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Another Victory for NGOs in the International Legal System: The Cluster Bomb Ban

Sunday, August 1, 2010

Good news this weekend: the Convention on Cluster Munitions, signed by 107 States and ratified by 38 as of today, has entered into force today. It is now binding international law. But it is also a great victory for non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and the confirmation of a recent trend: the influential role civil society is [...]

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Latest News on Conflict Minerals – Victory in U.S. Congress

Friday, July 16, 2010

After writing about Congo’s conflict minerals and NGOs such as the Enough! Project‘s efforts to alert public opinion, good news recently came out of the United States Congress. From the Enough! Project’s website: Today, Congo activists, U.S. consumers, and the people of Congo won an incredible victory against long odds. Congress passed the Wall Street [...]

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Talking to the Enemy in the "War on Terror": Treason or Reason?

Wednesday, June 30, 2010

On June 21st, 2010, the United States Supreme Court in the decision Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project upheld in a 6 to 3 decision federal statute 18 USC § 2339B(a)(1) that criminalizes “material assistance and resources” to groups considered to be terrorist organizations. “Material assistance and resources,” as understood by the federal statute, is defined in 18 USC [...]

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