The candle of hope is the Light in the Darkness in Afghanistan
It is clear from the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, that military solutions have not worked. Perhaps emerging from the dark cloud, peaceful coexistence becomes the future global strategy rather than extensions of power. My former partner was an ordinary Afghan artist who as a 10 year old recalls the Russians invading… Continue reading
Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect is the Heart of Conflict Resolution
The Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect is described below. The name evokes the idea that we are responsible. I would go further to say we are responsible for the world we create. When we choose responsibility then we make a decision to assist in creating a better world, one of… Continue reading
R2P: Responsibility to Protect Civilians or Interventions?
This is a transcript of a Lecture by Gareth Evans on The Responsibility to Protect.
THE RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT: AN IDEA WHOSE TIME HAS COME
… AND GONE?
2008 David Davies Memorial Institute Annual Lecture by Gareth Evans, President, International Crisis Group, University of Aberystwyth, 23 April 2008
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When the 2005 United… Continue reading
DDR: From Kony to Clooney – Do War Crimes Matter when Visible?
As I felt to write about today’s arrest of George Clooney and the irony of George protesting against humanitarian abuses in Southern Sudan and the sight of him with plastic bind (handcuffs) as if he is the criminal. I am asking is protesting for humanity a crime. Apparently he broke police lines. My response to… Continue reading
Nobel Prize Awarded to Women in Human Rights
The Nobel Prize was founded by Alfred Nobel. It is an annual award in part to ease his own conscience. Most of his fortune came from the production of explosives for civil uses, but his inventions also led to advances in the military sector. It would be wonderful if the industrial-military-complex could become the future… Continue reading
International Women’s Day: Maiti Nepal Is Ending Female Trafficking
This is a tribute to women on International Women’s Day, women looking after women exhibiting the highest humanity.
I was listening to Anuradh Koirala the founder of Maiti Nepal last night. She informed the audience that the issue of female trafficking in Nepal and India is not about poverty it is a gender issue. In… Continue reading