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The number of countries with laws to combat domestic violence has doubled since 2009. Althought this marks positive progress, OECD report notes that significant discriminatory laws and practices against women remain prevalent around the world.
USIP's Robert Perito discusses security sector issues for Syria on USIP Blog, Olive Branch.
International Peace Institute (IPI) has posted a video link to its discussion on Peacekeeping in Africa looking at cooperation between the UN, AU and EU.
Namati and Open Society Foundation provide analysis on New Legal Aid Law in Sierra Leone embracing the role of paralegals.
USIP's Gordon Lubold blogs on the use of theatre in Afghanistan as an educational tool to show Afghan students ways to prevent low-level conflict within families or communities. Check out the video link.
Robert Kirkpatrick disucsses how the UN Global Pulse team analyzes social media, price data and other info to look for human and natural disasters and respond rapidly. They hope to spark data-philanthropy to support the program.
On Wednesday, 16 May 2012, the European Court for Human Rights will hear El-Masri’s case, who as a German citizen was abducted by the CIA in “extraordinary rendition” through wrong identification. It is the first case to come before the Strasbourg court arising from the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency's program of 'extraordinary rendition', involving the covert cross-border transfer of terror suspects launched by the agency after the attacks of September 11, 2001.
ICTR Appeals Chamber affirmed the convictions of three defendants for genocide, crimes against humanity and other crimes, 8 May 2012. Gaspard Kanyarukiga, Aloys Ntabakuze, and Ildephonse Hategekimana were sentenced to 30 years, 35 years, and life in prison, respectively. Ntabakuze and Hategekimana were both officers in the Rwandan Army (commander and lieutenant). Kanyarukiga, a businessman, was convicted of genocide based on his participation in the planning of the destruction of a church in Kivumu, which resulted in the death of approximately 2,000 civilians. Nine ICTR fugitives have still evaded capture and remain at-large.
IRIN provides analysis on the future of aid policy beyond the MDGs and highlights a paper by the Institute of Development Studies addressing the issue of human security in the next generation of development goals.
A Juvenile Justice program in Angola is using alternatives to detention in lieu of prison schemes, including community service, school enrolment, vocational training, and cultural and sporting activities. The program seeks to give juvenile offenders a second chance and has proven to be effective and cost-saving.