Who Decides When Survivors Can Tell Their Own Stories?
A UN court tried to stop three Rwandan rape survivors from telling their stories in their own words. When is protection paternalism?
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Rwanda’s Keeper of the Dead
On the 20th anniversary of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, remembering a man who made history his mission. NYAMAGABE, Rwanda — There was never…
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The real issue with Africa and the ICC
After all the reporting trips you’ve read about here, all the stories I’ve done about war and justice and voice and violence, I’m massively…
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I spent last week in San Diego, at the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice, talking about women, media, power and peace….
Read MoreLiberia’s “Rape Court”: Progress for women and girls delayed?
Last year, I reported with the intrepid Glenna Gordon a story about Liberia’s Court E, a court chamber in the capital city of Monrovia…
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Moving On From Juvie
Washington — In their first job out of law school, Whitney Louchheim and Penelope Spain worked, literally, in a closet. With neither windows nor…
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Defending Due Process for Guantanamo Detainees
Defense attorneys for Guantánamo detainees stand up for due process despite hate mail, threats, and Dick Cheney’s daughter. New York — At first, Joshua…
Read MoreWell, that’s one way to deal with a rapist…
From the today’s reporting, at the Open Society Institute’s event “Accountability for Sexual Violence: Innovative Strategies at Work in Africa.” Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi, cofounder and…
Read More"I swear, that is SO legal," or, why the man in charge of fixing Liberia's justice sector "owns" all the laws
A piece of investigative reporting that took Glenna Gordon and I the better part of our month together in Monrovia, and lots of her…
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Charles Taylor Trial Gets Mixed Reviews in Liberia
During four months of testimony, Charles Taylor, the former leader of Liberia, denied committing war crimes. He said he was the victim of a…
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