Israel's Crimes, America's Silence
John Dugard : Israeli/Palestinian Conflict
There is now sufficient evidence to charge Israel with war crimes for its actions in Gaza. Why is Obama silent?
2009
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Fujimori: Guilty as Charged
Peter Kornbluh : Cuba
Peru's disgraced former president becomes the first democratically elected head of state to be extradited, tried and convicted of human rights crimes.
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Bush's War Totals
John Tirman : Iraq War
The human cost of Bush's war: 1 million dead. 4.5 million displaced. 1 million to 2 million widows. 5 million orphans.
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Scientists Come Out for Human Rights
Sonia Shah : Science
After eight years of being sidelined by the Bush administration, many in notoriously apolitical professions are ready to stand up and be counted on the social and ethical implications of their work.
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Pinter: Bare-Knuckled Citizen Playwright
Margaret Spillane : Theater
In the end, Harold Pinter devoted himself to defining "the real truth of our lives and our societies." Now that he's gone, his twenty-nine plays will continue that rude, honorable and turbulent work.
2008
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The Battle for Human Rights
Barbara Crossette : United Nations
Which idea of human rights will prevail: Western notions of freedom from fear or poorer nations' insistence on freedom from want?
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Don't Repackage Gitmo!
Michael Ratner & Jules Lobel : Guantanamo Bay
Shutting down Guantánamo is long overdue. We shouldn't recreate it by another name.
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No Gitmo, No Torture
President-elect Obama speaks with 60 Minutes' Steve Kroft about the need to restore America's moral standing in the world.
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UN: Hope that America Rejoins the World
Barbara Crossette : United Nations
Quiet relief, an undercurrent of caution and hope for a new approach to human rights, the environment and the problems of the poor.
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Bearing Witness: The Afghan Tragedy
Seven years after the US invasion, Afghanistan is still chained to the fundamentalist warlords and the Taliban. Women and children suffer the most.
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Olympic Trials
If China's leaders believe they've released enough steam for a smooth Olympics, they could be in for a surprise.
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Women's Advocate Is UN's New Human Rights Chief
Barbara Crossette : United Nations
Despite the Bush Administration's scramble to scuttle her nomination because she is--gasp!--a feminist, a South African judge is named high commissioner for human rights.
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Nine Reasons to Investigate War Crimes Now
Jeremy Brecher & Brendan Smith : Torture
Some Democrats are pushing to let bygones be bygones and concentrate instead on solving problems of the future. Here's why we can't let the Bush Administration off the hook.
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The Bureaucracy of Rape
Barbara Crossette : United Nations
Pressured by the Bush Administration, the United Nations issues a ringing declaration and solicits pledges that decry rape as a weapon of war. How about actually doing something?
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Rape as a Weapon of War
Slavenka Drakulic : United Nations
The UN resolution designating rape as a weapon of war is historic, but provides no legal remedy for wartime victims of sexual violence.
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Bill Ford, Remembered
Scott Greathead & Michael Posner : El Salvador
The brother of one of four US churchwomen murdered in El Salvador used his legal skills to bring their killers to justice.
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Shirin Ebadi: Don't Attack Iran
The Nobel Prize-winning activist says US threats, regime-change rhetoric and efforts to promote democracy only give Iran's leaders an excuse to intensify repression.
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