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“Never Again” Seems To Never Apply Anymore
While a peace accord was reached in February 2020 to end civil war in South Sudan, the agreement remains extremely fragile and needs international support to hold together Righting the...
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The Rising Fear of Reporting Violence: Online Prejudice, Sexism, and the Growing Onslaught on Survivors of Violence in Botswana

INTRODUCTION In an era where the constitution, legislative reforms, judiciary restructuring, and the roll-out of constitutional courts are under review in Botswana, there is an undeniable need for massive change, solutions, redress, and most importantly, solidarity and targeted interventions in protecting the rights of survivors of violence. Women and girls undisputably continue to suffer the…

The Witness Who Stayed

Shiler Sido was born in Afrin, in the olive-covered hills of northern Syria, where 95 percent of her neighbors were Kurdish, and a fragile experiment in pluralism briefly took root. Then came 2018, Turkey’s Operation Olive Branch, and what she describes not as counter-terrorism but as demographic engineering: 18 million olive trees felled, 10,000 homes…

Israel’s Genocide in Gaza and Ethnic Cleansing in the West Bank

Israel has betrayed the very values that made the Jewish people the world’s conscience for millennia—values forged in our own persecution, meant to bind us forever to the defense of the persecuted. Instead, from the occupation of 1967 to the genocide now consuming Gaza and Israel’s inhumane crimes against the Palestinian people in the West…

“I Am Because We Are”: Practical Justice and Survivor Participation in the Rehabilitation of Conflict-Related Sexual Violence Survivors in Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

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Institute for Humanitarian Conflict Resolution

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The Institute for Humanitarian Conflict Resolution embraces a philosophy of peace and reconciliation to ensure that men, women, and especially children in many violent conflict-ridden countries have hope for a better and more promising future

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How have some of America’s most controversial criminal trials shaped the justice system we know today?

In this episode, Alon Ben-Meir speaks with Hon. Lise Pearlman (ret.), the first Presiding Judge of the California State Bar Court, former trial lawyer, award-winning author and filmmaker, and nationally recognized expert on landmark 20th-century trials. Their conversation centers on Judge Pearlman’s newly released book, With Justice for Some, examining the cases of Huey Newton, the Scottsboro Boys, and Sacco and Vanzetti. They discuss the injustices surrounding these politically and racially charged trials and how their legacies continue to influence American law, juries, and our understanding of equal justice.
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How have some of America’s most controversial criminal trials shaped the justice system we know today?  In this episode, Alon Ben-Meir speaks with Hon. Lise Pearlman (ret.), the first Presiding Judge of the California State Bar Court, former trial lawyer, award-winning author and filmmaker, and nationally recognized expert on landmark 20th-century trials. Their conversation centers on Judge Pearlman’s newly released book, With Justice for Some, examining the cases of Huey Newton, the Scottsboro Boys, and Sacco and Vanzetti. They discuss the injustices surrounding these politically and racially charged trials and how their legacies continue to influence American law, juries, and our understanding of equal justice.
Listen to the full conversation of “On the Issues with Alon Ben-Meir.”
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Opposition politician Lev Shlosberg, deputy leader of the Yabloko party, has been sentenced to 11 years and one month in prison for allegedly “discrediting” the Russian military and spreading “false information.” His party has openly advocated for a ceasefire in Russia’s war against Ukraine. The sentence cannot be viewed in isolation. On the same day Shlosberg was convicted, Yabloko lost its appeal against a decision barring the party from participating in the upcoming parliamentary elections. According to Human Rights Watch, this leaves no pro-peace parties on the September ballot. When criticizing a war can result in more than a decade behind bars, and political parties advocating peace are removed from elections, the consequences extend far beyond the fate of one politician. They strike at the foundations of freedom of expression, peaceful political opposition, and genuine political pluralism. ... See MoreSee Less

Opposition politician Lev Shlosberg, deputy leader of the Yabloko party, has been sentenced to 11 years and one month in prison for allegedly “discrediting” the Russian military and spreading “false information.” His party has openly advocated for a ceasefire in Russia’s war against Ukraine. The sentence cannot be viewed in isolation. On the same day Shlosberg was convicted, Yabloko lost its appeal against a decision barring the party from participating in the upcoming parliamentary elections. According to Human Rights Watch, this leaves no pro-peace parties on the September ballot. When criticizing a war can result in more than a decade behind bars, and political parties advocating peace are removed from elections, the consequences extend far beyond the fate of one politician. They strike at the foundations of freedom of expression, peaceful political opposition, and genuine political pluralism.
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Botswana is confronting a troubling reality: women and girls facing gender-based violence are increasingly being subjected to a second form of abuse online. In this article, Malebogo Max Molefhe, International Woman of Courage and Gender-Based Violence (GBV) activist, explores how social media attacks, victim-blaming, humiliation, and public character assassination can intimidate survivors and discourage others from reporting abuse. With 67 percent of women and girls reportedly affected by GBV at some point in their lives, the consequences of this growing online hostility are particularly serious. Molefhe argues that freedom of expression must not become a license to endanger or retraumatize survivors. She calls on journalists, influencers, lawmakers, and young people to use their platforms responsibly and urges Botswana to treat GBV as a national crisis, strengthen protections for survivors, invest in prevention, and turn constitutional and international commitments into meaningful justice and dignity for women and girls. ihcr.institute/writing/the-rising-fear-of-reporting-violence-online-prejudice-sexism-and-the-grow... ... See MoreSee Less

Botswana is confronting a troubling reality: women and girls facing gender-based violence are increasingly being subjected to a second form of abuse online. In this article, Malebogo Max Molefhe, International Woman of Courage and Gender-Based Violence (GBV) activist, explores how social media attacks, victim-blaming, humiliation, and public character assassination can intimidate survivors and discourage others from reporting abuse. With 67 percent of women and girls reportedly affected by GBV at some point in their lives, the consequences of this growing online hostility are particularly serious. Molefhe argues that freedom of expression must not become a license to endanger or retraumatize survivors. She calls on journalists, influencers, lawmakers, and young people to use their platforms responsibly and urges Botswana to treat GBV as a national crisis, strengthen protections for survivors, invest in prevention, and turn constitutional and international commitments into meaningful justice and dignity for women and girls.  https://ihcr.institute/writing/the-rising-fear-of-reporting-violence-online-prejudice-sexism-and-the-growing-onslaught-on-survivors-of-violence-in-botswana/
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