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Migration and global justice: realistic options for here and now, Gillian Brock

If all border controls were demolished, how many people would actually move? How many people really want to uproot from their familiar surroundings, friends, and family in order to face the sometimes uncertain prospects that await them in a new...

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* Introduction

At the beginning of the year I went to Syria and in early spring to Lebanon for a research project for the Bucharest-based Middle East Political and Economic Institute (MEPEI) that focused on the Palestinian refugee issue and the...

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As Chile recovers from the 7.8-magnitude earthquake that fractured the country’s south-central region in late February, the administration of President Sebastian PiƱera – who took office two weeks after the quake – would seem to be headed...

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Consider the following three facts: more conflicts are now ended by negotiated settlement than by military victory. The ratio was 42:23 in 1990s; 17:4 between 2000 and 2005.

Local civilian initiatives to prevent killing are now widespread in...

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On November 16, 2009, lawyer Sergei Magnitsky died while awaiting trial in a Moscow prison. Exactly how he died is unclear, but it seems that he suffered a toxic shock reaction following internal organ rupture, having for months complained of...

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On Thursday, Greece was paralysed by a 24-hour general strike called to protest against new austerity measures introduced by the government of George Papandreou. Over 25,000 people marched through the centre of Athens, chanting ‘thieves come...

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The British economy is officially, technically growing. Growth figures in the region of 0.2% confirm that it is out of recession. But what does this even mean? After months and months, in which funny money was flowing off the printing presses of its...

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In the wake of the British parliamentary election, and as the Chilcot Inquiry continues its assessment of the decision to invade Iraq, an opportune moment arises for commentators and policymakers to reconsider how international law regulates the...

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Guests at the Centre for Law, Justice and Journalism at City University discuss the fate of public service broadcasting in the face of a probable change of government (recorded 29 April 2010)

The panellists

Steven Barnett, Professor of...

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