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Comment RSSThe AP reports:
The American war crimes ambassador said Thursday the U.S. is committed to ending impunity for crimes against humanity, in a speech signaling a softening of hostility toward the International Criminal Court.Stephen Rapp’s brief remarks marked the first time a U.S. diplomat has addressed the 110-nation Assembly of State Parties, which oversees the court’s work and budget.
He also held …
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November 20, 2009 # 1:53 pm # Armed Conflict, Foreign Policy, Human Rights, International Law, International Organizations # No CommentVideo: This Day in History: 1863, The Gettysburg Address
November 19, 2009 # 4:41 pm # Armed Conflict, Human Rights # 2 CommentsThe Gettysburg Address
“Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation or any nation so conceived and so dedicated can long endure. We are met on a great …
Blood diamonds: More indications that the Kimberley Process is failing
November 19, 2009 # 1:47 am # Human Rights # No CommentA previous post discussed troubling news about the Kimberley Process for regulating the trade in diamond. Now the Liberian Observer is reporting:
Spokesman for the Kimberly Process International Civil Society Coalition, Alfred Lahai Brownell Sr., says production and trade in conflict diamonds from Cote d’Ivoire and other countries is increasing.In a speech delivered recently at a Kimberly Process plenary meeting held …
Video: Leahy questions Eric Holder at today’s Judiciary Committee hearing
November 18, 2009 # 10:22 pm # Foreign Policy, Human Rights, Intelligence # No CommentVideo: White House Director of Citizen Participation Katie Stanton on the Shanghai Town Hall and technology
November 17, 2009 # 1:12 am # Foreign Policy, Human Rights # No CommentA previous post contained a video of President Obama’s town hall meeting in China where he was posed a question about Twitter and Internet access. The White House today posted this video from Katie Stanton, White House Director of Citizen Participation, discussing the town hall and the Administration’s use of technology.
Remembering the Jesuit Martyrs in El Salvador: November 16, 1989
November 16, 2009 # 10:45 pm # Foreign Policy, Human Rights # No CommentCelina Ramos
Elba Julia Ramos
Ignacio Ellacuria, SJ
Amando Lopez, SJ
Joaquin Lopez y Lopez, SJ
Ignacio Martin-Baro, SJ
Segundo Montes, SJ
Juan Ramon Moreno, SJ
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Martyred November 16, 1989
El Salvador
A few days ago, journalist Frank Smyth wrote in Common Dreams:
The curfew broke after dawn. But the massacre took place in the middle of the night. The high command of the Salvadoran armed forces, who were receiving …
Video: Obama holds town hall with Chinese Students; addresses Internet access and Twitter
November 16, 2009 # 9:51 am # Foreign Policy, Human Rights # No CommentIn an address given at a town hall meeting with “Future Chinese Leaders,” President Obama was asked a question about Twitter. Here is the exchange:
PRESIDENT OBAMA:
Okay. All right? Jon — I’m going to call on my Ambassador because I think he has a question that was generated through the Web site of our embassy. This was selected, though, by I …
