Panderetas en Costa Rica: Discursos discriminatorios contra grupos cristianos
Panderetas en Costa Rica: Discursos discriminatorios contra grupos cristianos
Climate change can also be an opportunity to promote more ecological living.
Climate change can also be an opportunity to promote more ecological living.
PARLATINO and its role in the advancement of Human Rights in the Region
PARLATINO and its role in the advancement of Human Rights in the Region
The United Nations and the strengthening of international law and justice in an insecure world
The United Nations and the strengthening of international law and justice in an insecure world
Emergency food aid: A hindrance to achieving community food security in Ciudad Colon?
Emergency food aid: A hindrance to achieving community food security in Ciudad Colon?
Conflict in Mali
Conflict in Mali
The victory of a representative of the former guerrilla FMLN movement in El Salvador’s presidential election - the culmination of a process that began with the peace accords in 1992 - is an exemplary case of conflict transformation, says Victor Valle. This article is cross-posted with the online magazine Open Democracy
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Seong Eun Lee discusses the failure of international law to hold states responsible for their use of women as sexual slaves during the Pacific War. The history of international treaties and regulations outlawing such behaviour are briefly reviewed, as is the current state of the former comfort women's struggle for
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Over the past several decades, peace-building and trauma studies have emerged as interdisciplinary fields that seek to better understand their respective social phenomena and develop appropriate responses. Practitioners of peace-building often work in severely conflicted settings with groups that have been exposed to traumatic events, while a number of trauma
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In this timely article, Kenneth Cloke reflects on the potential of mediation to inspire conflict transformation and social development in times of interpersonal as well as international crisis. Technical aspects of mediation are also discussed, as Cloke draws from his considerable experience in the field, offering practical and accessible advice
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Richard Falk discusses the recent violence in Georgia in light of the geopolitical context, involving NATO, Russia, the EU, and the US.
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This article discusses the shortcomings of violent social struggles - their relative exclusivity, vulnerability to foreign manipulation for geostrategic goals, and their likelihood (if successful) to establish similarly repressive and violent regimes to the ones they seek to overthrow. These are then juxtaposed with the relative merits of nonviolent struggles
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JULIJANA MLADENOVSKA analyses the Macedonian elections of 2002, and concludes that few parties went to the people with concrete messages. It would be better for the parties in Macedonia to attempt to meet the real needs of the voters. The Macedonian citizen, regardless of his ethnic background and his/her fears
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Alex Powell examines the concept of just war, and if it is compatible with peace. The framework of the analysis is the nature of justice and the implication of semantics in the term "just war".
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