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Today: Hillary Clinton on “The Human Rights Agenda for the 21st Century” at Noon at Georgetown University

As noted in a previous post, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will be speaking on “The Human Rights Agenda for the 21st Century” at Gaston Hall at Georgetown University today at Noon.  The address will  be available for live viewing on http://webcast.georgetown.edu/live It can also be accessed after the event at http://webcast.georgetown.edu.

Video: Living Intelligence: Better ways to produce and share intelligence

And check out Lewis Sheppard’s blog post, The Purple History of Intelink, who posted this video.

Just War, President Obama, and Professor William V. O’Brien

As someone who studies  just war theory and international law dealing with the use of force, I was fascinated to read President Obama’s Nobel Address. First, let me note that I was quite impressed with the Address. I thought it was honest, nuanced, and philosophically quite sophisticated. Indeed, the day after the address, I was chatting with Father John Langan, …

Video: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights

From the Human Rights Action Center.
Created by Seth Brau Produced by Amy Poncher Music by Rumspringa courtesy Cantora Records.
With a HT to my great friend and fellow human rights advocate, Martha Heinemann Bixby, who posted this video over at her blog, Inside the Beltway & Outside the Ordinary.

Video: Special Briefing: Assistant Secretary of State Arturo Valenzuela on Latin American Policy

Here is the transcript of the briefing from the State Department website:
ASSISTANT SECRETARY VALENZUELA: Thanks very much. It’s a pleasure to be here with you today. I just wanted to let you know that I’m taking the rest of this month to do the travel that I expected to do back in July and August that I wasn’t able to …

United Nations Foundation: New Technologies in Emergencies and Conflicts

Breaking News: Hillary Clinton to speak at Georgetown University on “The Human Rights Agenda for the 21st Century,” Monday, Dec. 14 at Noon

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will be speaking on “The Human Rights Agenda for the 21st Century” at Gaston Hall at Georgetown University this Monday, December 14th at Noon.  The address will  be available for live viewing on http://webcast.georgetown.edu/live It can also be accessed after the event at …

Video: US Ambassador to the UN Dr. Susan Rice on Iran’s violation of Security Council resolutions


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Anthony Clark Arend is Professor of Government and Foreign Service at Georgetown University and the Director of the Master of Science in Foreign Service in the Walsh School of Foreign Service.

Commentary and analysis at the intersection of international law and politics.