The Argentine Transition to Democracy: Half-Steps, Breakdown and Revival
Miranda Ronghi offers deep analysis into the precedent-setting truth and reconciliation process as experienced in Argentina’s decades-long transition to democracy following a violently repressive military dictatorship.
The Alliance of Civilizations
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s Remarks at the Alliance of Civilizations Partners Forum. Originally posted by UN News.
Tenuous Ties: Balancing Identity and Interest in Serbia and Kosovo
UPEACE MA candidate Ragan Dueker analyzes the unsettled conflict in Kosovo by addressing the role of Serbia’s upcoming elections in the region’s political and economic future.
Teachers for Maintaining Peace and Security: The Goals of the United Nations
Suman Shukla on the important and oftentimes under-appreciated role of teachers in peace building and prevention of violent conflict worldwide.
Sri Lanka’s Prevention of Domestic Violence Act: An Eye-Wash
Aingkaran Kugathasan details the limitations of Sri Lanka’s Prevention of Domestic Violence Act in the context of the country’s patriarchal socio-cultural and legal history.
Somalia: Post-transitional Political Fault Lines
Somalia Special Envoy Abukar Arman reports on public perceptions of government in Somalia, the many challenges facing the states and communities in the region, and the threat of violence emanating from the fault lines of religion, ethnicity, economics, and nationalism.
Social Business: Challenging the Traditional Way to Do Business
UPeace Professor Nika Salvetti draws attention to new approaches in business that strive to diversify the profit-seeking priorities of the business world toward more sustainable and socially responsible practices. She highlights the contribution of Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Muhammad Yunus, whose prescriptions for social business include sustainability, improved working standards, reinvestment of profits within the business itself, and poverty reduction as a business objective.
Rights of Due Process and the Post-Arab Spring: Paradigm Shift from International to Domestic Court Jurisdiction
Kichere Mwita draws attention to the precedent-setting role of the Arab Spring from an international law perspective. Highlighting the shift from international to domestic court jurisdiction over high-level crimes committed during the Arab Spring uprisings, Mwita argues for the implementation of a sub-international criminal court based on the model of the ad hoc tribunals created for Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia.
Remarks to the Conference on the Arms Trade Treaty
UNSG Ban Ki-moon’s Remarks to the Conference on the Arms Trade Treaty, July 3, 2012
Refugee Protection under Islamic Law
A comparative study between the principles of Refugee Protection under International Refugee Law and Islamic Law