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Challenging the Conventional – Can Truth Commissions Strengthen Peace Processes?

Source: International Center for Transitional Justice GENEVA (PRWEB) June 18, 2014 Contextualized Approaches to Peace Processes Truth commissions can make important contributions to peace processes if all parties can agree on common objectives and there is […]

Thursday 19 June 2014

Using inequality to engineer growth

Source: Live Mint Income and wealth inequalities have thrown a dark shadow on the support and enthusiasm for the current approach to GDP growth Income and wealth inequalities have thrown a dark shadow on the […]

Wednesday 18 June 2014

Adoption of a Resolution Reviewing Al-Qaida Sanctions

Source: What’s in Blue Tomorrow (17 June), the Security Council is set to adopt a resolution proposed by the US reviewing the measures against individuals and entities affiliated with Al-Qaida. The resolution also modifies the […]

Wednesday 18 June 2014

Adoption of Resolution on 1988 Taliban Sanctions Regime

Source: What’s in Blue Tomorrow morning (17 June), the Security Council is scheduled to adopt a resolution making minor adjustments to the functioning of the 1988 Taliban sanctions regime. This adoption follows a review of […]

Wednesday 18 June 2014

A Common Peace: Women from Afghanistan, India, and Pakistan Map the Way Forward 

Source: United States Institute of Peace Watch or Listing online to: A Common Peace: Women from Afghanistan, India, and Pakistan Map the Way Forward  Every conflict is different, but they all have at least one thing […]

Wednesday 18 June 2014

Iran: Human rights caught between diplomatic progress and political deadlock

Source: FIDH Op-ed written by Karim Lahidji, FIDH President, at the occasion of Rouhani’s first anniversary as the president of the country. The diplomats are delighted. One year after Hassan Rouhani was elected president, relations […]

Wednesday 18 June 2014

Behind the Cover Story: Eliza Griswold on the Roots of Extremism, Boko Haram and the Weight of Public Opinion

Source: New York Times By RACHEL NOLAN JUNE 16 Eliza Griswold wrote the June 15 cover story about U.S. Special Operations forces in Africa. She is the author of “The Tenth Parallel: Dispatches From the Fault […]

Wednesday 18 June 2014

A History of Awesome in One Room

Source: New York Times By WILLIAM GRIMES JUNE 12, 2014 Papyrus fragments of Sappho poems are part of the “Marks of Genius” show at the Morgan. Credit Emon Hassan for The New York Times THE MORGAN LIBRARY & MUSEUM […]

Wednesday 18 June 2014

Pakistan’s parallel justice system proves Taliban are ‘out-governing’ the state

Source: The Guardian While Islamabad’s authority does not extend to the tribal areas, Taliban’s unofficial court in Waziristan rules on cases in Karachi Few places illustrate how Taliban-controlled enclaves in Pakistan have undermined the state’s authority better than […]

Tuesday 17 June 2014

Report of the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences, Rashida Manjoo

Source: WLUML The present report focuses broadly on developments in the United Nations regarding violence against women, its causes and consequences, over approximately 20 years. The objective is to provide a snapshot view of these […]

Tuesday 17 June 2014