More: Justice
How Legitimate Is Police Use of Deadly Force?
Every year, thousands of people are killed by the police around the world. In the United States, for example, more than 3,000 civilians were...
UN Experts Take Initiative to Serve Justice for the Victims of Iran’s 1988 Massacre
Recent publication of a letter by seven UN human rights experts that was originally sent to the Iranian government in September drew widespread international...
Improved Afghan law still fails victims of sex crimes and violence against women
Afghanistan’s justice system is continuing to fail female victims of violence and sex crimes, despite a 2009 law that was hailed as a significant...
Why is the International Community silent on caste-based violence in India?
“Silence is Golden” is what I learned in my school but it’s not a coherent decision to consciously opt for silence when every new...
Lessons from Cambodia and the way ahead- quest for peace and reconciliation
Victims are Cambodians, the criminals are Cambodians, and the crimes were committed on Cambodian soil!
This was the justification given by the Cambodian Government under...
#EndSARSProtests: A Chronicle of Nigeria’s #BlackLivesMatter
The chilling murder of African-American, George Floyd, back in May, by a couple of ‘white’ police officers in Minneapolis, the United States, would go...
‘We want justice for these girls’: The Kenyan helpline for victims of gender violence
Around four million girls worldwide suffer female genital mutilation every year. Although it is forbidden in Kenya, COVID-19 has led some families to revive...
Rape is wrong but death penalty, castration, not the answer
Michelle Bachelet has issued a statement calling on governments to step up action against these crimes, improve access to justice and reparations for victims,...
In Turkey, the death penalty on the agenda
The last execution of the death penalty in the Republic of Turkey was held on October 25, 1984. Turkey abolished the death penalty in...
Justice for Justice!
A country where justice is served to affluent people only, however the poverty stricken suffer. Where justice and law are limited to papers and...