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Month: February 2013

Tomorrow: Perspectives on International Criminal Justice

Event Notice March 1, 2013 “Perspectives on International Criminal Justice” A Discussion with Serge Brammertz, Prosecutor for the International Criminal…

Event Today: Transitional Justice and the Khmer Rouge Tribunal

Event Notice February 26, 2013 Khmer Rouge Tribunal and its Contribution to Transitional Justice A Discussion with Andrew Cayley UN…

View from the Inside: Solitary Confinement as a Human Rights Issue

The dramatic expansion of solitary confinement over the past two decades is a human rights issue we can no longer…

The Long-Awaited Apology: Some Justice for the Women of Ireland’s Magdalene Laundries

In the wake of the Irish government’s formal apology to the women of the Magdalene Laundries, we bring you some…

Talk Tomorrow: Reasserting the Unity of International Law

Event Notice February 20, 2013 “Reasserting the Unity of International Law: The ICJ as a Human Rights Court, and Other…

Tomorrow: Human Rights and Palestinian Statehood After the ‘Arab Spring’

Event Notice February 12, 2013 “Human Rights and Palestinian Statehood after the ‘Arab Spring’” A Discussion with Ahmed Fathalla, Permanent…

Irish Government Acknowledges Role in Magdalene Laundries; Offers No Apology or Reparations

For a while now, this blog has followed Maeve O’Rourke, LLM ’10, a former Global Human Rights Fellow, as she…

Conference this Friday: “When Will Women Have the Floor?”

Given the record-breaking number of women elected to public office, 2012 was undeniably a historic year for women in politics…