Military and Public Safety

Each year at this time—timed purposefully to coincide with International Anti-Corruption Day—Transparency International publishes its annual global ranking of the world’s countries based on how corrupt their public sector is perceived to be, the Corruption Perceptions Index.  Transparency International’s work to standardize cross-country corruption indicators such as the CPI was recognized recently in this blog as part of the “Rule of Law Measurement Revolutio

"Morocco’s forceful attempt to annex Western Sahara constitutes one of the most egregious violations of the international order codified in the wake of World War Two. The United Nations was founded to prevent the aggressive expansion of territory by force. Yet in Western Sahara, the Security Council has turned a blind eye to Morocco’s blatant contravention of the UN Charter.”

It is difficult to drum up widespread, grassroots political support for the rule of law.  In the eyes of many people, the rule of law does not put food on the table.  Worse still, the law can be a source of oppression.  Governments and law-enforcement officials can and do commit crimes.  The role of law in our Apartheid history is an awful example. Understandably, not all South Africans hold the law in high regard.

The rights of migrant workers have become one of the defining human rights issues in Southeast Asia, as the number of workers on the move has risen dramatically in recent decades.

Cyber space is the domain generated from the interconnection between computers and telecommunication networks in order to store, modify, and exchange data via networked systems and associated physical infrastructures without regard to physical geography. Therefore, its security largely depends on the data and the ICTs’ security.

Event Title: 2011 Global Report on Refugee Trends  Location: National Press Club Date: 20 June 2012 Organization: UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) Speakers: Khaled Hosseini, Author, UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador 

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Event Title: Transitional Justice and Displacement Location: The Brookings Institution Date: July 26, 2012 Host Organization:  The Brookings-LSE Project on Internal Displacement and the International Center for Transitional Justice Panelists: Megan Bradley, Fellow at The Brookings Institution

In 2008, a multinational, multidisciplinary collaborative research project was conceived between Nottingham University, UK, the Club of Madrid (80+ former heads of state from over 50 countries committed to the furtherance of democratic values worldwide), Dr Silvia Casale (former President of the Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture, and UN SubCommittee on Prevention of Torture), and later Malága University, Spain, under the umbrella of the WJP as one of its first Opportunity Fund projects.