Lessons (Hopefully) Learned by the ICC in Côte d’Ivoire

 

World Bank: Dangerous Rollback in Environmental, Social Protections

New Framework Undermines President Kim’s Commitment to ‘No Dilution’

August 5, 2015

Barrel Bombs, Not ISIS, Are the Greatest Threat to Syrians

As the self-proclaimed Islamic State, or ISIS, commits horrendous videotaped executions, it might seem to pose the greatest threat to Syrian civilians. In fact, that ignoble distinction belongs to the barrel bombs being dropped by the military of Syria’s president, Bashar al-Assad. The Islamic State has distracted us from this deadly reality.

• Syria: Barrage of Barrel Bombs

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  August 7, 2015 Commentary

  The ICC: Too important to let fail

  

  Elizabeth Evenson

  Senior Counsel, International Justice Program
• Africa

  

  August 6, 2015 Report

  Burundi: Spate of Arbitrary Arrests, Torture

• Europe/Central Asia

  

  August 7, 2015 Dispatches

  Dispatches: ‘We Want to Live Like Humans’

  

  Eva Cossé                       

• Saudi Arabia: Prominent Writer Detained

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• August 7, 2015 News Release

  Brazil: Radio Host Slain

• August 7, 2015 Commentary

  Best of Dispatches: Top News Posts This Week

• August 7, 2015 Commentary

  Ghana’s Chance to Fix Its Mercury Problem

• August 6, 2015 Dispatches

  Dispatches: Pakistan’s Military Courts Mistake

Daily Brief

August 10, 2015

Hiroshima and Nagasaki commemoration; killing of civilians by regime in Syria; UK minister accused of stoking hate against migrants; Jason Rezaian trial in Iran; student activist murdered in Mexico; Indonesia and religious freedom; good news from Germany on press freedom.