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Paralegals can be a powerful tool of justice, helping to resolve disputes and empower individual clients and whole communities. Living and working in the communities they serve, community-based paralegals combine their knowledge of the formal justice system with mediation and community education to help the poor and marginalized address their justice...
The report found that donors have helped to create institutional support to combat corruption but that, despite efforts, it has not actually resulted in less corruption. It nonetheless commend the fact that corruption has become a more...
Foreign Policy's Colum Lynch provides a look at the Third World troops who fight the U.N.'s wars. Check out his slide show tour of the U.N. photo archives showing just how much the complexion and nationality of U.N. blue helmets has changed...
See IRIN analysis of sex trafficking and sex slavery in Israel. The arrest and imprisonment earlier this month of the head of Israel's biggest trafficking ring of young women will deter some of those involved in sex slavery, but former...
Sexual harassment is an everyday issue for women in Nepal, particularly in urban areas. Although exact numbers are unavailable, activists say the problem is on the rise and are demanding change.
The UN Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice last month adopted new UN Principles and Guidelines on Access to Legal Aid in Criminal Justice Systems—a set of principles designed to ensure that...
Marta Martinelli, senior policy officer for Africa for the Open Society Foundation, gives an interview on Security Sector Reform in Democratic Republic of Congo assessing some of the...
IRIN humuanitarian news and analysis provides analysis on the arrest of a senior Lord’s...
The role of the police in helping combat HIV is emerging as a key issue in public health. Several international consultations are scheduled for 2012 to drive for cultural change within law enforcement bodies in HIV prevention.
The first such consultation was...