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March 6, 2009
Book review: "No Future Without Forgiveness" by Desmond Tutu
In the book, Desmond Tutu explains why and how South Africa in the 1990s decided to use a very unconventional way of dealing with troubling and painful past and moving forward for the sake of the future.
In December 1995, Nelson Mandela, the first democratically elected president of South Africa, appointe
March 4, 2009
Darfur: What Now?
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued an arrest warrant for Sudan's president, Omar al-Bashir, for the alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Darfur.
This is the first time the ICC has filled charges against a sitting head of state. The chief prosecutor, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, believes he can prove that al-Bashir and his government are criminally responsible for "intentionally directing attacks against an important part of the civilian population of Darfur, murderin
February 26, 2009
Human Trafficking: Women Both Victims and Perpetrators
According to a Global Report on Trafficking in Persons published by the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime and based on data from 155 countries around the world collected in 2007 and 2008, 70% of all perpetrators of human trafficking are women.
80% of the victims of this modern day slavery are sold for sex, while the remaining 20% are forced to work in fields, homes, and sweatshops around the globe.
Apart from being perpetrators, about 70% of victims of trafficking are women, while children
