| Violence, death and cover-up in the Russian army
 Hazing of new recruits is infamously widespread in the Russian army and families of men who have died find their struggle for closure hindered by military cover-ups and ineptitude. The campaigning organisation Mother's Right Foundation... Libya: the costs of stalemate, Paul Rogers
The west's military-political strategy prolongs the war in Libya and gives space to authoritarian regimes elsewhere in the region. The course of the war in Libya was set on 14 April 2011, when a joint statement from three western... Who do they think they are? War rapists as people, Cynthia Cockburn
War is social, and examining soldier identity and male bonding may give us insight into how the incidence of sexual violence in war might be reduced, says Cynthia Cockburn War is social. It may be about wounding and killing, but these... Ocampo targets Gaddafi: will International Criminal Court help end abuse of civilians in Libya?, Thomas Obel Hansen
Libya falls in a category where criminal justice should be sequenced so it does not hamper the possibility of a negotiated end to the conflict. Issuing arrest warrants on Gaddafi and his comrades is an undesirable move. Accountability and justice in Sri Lanka: a new chapter at last?, Lutz Oette
The recommendations in the Report of the United Nations Secretary-General’s Panel of Experts on Accountability in Sri Lanka provide a good starting point for what should be done to free the country from its cycle of violence. Greed Revolution?, Sumithra Prasanna
Even if we believe that the first Green revolution benefited India by making it a food-surplus nation, it is important to distinguish it from the second Green revolution that unabashedly ties the nation’s agricultural interests to the... A new miracle in Milan, Michele Monni
Local elections in Italy mark a defeat of Berlusconi's administration, and nowhere more so than in the moral capital of Italy. When Vittorio de Sica and Cesare Zavattini were creating one of the masterpieces of Italian Neorealism,... The democratic case for local television, Greg Dyke
Former BBC director-general Greg Dyke sets out the case for 'very local television' in Britain. Not only is there demand; local TV is increasingly needed to fill the void left by failing newspapers. It is time to be bold, end the... Sexual violence: the healing imperative, Jessica Horn
How far do our post-conflict reconstruction efforts go when it comes to addressing the trauma and loss that women and girls experience during conflict? Jessica Horn reports ahead of the Nobel Women’s Initiative conference on ending... Sexual violence and war: inevitable?, Maria Neophytou
A key reason for the seeming ubiquity of sexual violence in war is not its inevitability, but the impunity associated with it, says Maria Neophytou Incidences of sexual violence during war have commonly been dismissed as the unfortunate... The Arms Trade Treaty: why women?, Sarah Masters
It would not be possible to rape women in front of their communities and families, on such a large scale in much of the world’s conflicts, if the availability of small arms and light weapons was controlled, says Sarah Masters Finding the innocent guilty: part I, Zoya Svetova
 A lowly researcher finds himself subject to the forces of the Russian security service and a flawed justice system. A trial is abandoned after word leaks of a jury minded to acquit; upon resumption, a new hand-picked jury comes to the...More Recent Articles
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