive less...
Time to Move Beyond the Annan Plan on Syria
No one will blame Kofi Annan for a lack of effort. Over the past few months, the former UN Secretary-General has worked...
Human RightsPresidential Elections in Egypt: Uncertainty for Women
Hopes, concerns, and anger have all surrounded the recent results of the Egyptian election earlier this week. The two front-runners of the...
Global JusticeState Department Slams China In Human Rights Report
Over the past six decades of its rule, the Chinese government has gained a well-deserved reputation for a disturbing lack of regard...
Global JusticeNATO and G8 Summits Put Women Empowerment on the Agenda
"We agreed that both, when it comes to economic development and when it comes to peace and security issues, empowering women to...
Global CooperationSenate Spending: A Slight Improvement
Yesterday, the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations resumed a markup of the State and Foreign Operations Appropriations bill, setting...
Climate JusticeLetter Urging Obama to RSVP for Rio Covered in the Washington Post
Today's Washington Post featured a story about an organizational letter that GlobalSolutions.org, along with nearly two dozen other groups, sent to President...
Global JusticeWhen the Security Council Refuses to Change, Who Pays the Price?
It was not unexpected, but the news was still dispiriting and depressing. Yesterday, the United Nation's Secretary General's top lawyer effectively put...
Global CooperationA Hoosier Laments Lugar Loss
It was a bad and sad day for Indiana on Tuesday. Senator Richard Lugar not only lost in the Republican primary; Tea...