In the Press and Op-eds

In the Press and Op-eds

A roundup from the Justice Initiative database of op-eds written by Justice Initiative staff and references to Justice Initiative work in the press.

Resources 1 - 226 of 226
Government Must Review Its Human Rights Record - Activists
Author: Vanguard
Date: 7 November 2008

FOI bill not only for media
Author: The Punch
Date: 28 October 2008

The Washington Daybook
Author: Justice Initiative
Date: 22 October 2008

La policía identifica más extranjeros que españoles, según un estudio
Author: EL PAIS
Date: 18 October 2008

Delayed and denied
Author: Economist.com
Date: 15 October 2008

HONDURAS: GOVERNMENT ADVERTISING ALLOCATION AS 'SUBTLE CENSORSHIP'
Author: Inter Press Service
Date: 2 October 2008

Duch Trial Could Stall Into 2009: Monitor
Author: VoA News
Date: 30 September 2008

FEDERALISM, DEMOCRACY TOP AGENDA AS LAWYERS CONVERGE IN ABUJA
Author: Financial Times Information
Date: 22 August 2008

KRT funding frozen over fresh corruption allegations
Author: The Mekong Times
Date: 7 August 2008

UN Reviewing Reports of Tribunal Corruption
Author: The Mekong Times
Date: 6 August 2008

Resignation of defense section chief not to delay KRT
Author: The Mekong Times
Date: 6 August 2008

Press Coverage for the 'Price of Silence' report
Author: Justice Initiative
Date: August 2008

LUKIC TRIAL RULING PROVOKES OUTCRY
Author: IWPR
Date: August 2008

Bosnian Muslims hope speedy trial for Karadzic
Author: Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Date: 27 July 2008

Embittered by aborted Milosevic trial, Bosnian victims look to Karadzic case for justice
Author: Associated Press Worldstream
Date: 27 July 2008

A Tribunal Worth Paying For
Author: The Wall Street Journal
Date: 16 July 2008

Civil Society Seeks Partnership with EFCC
Author: Economic and Financial Crimes Commission
Date: 25 June 2008

Cambodia genocide tribunal running out of money
Author: Los Angeles Times
Date: 25 June 2008

Crimes against humanity not prosecuted in the U.S.
Author: talkradionews
Date: 24 June 2008

Africa; Continent Needs Effective Human Rights Court
Author: Allafrica
Date: 24 June 2008

In Khmer Rouge Trial, Victims Will Not Stand Idly By
Author: The New York Times
Date: 17 June 2008

Cambodian activists plea for more Khmer Rouge trial funding
Author: Agence France Presse
Date: 10 June 2008

The Khmer Rouge Tribunal's Rebirth
Author: WALL STREET JOURNAL ASIA
Date: 9 June 2008

Groups Want Khieu Samphan Health Status
Author: VoA Khmer
Date: 6 June 2008

Justice Initiative Expert Gives Senate Testimony on Rape as War Crime
Author: Justice Initiative
Date: 16 May 2008

INT'L MEDIA TRAINING KICKS OFF THIS WEEK
Author: AllAfrica
Date: 22 April 2008

Cambodia: The High Cost of Closure; ith a $170 million price tag, the genocide trial of former Khmer Rouge leaders could be imperiled for lack of donor funds
Author: Business Week Online
Date: 2 April 2008

Rape as a Weapon of War: Accountability for Sexual Violence in Conflict
Author: Senate Judiciary Committee
Date: 1 April 2008

Durbin holds hearing on rape as a war crime
Author: The Swamp
Date: 1 April 2008

Cash-Strapped ECCC Showcases Court Transparency
Author: The Mekong Times Daily
Date: 1 April 2008

Tribunal Delegation Meets in New York
Author: VoA News
Date: 28 March 2008

Cambodian war crimes trial begs for more cash
Author: The Independent
Date: 26 March 2008

One Man's Personal Mission To End Slavery in Mauritania
Author: The Washington Post
Date: 23 March 2008

Group Urges Donors to Use Money for Justice
Author: VoA News
Date: 17 March 2008

Sierra Leone; Publisher Briefly Detained, Accused of Ridiculing President
Author: Africa News
Date: 7 March 2008

Monitor: Tribunal Faces Image Challenges
Author: VoA News
Date: 5 March 2008

European Court of Human Rights Reaffirms the Absolute Prohibition on Return to Torture
Author: Human Rights Watch
Date: 28 February 2008

Nigeria; Immunity Clause - Courts Should Have Powers to Determine Prof Odinkalu
Author: Africa News
Date: 22 February 2008

UNDP: Government Won't Probe Tribunal Allegations
Author: VoA News
Date: 21 February 2008

Liberia: CSA Director Speaks At Forum in Senegal
Author: Africa News
Date: 7 February 2008

US Group: Tribunal Needs Adviser
Author: VoA News
Date: 4 February 2008

RIGHTS: Virtual Eyes on Taylor Trial
Author: IPS Inter Press Service
Date: 23 January 2008

PRESS CONFERENCE BY PROSECUTOR OF SPECIAL COURT FOR SIERRA LEONE
Author: UN
Date: 22 January 2008

Don't pave Cambodia's flawed path to justice
Author: Christian Science Monitor
Date: 15 January 2008

Despite progress, Cambodian genocide tribunal needs more money to forge ahead
Author: The Associated Press
Date: 26 December 2007

OSI Welcomes New Law on Genocide Prosecution
Author: PRNewswire-USNewswire
Date: 22 December 2007

In US, Questions Linger Over Tribunal Legitimacy
Author: VoA News
Date: 18 December 2007

NBA Articulates Position On Election Reform
Author: AllAfrica
Date: 17 December 2007

The Real Beginning of the End of Slavery?
Author: Africa News
Date: 7 December 2007

Court of Appeals to Render Decision On Media Affair Wednesday
Author: AllAfrica
Date: 27 November 2007

Nigeria's Electoral Court Puts Presidential Victory on Trial
Author: VoA News
Date: 23 November 2007

Standing for equality
Author: The Prague Post
Date: 21 November 2007

Canadian Named to Head UN's Hariri Probe
Author: Associated Press Online
Date: 14 November 2007

Tribunal Prosecutors to Host Seminar
Author: VOA News
Date: 30 October 2007

Lawyers, activists back American as new Yugoslav war crimes prosecutor
Author: The Associated Press
Date: 29 October 2007

American Favored As UN Court Prosecutor
Author: The Associated Press
Date: 29 October 2007

South Africa: A Place Where Press Freedom is Not the Norm
Author: AllAfrica
Date: 25 October 2007

Cambodia requests more funds for genocide tribunal
Author: Associated Press
Date: 25 October 2007

Nigerian President Seeks Approval Amid Continued Questions About Election
Author: VOA News
Date: 11 October 2007

Dominican Bias
Author: The New York Times
Date: 5 October 2007

UN warning on Cambodia tribunal
Author: BBC News
Date: 2 October 2007

Secretive governments should take a refresher course in democracy
Author: The Vancouver Sun
Date: 27 September 2007

Cambodian genocide tribunal to curb corrupt practices among local staff
Author: Associated Press Worldstream
Date: 26 September 2007

ECCC, UNDP vow to reform hiring process
Author: People's Daily Online
Date: 26 September 2007

Pushing Clinical Legal Education Campaign
Author: Daily Independent
Date: 13 September 2007

Minister charges varsities on Clinical Legal Education
Author: The Tide Online
Date: 11 September 2007

Lawyers enjoined to embrace continuing legal education
Author: Vannguard
Date: 31 August 2007

Khmer Rouge tribunal still faces funds shortfall
Author: The Nation
Date: 31 August 2007

New Anti-Slavery Law Not Enough for Real Change, Activists Say
Author: Africa News
Date: 24 August 2007

New Essay Examines Rule of Law Movement in the Age of Terror
Author: Justice Initiative
Date: 21 August 2007

Nigeria; Soludo Speaks At NBA's AGM
Author: Africa News
Date: 20 August 2007

No Unity Without Emancipation
Author: AU Monitor
Date: 30 July 2007

Statelessness
Author: International Herald Tribune
Date: 25 July 2007

How to reform our electoral system - NBA
Author: AllAfrica
Date: 13 July 2007

Investigating Judges Wait for Late Tribunal Case Citations
Author: VoA News
Date: 11 July 2007

Drummond Trial Is Set to Open
Author: The Wall Street Journal
Date: 9 July 2007

Annual Reports Show Contradictions in Tribunal, Civic Leader Says
Author: VoA News
Date: 9 July 2007

Taylor war crimes trial unhinged by false start
Author: The Associated Press
Date: 26 June 2007

Taylor Trial Delayed Again
Author: Allafrica
Date: 25 June 2007

VOA NEWS: RIGHTS GROUP REPORT: PRE-TRIAL DETENTION LEADS TO ABUSES
Author: US Fed News
Date: 14 June 2007

New Attention Paid to an Old Crime of War
Author: The American Prospect
Date: 11 June 2007

Op-Ed: 'Grant Full Citizenship to All Born in the Country'
Author: Justice Initiative
Date: 11 June 2007

RIGHTS GROUPS LAUNCH WEBSITE ON TAYLOR'S TRIAL
Author: This Day
Date: 10 June 2007

Grant full citizenship to all born in the country
Author: The Miami Herald
Date: 9 June 2007

Taylor's trial gets under way
Author: Legalbrief Africa
Date: 4 June 2007

Website Launched to Cover Taylor Trial
Author: allAfrica
Date: 4 June 2007

The pros and cons of EU racial profiling
Author: Spero News
Date: 4 June 2007

Gbagi's Attacks on Hassan-Baba Unfortunate
Author: Allafrica
Date: 28 May 2007

The People vs. Khmer Rouge
Author: Maclean's
Date: 7 May 2007

Citizens of nowhere
Author: International Herald Tribune
Date: 1 April 2007

Cambodia NGOs protest gov't for threatening to expel overseas NGO
Author: Asian Political News
Date: 29 March 2007

Letter to the Editor on Corruption Charges at Khmer Rouge Court
Author: Justice Initiative
Date: 11 March 2007

Ghana's golden jubilee: Africa's citizenship
Author: CRAI
Date: 7 March 2007

Human rights groups call for Khmer Rouge trial to follow international standards
Author: The Associated Press
Date: 5 March 2007

Policing the Police
Author: Stanford Social Innovation Review
Date: March 2007

Closure for Cambodia?; Thirty years on, the Khmer Rouge trials risk collapse.
Author: Newsweek
Date: 27 February 2007

Inocentes 42% de los reclusos, advierten
Author: El Universal
Date: 27 February 2007

Treat Fellow African Citizens With Dignity
Author: New Vision
Date: 21 February 2007

Nigeria: Way Forward for Kutigi
Author: This Day
Date: 5 February 2007

Deaths of Khmer Rouge victims cry out for justice
Author: The Australian
Date: 3 February 2007

Khmer Rouge murders commemorated as tribunal falters
Author: Agence France Presse
Date: 2 February 2007

Killing Again
Author: The New York Sun
Date: 29 January 2007

Rwanda: Judgement in Media Trial Severely Criticized By the Defence
Author: Hirondelle News Agency
Date: 18 January 2007

2007 - CHALLENGES, OPPORTUNITIES IN NIGERIAN LAW
Author: This Day
Date: 8 January 2007

Justice Initiative Featured on PBS 'NewsHour'
Author: Justice Initiative
Date: 21 December 2006

Review on The Ethnic Profiling Report of the Justice Initiative Program
Author: Dzeno Association
Date: 20 December 2006

The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
Author: NEWSHOUR
Date: 18 December 2006

Liberia: Community-Policing Forums Call for Support
Author: The Analyst
Date: 4 December 2006

Holes in the Rights Framework: Racial Discrimination, Citizenship, and the Rights of Noncitizens
Author: James A. Goldston
Date: December 2006

Agwai - Military Committed to Accountability, Justice
Author: This Day
Date: 29 November 2006

Money and Violence Hobble Democracy in Nigeria
Author: The New York Times
Date: 24 November 2006

Justice Initiative urges signing of information Bill
Author: Legalbrief Africa
Date: 20 November 2006

Nigerian Senate Ratifies Freedom of Information Bill
Author: Africa News
Date: 16 November 2006

Nigeria's Senate approves freedom of information bill
Author: International Journalist's Network
Date: 11 November 2006

Op-ed: 'The Secret Policeman's Fall'
Author: Justice Initiative
Date: 30 October 2006

Op-ed: 'Grant Citizenship to All Native Born'
Author: Justice Initiative
Date: 25 October 2006

Grant citizenship to all native born
Author: Miami Herald
Date: 24 October 2006

World Bank Awards Grant to Pioneering African Paralegal NGO
Author: Justice Initiative
Date: 23 October 2006

NGO: Khmer Rouge Tribunal Budget Inadequate
Author: The Cambodia Daily
Date: 10 October 2006

Here, We Are All Victims
Author: Los Angeles Times
Date: 18 September 2006

West Africa: 'Ecowas Court Must Uphold Citizenship, Human Rights'
Author: This Day
Date: 28 August 2006

Ineffective and unjust
Author: Guardian
Date: 16 August 2006

Cambodian court faces high hurdles
Author: International Herald Tribune
Date: 6 August 2006

Human Rights - a Commission Endangered?
Author: This Day
Date: 18 July 2006

African Human Rights Court Judges Sworn In
Author: Vanguard
Date: 17 July 2006

Op-Ed: "Ethnic Profiling Fails Europe"
Author: International Herald Tribune
Date: 29 June 2006

African Union Summit - Hissène Habré Must Be Tried
Author: Human Rights Watch
Date: 28 June 2006

Op-ed: 'Judgement in Phnom Penh'
Author: Justice Initiative
Date: 26 June 2006

Chauvinisten in Uniform
Author: Der Spiegel
Date: 23 June 2006

Moscow Cops Stop Mostly Minorities
Author: The Christian Science Monitor
Date: 23 June 2006

Global Human Rights Bodies Move Against Nigeria
Author: This Day
Date: 23 June 2006

Government Faulted for Surge in Racial Violence
Author: The Washington Times
Date: 22 June 2006

World Briefing Europe: Russia: Ethnic Profiling Found To Be Widespread
Author: The New York Times
Date: 14 June 2006

Profiling on Metro Called Widespread
Author: The Moscow Times
Date: 13 June 2006

Immigrants run police gauntlet in Russia-study
Author: Reuters News
Date: 13 June 2006

Executive Director Addresses European Parliament's Anti-Racism Group
Author: James A. Goldston
Date: 6 June 2006

Public Interest Litigation in Central and Eastern Europe: Roots, Prospects, and Challenges
Author: James A. Goldston
Date: 1 June 2006

Police To Ensure Effective Criminal Justice System
Author: Daily Independent
Date: 19 May 2006

Last chance to try the Khmer Rouge
Author: International Herald Tribune
Date: 13 April 2006

Liberia: Taylor's Victims Wait for Justice
Author: This Day
Date: 10 April 2006

NCICC urges govt to handover Taylor
Author: Vanguard
Date: 27 March 2006

Taylor trial 'crucial' to Liberian reconstruction: rights groups
Author: Agence France Presse
Date: 25 March 2006

Sierra Leone: Timap for Justice:an Experiment in Providing Basic Justice Services to the Poor
Author: Concord Times
Date: 24 March 2006

The readers' editor on ... the quest for an ethical code in Argentina
Author: The Guardian
Date: 20 March 2006

Western Suburbs: The De-Territorialization of Islam
Author: CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE
Date: March 2006

The Uses and Abuses of Multiculturalism
Author: The New Republic Online
Date: 18 February 2006

Dwindling Debt Boosts Argentine Leader
Author: The New York Times
Date: 3 January 2006

Some quiet victories for human rights
Author: International Herald Tribune
Date: 22 December 2005

African Union Court Ll Eliminate Evils of Preliminary Objections
Author: This Day
Date: 5 December 2005

OAS Working Group to Prepare a Draft Inter-American Convention against Racism and All Forms of Discrimination and Intolerance
Author: James A. Goldston
Date: 29 November 2005

NGOs Forum Demands Arrest of Charles Taylor
Author: This Day
Date: 28 November 2005

Freedom Delayed
Author: COMMITTEE TO PROTECT JOURNALISTS
Date: 2 November 2005

Closure of AIT
Author: Vanguard
Date: 28 October 2005

World's vast ranks of the stateless
Author: The Christian Science Monitor
Date: 13 October 2005

Justice Initiative Presentation: Fighting Terrorism while Fighting Discrimination: Can Protocol No. 12 Help
Author: Justice Initiative
Date: 11 October 2005

Alao Aka-Bashorun: Goodnight Mr. President
Author: This Day
Date: 10 October 2005

Right to Know is Simply Not Enough
Author: Business Day
Date: 28 September 2005

Chima Ubani, My Civic Saint
Author: This Day
Date: 26 September 2005

Liberian Elections and Charles Taylor
Author: Coalition Against Impunity
Date: 1 September 2005

Angola Urged to Reform Press, Defamation Laws
Author: International Freedom of Expression Exchange Clearing House
Date: 31 August 2005

IHT Op-Ed: Multiculturalism is not the culprit
Author: International Herald Tribune
Date: 30 August 2005

President Charles Taylor of Nigeria
Author: Gamji
Date: 29 August 2005

A Gradual Return to Impunity
Author: The East African
Date: 15 August 2005

Security Agents Release 2 Detained Printers, Continue Hunt for Human Rights Activist
Author: Media Rights Agenda
Date: 9 August 2005

Nigeria And Death of Indignation
Author: This Day
Date: 8 August 2005

SSS Arrests Three for Anti-Charles Taylor Campaign
Author: This Day
Date: 8 August 2005

Power, Pathology And Chidi Odinkalu
Author: This Day
Date: 7 August 2005

Security Agents Arrest 2 Printers, Hunt for Human Rights Activist
Author: Media Rights Agenda
Date: 5 August 2005

AG to Caution SSS On Rights Abuse
Author: This Day
Date: 4 August 2005

We Are Not Fugitives, Charles Taylor Is
Author: Justice Initiative
Date: 3 August 2005

Opinion: A Free Charles Taylor Threatens West Africa
Author: Vanguard
Date: 17 July 2005

NBA Presidency and a Ministerial Burden
Author: This Day
Date: 11 July 2005

Sierra Leone: AU Should Ensure Taylor Faces Justice
Author: Human Rights Watch
Date: 5 July 2005

Amnesty International, Civil Societies Want Taylor to Face Justice
Author: Concord Times
Date: 1 July 2005

200 NGO Groups Call for Taylor's Trial
Author: Vanguard
Date: 1 July 2005

Sierra Leone: AU Should Ensure Taylor Faces Justice
Author: Human Rights Watch
Date: 30 June 2005

Charles Taylor Murdered 500 Nigerians
Author: This Day
Date: 20 June 2005

Challenges before the African Court on Human Rights
Author: Vanguard
Date: 10 June 2005

UN: Taylor's Return to Liberia Bad for Peace
Author: This Day
Date: 30 May 2005

Justice for the Displaced
Author: This Day
Date: 28 May 2005

Legal Aid in Nigeria for Whom?
Author: Vanguard
Date: 27 May 2005

Legal Reforms On the Confab Agenda
Author: This Day
Date: 23 May 2005

Nigeria Says Taylor Cannot Stay if Asylum Terms Violated
Author: Justice Initiative
Date: 19 May 2005

Chile's Government Accused of Hiding Public Information
Author: Santiago Times
Date: 10 May 2005

Pressure on Nigeria to end Taylor's asylum
Author: Guardian News
Date: 10 May 2005

Casi imposible revertir mutismo del Estado
Author: El Mercurio
Date: 9 May 2005

Los gobiernos no deben preguntar por qué les piden información
Author: Clarin
Date: 8 May 2005

Often Shunted Into Special Schools, Gypsies Fight Back
Author: The New Tork Times
Date: 27 April 2005

Anti-Discrimination Law in Nigeria
Author: This Day
Date: 26 April 2005

Cuestionan los cambios a la ley de información pública
Author: Clarin
Date: 24 April 2005

Jawo Bows Out, Renders GPU Transparent And Accountable
Author: Gambia Daily News
Date: 15 April 2005

IHT Op-ed: A Khmer Rouge Tribunal, Now or Never
Author: James A. Goldston (International Herald Tribune)
Date: 2 April 2005

Letter: Justice for Cambodia
Author: New York Times
Date: 27 March 2005

European Court to Address Racism in Landmark Cases
Author: James A. Goldston (Süddeutsche Zeitung and Taipei Times)
Date: 28 February 2005

Using Clinical Legal Education to Serve Society: A Challenge to African States
Author: Vanguard
Date: 25 February 2005

Challenges and Opportunities for Freedom of Expression on the Internet: UNESCO Conference on 3 and 4 February
Author: Paris
Date: 3 February 2005

Clinical Legal Education: A New Approach to Training Lawyers
Author: The Guardian (Nigeria)
Date: 1 February 2005

Nigeria: Uwais Charges Legal Practitioners to Assist Poor Clients
Author: Vanguard
Date: 1 February 2005

International Observer, Edition 35, February 2005
Author: International Observer
Date: 25 January 2005

The African Human Rights Summit in Dakar
Author: This Day (Nigeria)
Date: 11 January 2005

New Police Act Out in 2005 - Oroh
Author: This Day (allAfrica)
Date: 20 December 2004

Stakeholders Chart Course for Prison Decongestion
Author: This Day (allAfrica)
Date: 14 December 2004

Ethnic data as a tool in the fight against discrimination
Author: James A. Goldston
Date: 9 December 2004

Piden reformar ley de acceso a la información pública
Author: El Mercurio
Date: 6 December 2004

Nigeria: Legislation On Community Policing Soon
Author: This Day (allAfrica)
Date: 9 November 2004

Nigeria Has Power to Prosecute Charles Taylor - Fagbohunlu
Author: Vanguard (allAfrica)
Date: 29 October 2004

Shame of rights commissioners
Author: Africa Analysis
Date: 1 October 2004

NGOs Reproach State On Right to Know Day
Author: Business Day (allAfrica)
Date: 29 September 2004

Crónica España.-Una iniciativa internacional promueve el acceso a los documentos oficiales en el Día del Derecho a Saber
Author: Europa Press - IBL News
Date: 26 September 2004

El derecho a saber frente a la cultura del secretismo
Author: Canal Solidario-OneWorld España
Date: 25 September 2004

Darfur: the New Name of Genocide, by Chidi Odinkalu
Author: Vanguard (allAfrica)
Date: 24 September 2004

Darfur is dividing the world
Author: Africa Analysis
Date: 17 September 2004

IHT Op-ed: Sudan's Government Does Not Hide Its Atrocities
Author: International Herald Tribune
Date: 7 September 2004

Interview with Bruce Lasky, Clinical Legal Education
Author: Development Weekly (Cambodia)
Date: 22 August 2004

IHT Op-ed: Justice in Cambodia, by James A. Goldston
Author: International Herald Tribune
Date: 2 August 2004

Civilian Oversight of Metro Police Departments (Media Coverage)
Author: Radio 786 / GFN-SSR
Date: 19 July 2004

Op-ed: Putting the Khmer Rouge in the Dock
Author: The Nation (Thailand)
Date: 17 June 2004

Op-ed: Khmer Rouge in the Dock
Author: The Korea Herald
Date: 7 June 2004

Rio's Violent Slums Need Aid, Not A Wall
Author: The Miami Herald
Date: 24 April 2004

Report of the UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression
Author: UN CHR
Date: 6 April 2004

Law Personality: 'We Must Be Careful in Condemning Our Judiciary'
Author: This Day (allAfrica)
Date: 6 April 2004

Nigeria: Bench And Bar Vote for Continuing Education for Lawyers
Author: Vanguard
Date: 5 March 2004

IHT Op-ed: A Crucial Case for the International Criminal Court
Author: International Herald Tribune
Date: 27 February 2004

Africa Won't Have A Second Chance For A First Impression
Author: Vanguard
Date: 30 January 2004

Lithuania Increases Number of Public Defenders
Author: Lithuanian Ministry of Justice
Date: 7 January 2004

IHT Op-ed: A Beacon of Freedom Grows Dim
Author: International Herald Tribune
Date: 13 September 2003

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