Human Rights

Refine By:
Author Interview,
Kenneth Roth

This week, Kenneth Roth answers questions submitted by readers about President Barack Obama's plans to close the detention facility at Guantánamo Bay.

Read
Author Interview,
Andrew Natsios

This week, Andrew Natsios answers questions submitted by readers about what the United States and others can do to bring peace and humanitarian relief to Sudan. 

Read
Snapshot,
Andrew Natsios

The ICC's latest move against the Sudanese president will harden Khartoum's stance, push Darfuri rebels to make unreasonable demands, and raise expectations in Sudan -- complicating efforts to secure peace and justice.

Read
Postscript,
Kenneth Roth

President Barack Obama plans to close the detention facility at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. The United States should move the prisoners currently held there into the criminal justice system and hold trials as soon as possible.

Read
Essay, Mar/Apr 2009
Joel Brinkley

While much of Cambodia -- and of the world -- holds on to memories of the country’s sorrowful past under the Khmer Rouge, few seem to notice that the government of Prime Minister Hun Sen is destroying the nation.

Read
Essay, Sep/Oct 2008
António Guterres

The international community must ensure that people seeking safety are protected; sovereignty is not a shield behind which authoritarian governments may terrorize their own people.

Read
Review Essay, Sep/Oct 2008
Christopher Hitchens

Because borders are becoming ever more porous and contingent, everyone has an interest in humanitarian intervention.

Read
Essay, Jul/Aug 2008
Elizabeth C. Economy and Adam Segal

Failure to plan for predictable problems has turned China's coming-out party into an embarrassment.

Read
Comment, May/June 2008
Kenneth Roth

The Obama administration has decided to try Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and other alleged 9/11 plotters in federal court in New York. In a 2008 essay, Kenneth Roth outlined why and how the U.S. government should use the criminal justice system to prosecute terrorists.

Read
Review Essay, May/June 2007
Richard Holbrooke

Little-known heroes of the Holocaust were the rare diplomats who defied their superiors' orders and issued visas to save lives. With Iraqis now scrambling to leave their own country, those examples are as relevant today as ever.

Read
Syndicate content