William Shawcross, author of Justice and the Enemy: Nuremberg, 9/11, and the Trial of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, discusses the impact of the Nuremberg trials on present day military tribunals.
Listen as human rights defenders, leading experts, advocates, and government officials address one of the most pressing issues of our time.
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William Shawcross, author of Justice and the Enemy: Nuremberg, 9/11, and the Trial of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, discusses the impact of the Nuremberg trials on present day military tribunals.
David Scheffer, former Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues and current United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Expert on UN Assistance to the Khmer Rouge Trials, traces the evolution of an international criminal justice system from the Nuremberg trials through today.
Ed Luck, Special Adviser to United Nations Secretary-General, discusses the current situations in Syria and Sudan and the role of the international community in addressing these crises.
Anthony Gambino, an expert on the Congo, addresses the importance and difficulties of the country’s elections scheduled for November 2011.
Researcher Tia Palermo and activist Lisa Shannon discuss findings about sexual violence in Congo.
Part two of an interview with Jason Stearns, author of Dancing in the Glory of Monsters: The Collapse of the Congo and the Great War of Africa.
Part one of an interview with Jason Stearns, author of Dancing in the Glory of Monsters: The Collapse of the Congo and the Great War of Africa.
Congolese journalist and writer, Mvemba Dizolele, discusses the legacy of the country’s longtime ruler, Mobutu Sese Seko.
Adam Hochschild, author of King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa, discusses the terrible human toll of Congo's colonial period.
Interviewed before the recent escalation in Abyei, U.S. Special Envoy for Sudan, Ambassador Princeton Lyman, offers wide angle view of the contentious final issues before South Sudan declares its independence.