I am thrilled and honored to join such a vibrant global community! By way of introduction, I'm currently a student in Fordham University's Peace & Justice program, which focuses on sustainable development around the world, as well as more theoretical studies in conflict resolution and justice. I wrote an article for one of our campus papers last semester on some of the program's past…

We have just completed our Fall 2015 edition and are excited to present it to you! In this edition:

William Sheehan, “What is the Value of a Life? The Rise of the Issue of the Abductions of Japanese Citizens by North Korea and Its International Implications”

Bibhusha Karki, “We Return Home in Boxes”

Jessica K. Kratzer, “Focus on Peace: A Photo Documentary Series of the Peace Day Philly March on September 21st, 2013”

Paul Wilcox, “Strengthening the Democratic…

On 16 November 2015, the Foreign Affairs Council adopted the Council Conclusions on the EU’s support to transitional justice along with the Joint Staff Working Document: "The EU’s Framework on support to transitional justice". The full document is available at: http://data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/document/ST-13576-2015-INIT/en/pdf ;

It…

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JustPeace: A Journal of Creativity and Multivocality is an online journal published by the…

Published originally in the World Post Section of the Huffington Post on 19 June 2015:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jesica-l-santos/a-step-back-for-south-afr_b_7614908.html

This past week the South African government showed utter disregard for its international legal obligations and rule of law when it reportedly assisted the escape from its territory of Sudanese President Omar…

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jesica-l-santos/

This past week, an Argentinian Federal Court declared null the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that …

Finally some good judgment. 

This past week an Argentinian Federal Court declared nulled the Memorandum of Understanding that Argentina and Iran had signed in January 2013 to jointly seek the truth regarding the bombing that killed 85 and injured over 300 in Buenos Aires in 1994. The terrorist attack was against the Argentinian Israelite Mutual Association (AMIA) Jewish Center.

The main argument is that the agreement signed by the Executive is unconstitutional and…

http://www.issuelab.org/click/download1/memory_and_justice_confronting_past_atrocity_and_human_rights_abuse

Greetings all!

I would like to share with everyone some of the work I have been focused on in the field of trans-generational justice.  The attached document is the executive summary of a work in progress that I hope you find interesting.  I welcome all comments and critiques, but emphasize that this is 1. only a summary and 2. an incomplete work.  As such please do not cite this work, but know that I am more than happy to provide the final draft on this forum once it is…

In The Ethics of Preventive War, a new book edited by Carnegie Council Global Ethics Fellow Deen Chatterjee, 11 leading theorists debate the normative challenges of preventive war through the lens of important public and political…

We resume our series of interviewing young professionals in the field of human rights with this extensive interview with Pubudu Sachithanandan who works for the International Criminal Court. 

Tell us a little about your educational…

Carnegie Council Centennial Chair Michael Ignatieff gave this public speech at Universidade Estácio, Rio de Janeiro,as part of the Council's first Global Ethical Dialogues.

It's a great pleasure to be here. I want to thank…

The latest from Rami G. Khouri—When I visited Cairo this week for the first time in nearly a year, the changed mood among young and old alike hit me in the face like the hot and dusty wind coming off the Egyptian desert. The desire to achieve the full gains of the revolution was still there, but so were concerns that new burdens and constraints were starting to…

As part of the Carnegie Council Centennial Thought Leaders Forum, Carnegie Council's Devin Stewart spoke with Rachel Kleinfeld, founding president of the Truman National Security Project.

DEVIN STEWART: Rachel, great to have you here. The first question that we ask our interviewees is, how do you see the world today? How do you define our time, particularly…

The arguments made here are an extension of a broader paper that aimed (unsuccessfully) to discuss the issue of euthanasia from the perspective of three different ethic theories (Peter Singer, Immanuel Kant, Consequentialist) and relate it to global ethics and the question of global justice. The hope is that this paper is able to provide those linkages and provoke some discussion around the direction of global justice.    

The question of ethics in regards to…

As part of the Carnegie Council Centennial Thought Leaders Forum, Carnegie Council's Devin Stewart corresponded via email with Dr. Hans Küng. Dr. Küng is a Catholic priest and president of the Foundation for a Global Ethic.

DEVIN STEWART: What is morally distinct about the age we live in?

HANS…

As part of the Carnegie Council Centennial Thought Leaders Forum, Carnegie Council's Devin Stewart spoke with Mary Robinson, former president of Ireland, and a former UN high commissioner for Human Rights. She is currently chancellor of the University of Dublin (Trinity College) and president of the Mary Robinson Foundation -…

From BBC News on 3/22/13:

"Congolese war crimes suspect Bosco Ntaganda has left Rwanda and is on the way to The Hague in the custody of the International Criminal Court.

Gen Ntaganda, a key figure in the conflict in…