Kenyans should be wary of the argument that freshly minted governance institutions can handle those bearing the greatest responsibility for the 2007 post-election violence.
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For communities across southern Africa who face the daily challenge of accessing water, food, and shelter, a recent judgment represents a small but significant step towards the realization of their right to be treated with dignity.
Posted in: Africa, Justice, Rights & Equality
Topics: Africa, Bakgalagadi, Basarwa, Botswana, Central Kalahari Game Reserve, indigenous rights, Kalahari desert, Mothomelo, Ramodibedi JA, San, Sesana
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Hungary's new media laws are part of a broad partisan effort to radically reshape the country's democracy. The European Union needs to take the challenge seriously.
Posted in: Europe, Justice, Media & Arts
Topics: Darian Pavli, European Union, freedom of expression, freedom of information, Hungary, media freedom, media independence
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Prosecutors have one final chance to convince judges that former Liberian president Charles Taylor was responsible for the horrific violence—murders, rapes, hacked-off limbs, and looting—committed by rebels during Sierra Leone's civil war.
Posted in: Africa, Europe, Justice
Topics: Alpha Sesay, Charles Taylor, international justice, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Special Court for Sierra Leone, The Hague, war crimes
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