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June Roundtable: International Criminal Court, Peace, And Justice, Introduction, Claudia Fuentes Julio
June Roundtable: International Criminal Court, Peace, And Justice, Introduction, Claudia Fuentes Julio
Human Rights & Human Welfare
An annotation of:
“Peace Must Not Be the Victim of International Justice” New York Times. March 16, 2012.
From Retribution To Reconciliation, From Spoiler To Peace Envoy, Christine Bell
From Retribution To Reconciliation, From Spoiler To Peace Envoy, Christine Bell
Human Rights & Human Welfare
Is there a tension between justice and peace? That debate I leave to my co-panelists, because the most interesting and important thing about this month's centerpiece, without a doubt, is not its well-judged (if slightly ill-informed) take on the ICC, but the name of the author at its end.
“Slippery Slopes: On Why We Need The Icc”, Matthew S. Weinert
“Slippery Slopes: On Why We Need The Icc”, Matthew S. Weinert
Human Rights & Human Welfare
Peace, reconciliation, and restorative justice: these are the albatrosses that international criminal law (ICL) must (unfairly) bear. Ian Paisley, MP from Northern Ireland and former United Nations and European Union peace envoy, echoes in a New York Times op-ed contribution the aspirations heaped onto the International Criminal Court (ICC). In March, the ICC convicted Thomas Lubanga for war crimes and the conscription of children as soldiers; justice has been done, Paisley claims. Yet the ICC was "intended as an instrument of peace," and "there is no peace" in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). On this ground he concludes, …
“Seeking Justice, Strategically”, Joel R. Pruce
“Seeking Justice, Strategically”, Joel R. Pruce
Human Rights & Human Welfare
In his opinion piece, Ian Paisley takes to task the International Criminal Court (ICC) for, as he sees it, intervening in domestic processes of reconciliation at the expense of long-term prospects for peace. The "peace versus justice" paradox is not a new one and Paisley expresses a common criticism of justice mechanisms as disruptive of post-conflict, societal healing and the overwhelming hurdle of governing in the aftermath of violence. Missing from his analysis is a broader understanding of trends in international justice and accountability, of which the ICC is only one component. While the ICC is certainly not immune from …
Matthew S. Weinert On Constructing Justice And Security After War Edited By Charles T. Call. Washington: United States Institute Of Peace, 2007. 432pp., Matthew S. Weinert
Matthew S. Weinert On Constructing Justice And Security After War Edited By Charles T. Call. Washington: United States Institute Of Peace, 2007. 432pp., Matthew S. Weinert
Human Rights & Human Welfare
A review of:
Constructing Justice and Security after War edited by Charles T. Call. Washington: United States Institute of Peace, 2007. 432pp.
Eric K. Leonard On Atrocity, Punishment, And International Law By Mark A. Drumbl. New York, Cambridge University Press, 2007. 316 Pp., Eric K. Leonard
Eric K. Leonard On Atrocity, Punishment, And International Law By Mark A. Drumbl. New York, Cambridge University Press, 2007. 316 Pp., Eric K. Leonard
Human Rights & Human Welfare
A review of:
Atrocity, Punishment, and International Law by Mark A. Drumbl. New York, Cambridge University Press, 2007. 316 pp.
Human Rights Investigation And Dialogue, Bronwyn Leebaw
Human Rights Investigation And Dialogue, Bronwyn Leebaw
Human Rights & Human Welfare
A review of:
Shattered Voices: Language, Violence, and the Work of Truth Commissions by Teresa Godwin Phelps. Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2004. 180pp.
and
International Citizens’ Tribunals: Mobilizing Public Opinion to Advance Human Rights by Arthur Jay Klinghofer and Judith Apter Klinghofer. New York, NY: Palgrave, 2002. 272pp.
Law, Human Rights, Realism And The “War On Terror”, J. Peter Pham
Law, Human Rights, Realism And The “War On Terror”, J. Peter Pham
Human Rights & Human Welfare
A review of:
The Lesser Evil: Political Ethics in an Age of Terror by Michael Ignatieff. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2004. 212pp.