• The ICC: Breach in the Dyke, or High Water Mark?

    The ICC: Breach in the Dyke, or High Water Mark?

    Published on openGlobalRights, November 3, 2014 The International Criminal Court (ICC) is back in the news. Pressure is growing on Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to accede to the Rome Statute; if he does so, the ICC might gain the authority to investigate alleged war crimes in Gaza and the Occupied Territories.  Just a few

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  • With U.S.-China Climate Deal, Canada’s Isolation Deepens

    With U.S.-China Climate Deal, Canada’s Isolation Deepens

    Tuesday’s U.S.-China climate deal has been hailed widely as an “historic deal” that dramatically changes the dynamics of international climate politics as countries search for a new global agreement by the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the UN Climate Convention in Paris in 2015. Clearly it is a welcome development in a number of

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  • Not for Sale: Protecting the Victims of Human Trafficking in Europe and Canada

    Not for Sale: Protecting the Victims of Human Trafficking in Europe and Canada

    The conference Not For Sale: Protecting the Victims of Human Trafficking in Europe and Canada, held on October 16, was organized jointly by the Embassies of Switzerland and Austria, in collaboration with the Centre for International Policy Studies at the University of Ottawa. The idea to provide this platform for discussion was based on the

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  • Canada’s F-35 Rumour Mill

    Canada’s F-35 Rumour Mill

    by Philippe Lagassé The replacement of Canada’s CF-18s is back in the news. Last week, Murray Brewster reported on a leaked PowerPoint presentation indicating that Canada will acquire four F-35s in 2017. Since this would require swapping with aircraft slated for the United States Air Force, the slide deck indicates that the Canadian government will

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