The Persistent Power of Human Rights: From Commitment to Compliance
The Power of Human Rights' (published in 1999) was an innovative and influential contribution to the study of international human rights.
Research
Just Business: Multinational Corporations and Human Rights
One of the most vexing human rights issues of our time has been how to protect the rights of individuals and communities worldwide in an age of globalization and multinational business.
Wartime Sexual Violence: Misconceptions, Implications, and Ways Forward
Wartime rape is neither ubiquitous nor inevitable. The level of sexual violence differs significantly across countries, conflicts, and particularly armed groups.
Children and Migration and Human Rights
Book abstract: Provides a complete exploration of the prominent themes, events, and theoretical underpinnings of the movements of human populations from prehistory to the present day.
Action on Guns and Immigration Needed
It is hard to remember, on President Obama’s second inauguration, that less than a decade ago he was a relatively unknown Senate candidate.
The Real Plight of the Orphan-Hostages
There are people who are mean — simply heartless and cruel — because they enjoy it. Some lash out because of group dynamics and clique behavior.
Details are a Distraction in Newtown Killings
Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, the killers from Columbine High School, were not members of a “trenchcoat mafia.” They did not listen to goth-rocker Marilyn Manson.
Honor the Victims -- With Action
Yet again we are struggling to bear the unbearable.
A Précis of On Global Justice, With Emphasis on Implications for International Institutions
The two traditional ways of thinking about justice at the global level either limit the applicability of justice to states or else extend it to all human beings.
Khadafy Son Should Be Tried by Libya
The new Libyan government has plenty of worries. There was the deadly attack on the US consulate in Benghazi.
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