War in Africa

October 2004

Resolving African Conflicts

By Tom Porteous

Africa: The Laboratory of Justice

By Thierry Cruvellier

Natural Resources and Conflict in Africa

By Paul Collier

How to Intervene in Africa's Wars

By Greg Mills

The Darfur Conflict: Crimes Against Humanity in Sudan

The International Criminal Court and Congo: Examining the Possibilities

By Pascal Kambale and Anna Rotman

Uganda-Sudan: Violence Along the Border

Photo Essay by Stephen Alvarez

The International Criminal Court: An End to Impunity?
November 2003

Introduction
By Anthony Dworkin

A Big Step Forward for International Justice
By Antonio Cassese

Why the United States Is So Opposed
By Paul W. Kahn

The Prosecutor’s Strategy Revealed
By Stéphanie Maupas

How Activists Shaped the Court
By Marlies Glasius

Latin America: The Court and the Culture of Impunity
By Margaret Popkin

Argentina: Waiting For Justice
Photo Essay by Enrique García Medina

Chechnya: The World Looks Away
April 2003

Introduction
By Anthony Dworkin

The Russian Army in Chechnya
By Pavel Felgenhauer

The Chechen Conflict and the Outside World
By Thomas de Waal

Preventing the Spread of Conflict in the Region
By Andre Kamenshikov

Brutality and Indifference
By Anne Nivat

An Interview with Oleg Orlov
By Alice Lagnado

Photo Essay
By Thomas Dworzak

A Defining Moment-International Law Since September 11, September 2002

Introduction
By Anthony Dworkin and David Rieff

Order, Force and Law in a New Era
Robert Cooper

There is No Need to Reinvent the Law
Georges Abi-Saab

Did the Era of Rights End on September 11?
Aryeh Neier

The Future of International Law: Ending the U.S.-Europe Divide
Anne–Marie Slaughter

What is Really at Stake in the US Campaign Against Terrorism
David Rieff

September 11 and the Middle East: Footnote or Watershed in World History?
Chibli Mallat

International Law Since September 11 – A Timeline

Sudan: Africa’s Endless War, April 2002

The Burden of History: An Overview
John Ryle

Is There Genocide in Sudan? A Discussion

The Danforth Mission: The United States Steps In
From a report of the International Crisis Group

Photo Essay
Teun Voeten

Sudan Slide Show
Meredith Davenport

Colombia: The Traffic of Terror, August 2001

Introduction: Colombia on the Verge of Implosion

Overview: A Spiraling Devastation
Sidebar: Child Soldiers
Karl Penhaul

Into the Abyss: The Paramilitary Political Objective in Colombia
Sidebar: The Career of Carlos Castaño
Sidebar: The Disappearance of Carlos Castaño
Ana Carrigan

The Crisis of Internal Displacement
Sidebar: Refugees Flee Across the Borders
Hiram Ruiz

The Deepening Tragedy Demands Better US Engagement
Michael Shifter and Victoria Wigodzky

The US Foments Colombia’s War
Daniel García-Peña Jaramillo

International Law and the War in Colombia
Arturo Carrillo

Three Communities Against Violence (Photo Essay)
Donna DeCesare

Barrancabermeja: Murder Capital of the World (Photo Essay)
Teun Voeten

From Cultural Supplement to Colombia Magazine

Interview with Doris Salcedo

Harold Pinter’s "Mountain Language"
Carey Perloff

What Happens After Sorrow?
James Leverett

Under the Music: Signs of Resistance
Joanne Pottlitzer


The Tribunals, May 2001

Alternative Justice (The Alien Tort Claims Act)
Anne-Marie Slaughter and David L. Bosco

Evidence Gathering: The Role of NGO’s
Hugh Griffiths

Justice Delayed in East Timor
Joel Rubin

The Key to My Neighbour’s House (Book Excerpt)
Elizabeth Neuffer

Dreamtime of Vengeance in Kosovo
Eric Stover

One Woman’s Quest for Justice
Louise Mushikiwabo

Legal Precedents in Yugoslav Court
Kelly Askin

Legal Precedents in Rwanda Court
Kelly Askin

Prosecuting Genocide in Cambodia
Susan E. Cook

Safe Area Gorazde
Joe Sacco

Stay the Hand of Vengeance
Gary Bass

Sierra Leone, February 2001

Deadly Competition
Peter Maass

The Lome Peace Accords: The View from Washington
Michelle Sieff

Sierra Leone: Case Study
Janine Di Giovanni


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