When two bombs exploded in Nigeria’s capital on October 1, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta arrived at the very center of the country’s turbulent politics.
Posts Tagged “accountability”
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Posted in: Africa, Governance & Accountability, Justice
Topics: accountability, anticorruption, Biafra, democracy, human rights, Ike Okonta, Ken Saro-Wiwa, natural resources, Niger Delta, Nigeria, oil, resource transparency
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Israeli investigations into alleged violations during the 2008 Gaza Conflict have not complied with international or comparative standards, according to an Open Society Justice Initiative analysis.
Posted in: Justice, Middle East
Topics: accountability, Gaza, Goldstone Report, Hamas, IDF, international justice, Israel, James A. Goldston, Palestine, UN Human Rights Council
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Timolynn Sams, director of a network of neighborhood associations in New Orleans, shares a simple lesson: in times of crisis and rebuilding the surest investment we can make is in people.
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In this video, Lucas Diaz of Puentes New Orleans explains why open government has become a central part of his organization’s work.
Posted in: Governance & Accountability, United States
Topics: accountability, Hurricane Katrina, Louisiana, New Orleans, open governance, Susan Allen, transparency, video
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I’m deeply concerned about an America that values its security more than its principles. Some of our elected officials have publicly stated that their first responsibility is to protect the American people. They’d better review their oaths. Their first responsibility is to the Constitution.
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Stanley Ibe of the Open Society Justice Initiative discusses the shocking, widespread levels of torture, rape, and murder at the hands of police in Nigeria, and what can be done about it.
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President Obama has at least met his obligation not to permit disappearances or torture or cruel punishment under his watch; he has utterly failed to meet his commitment to accountability.
Posted in: Governance & Accountability, Rights & Equality, United States
Topics: accountability, international law, Morton Halperin, torture