Climate JusticeBipartisan Group: U.S. Security requires urgent action on climate change
The Partnership for a New America, a bipartisan group of 32 former secretaries of State, national security advisers, senators, military leaders and...
Citizens for Global Solutions
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NewsBush Administration sought to soften treaty on ‘forced disappearances’
According to documents recently declassified by the U.S. State Department, the Bush administration had tried to soften the draft language of an...
Global JusticeInternational Criminal Courts Investigates War Crimes
The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Luis Moreno Ocampo, announced today that in the next three years he plans to open...
NewsExecutive Office of the President signals interest in ratifying Law of the Sea Treaty
This weekend, the Executive Office of the President sent its first signal of support for US ratification of the Law of the...
NewsICC’s President Song Comes to Washington
It was a pleasure today to meet Sang-Hyun Song, the new President of the International Criminal Court who was on his first...
The United States and Global Cooperation
Chuck Hagel, a former Republican Senator, published an op-ed in the Washington Post that reflects many of the ideals that GlobalSolutions.org is...
Human RightsHalf the Sky
In a monumental effort to raise the status of women, Nicholas Kristof and his wife Sheryl WuDunn have authored a book titled,...
NewsICC grants bail to Congolese ex-Vice President
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has ordered the conditional release of Congolese ex-Vice-President Jean-Pierre Bemba ahead of his war crimes trial. An...
Latest Updates on U.N. Security Council Reform Negotiations
Recent negotiations on U.N. Security Council reform were filled with difficulty. The discussions revolve around three questions: Composition of the Security Council,...
Global JusticeSpotlight on ‘The Responsibility to Protect’
Led by the recently formed International NGO Coalition for the Responsibility to Protect of which GlobalSolutions.org is a part, efforts are underway...
A change in approach but not tone from Tehran
After a year of stalemate, the BBC reports that Iran has allowed inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) access to...
South Africa reverses course on ICC Arrest Warrant for Sudanese President
A South African Foreign Ministry Official recently confirmed that Sudanese President Omer Al-Bashir will be arrested if he sets foot on South...