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December 2005's Issue
Genocide, ‘ethnic cleansing’, mass murder – these have been depressingly familiar aspects of human history. But there are glimmers of hope and reasons for celebration. Not because the atrocities are fewer – witness the genocide in Darfur – but because there is an emerging sense that a global legal system is gradually being built which will bring perpetrators to justice. The truth may not lead automatically to justice. But without it there is no hope. This month’s NI looks at what people and nations must do to move beyond their murderous pasts.
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A memory of Paine
Memorials keep the Chilean past alive for Carmen Rodríguez
- Carmen Rodríguez
- 1 Dec 2005
- 0
Trial and Error
In Rwanda, thousands of accused killers await justice. Fawzia Sheikh looks at community alternatives.
- Fawzia Sheikh
- 1 Dec 2005
- 0
Battle for the truth
Conflicted history in Armenia, Cambodia, Guatemala, East Timor and Japan.
- Wayne Ellwood
- 1 Dec 2005
- 0
Whose Truth?
Mark Freeman explains what truth commissions can and cannot do.
- Mark Freeman
- 1 Dec 2005
- 0
Challenging Impunity
The International Criminal Court may not be perfect, argues Noah Novogrodsky. But it’s a good start.
- Noah Novogrodsky
- 1 Dec 2005
- 0
Crimes Against Humanity
His time will come, Geaorge Bush’s that is.
- Jazzy Loh and Rodolf Schmidt
- 1 Dec 2005
- 0
Truth and Fantasy
Mark Engler accuses the US of twisting El Salvador’s history to suit its foreign policy interests in Iraq.
- Mark Engler
- 1 Dec 2005
- 1
Brixton Blues
Paul Bakalite rails against the dark arts of gentrification.
- Paul Bakalite
- 1 Dec 2005
- 0
Eyes wide shut
Darfur, Sudan, through the eyes of children who’ve fled the conflict.
- Annie Sparrow and Olivier Bercault
- 1 Dec 2005
- 0
Crime & punishment
How do nations recover from trauma? Wayne Ellwood reports on the emerging global justice system.
- Wayne Ellwood
- 1 Dec 2005
- 0
Interview with Debra Harry and the Indigenous Peoples Council on Biocolonialism
Debra Harry and the Indigenous Peoples Council on Biocolonialism.
- Chris Richards
- 1 Dec 2005
- 0
Speaking in tongues
Faced with her daughter’s pioneering of a new language built from Arabic, French and English, Reem Haddad tears her hair out.
- Reem Haddad
- 1 Dec 2005
- 0
War on corruption
Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo is clamping down on corruption. So why are ordinary Nigerians less than enthusiastic? Ike Oguine explains.
- Ike Oguine
- 1 Dec 2005
- 0
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