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The Devastating Decline of Human-Rights Justice Across the World

August 30, 2018August 20, 2018 by Bertrand Ramcharan

The soul of the United Nations’ Universal Declaration of Human Rights is being destroyed with the disappearance of human-rights justice in the world. Everyone should be concerned if not frightened. The appointment of Michelle Bachelet of Chile as UN high commissioner for human rights, who has personally experienced injustice, offers hope that her voice will be … Read more

WORLDVIEWS

Leave the UN’s Human-Rights Treaty System Alone

January 17, 2018January 7, 2018 by Bertrand Ramcharan

The United Nations Charter requires each and every member state to discharge its obligations by faithfully carrying out norms of legally binding international human-rights law. These may be norms of international customary law, those contained in treaties or those flowing from general principles of international law. The human-rights provisions in the Charter were amplified by … Read more

TOPIC: WOMEN

Building a Case for Prosecuting the Genocide of Yazidi Women

August 12, 2017August 1, 2017 by Barbara Crossette

As the Islamic State’s self-proclaimed caliphate in Iraq crumbles, assessments begin to emerge of the damage left in its wake by its cultural nihilism and harsh sectarian absolutism designed to remake an Arab society. The human costs have been high in Iraq — in deaths, maiming, displacement and the enslavement of girls and women. A … Read more

Western Sahara: A Chance for Change or to Stay Stuck in Time

August 24, 2018April 10, 2013 by Dulcie Leimbach

MINURSO Monitors Ceasefire in Western Sahara

The saga of Western Sahara, a disputed territory that has been stuck in limbo in North Africa for decades, will receive its annual nod this month by the United Nations Security Council, but this time actual changes may be afoot if the council acts more decisively, particularly on human-rights matters. Christopher Ross, the UN secretary-general’s … Read more

WORLDVIEWS

The Quest for Peace and Calm in the Pacific

December 7, 2014January 17, 2013 by Jayantha Dhanapala

KANDY, Sri Lanka — As the focus of global political and economic power shifts to the Asia-Pacific region and the United States feels compelled to pivot its strategic forces from the Atlantic to the Pacific, the relationship among major East Asian countries acquires critical importance. Residual cold war disputes across the Atlantic are likely to … Read more

GOINGS-ON

There’s Another Court in The Hague

February 7, 2012November 20, 2011 by Barbara Crossette

Government suppression of revolts in several Arab nations and violence and rights abuses in some parts of Africa have drawn increased attention to the International Criminal Court, the first such permanent tribunal created to try individuals for war crimes, genocide and other gross violations. Less attention is paid to another permanent court in The Hague, … Read more

The Devastating Decline of Human-Rights Justice Across the World

The Quest for Peace and Calm in the Pacific

There’s Another Court in The Hague

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