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Beyond Criticism
Judge Richard Goldstone is a respected South African jurist who authored the “Goldstone Report”, which detailed the investigation of the Israeli military campaign in Gaza at the end of 2008 and the beginning of 2009. It became a controversial report, so much so Judge Goldstone had trouble not long after it was issued attending his…
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Legal v. Right
Now that it’s old news, maybe we can better digest the fact that GE did not pay taxes. In 2010 it made a $14.2 billion profit worldwide, of this $5.1 billion were from operations within the U.S. Still the corporation paid no taxes. Not only does GE have a whole department and a corporate culture…
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On R2P
R2P, the Right to Protect principle was born after the Rwanda genocide. It is not part of international law per se but rather is “a norm” meaning something to guide and aspire to. The UN Security Council Resolution 1973 which authorized the no-fly zone over Libya stems from R2P. We may have objections to our…
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