World leaders have an opportunity at the United Nations this year to declare that the application of law should be free of the taint of political interest.
Posts Tagged “rule of law”
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The ICC is likely here to stay. The same cannot be said for many other arms of the system of international justice, as governments aggressively push back against institutions and regional courts whose job is to deliver justice for victims of gross abuse.
Posted in: Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America & the Caribbean, Middle East, Rights & Justice
Topics: African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, African Court of Human and Peoples’ Rights, Ban Ki-moon, European Court of Human Rights, extraordinary chambers in the courts of cambodia, high-level segment, ICC, International Criminal Court, international justice, James A. Goldston, Kenya, Ocampo Six, rule of law, Southern African Development Community, Teodoro Obiang, UN Human Rights Committee, UN treaty bodies
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The International Criminal Court tries the most notorious war criminals. But it can only handle a finite number of cases, leaving thousands of crimes unpunished. The Fizi rape trial shows how local courts can fill the void.
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The Obama Administration has gone out of its way to avoid appearing too insistent in calling on other governments to expand democracy and human rights. Then came Egypt.
Posted in: Governance & Accountability, Middle East, Rights & Justice, United States
Topics: Barack Obama, democracy, donors, Egypt, James A. Goldston, Pakistan, rule of law, United States
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In this interview, Nilofar Sakhi, country director of the Foundation Open Society Institute–Afghanistan, discusses the profound challenges of strengthening civil society in an unstable country.
Posted in: Asia, Governance & Accountability, Rights & Justice
Topics: Afghanistan, democracy, Nilofar Sakhi, Rachel Aicher, rule of law, transitional justice
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