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- 22 January 2010
- New York Times
- By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr.
With violence in Darfur in an extended lull, a new study assessing dozens of mortality estimates for the six years of fighting there has concluded that about 300,000 people died, but that disease, rather than violence, killed at least 80 percent of them…
The new study was done by researchers at the Center for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters at the Catholic University of Louvain in Brussels, paid for by the State Department and the British Department for International Development, and published Friday by the medical journal The Lancet.
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- 21 January 2010
- Human Rights Now | Amnesty International Weblog
The United Nation’s first report on The State of the World’s Indigenous Peoples [.pdf], released on January 14, 2010, contains figures and an assessment that are both shocking and illuminating, even to those who are familiar with indigenous rights issues. The report evaluates the state of indigenous populations in specific countries and situations, in both the developed and developing world.
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- originally published January 2010
- Washington Memo | reprinted from PeaceSigns
- By Rachelle Lyndaker Schlabach
Beneath the rubble of crumbled buildings in Port-au-Prince lies a disconcerting reality. Haiti, the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, owes large sums of money to wealthy countries and international financial institutions.
This past June, debt relief advocates cheered when two-thirds of Haiti’s external debt was canceled. However, Haiti still owes $641 million, much of it to the International Monetary Fund and Inter-American Development Bank.
And the debt burden keeps growing. As I write, the International Monetary Fund has just announced an emergency $100 million loan to Haiti to aid in recovery. While Haiti clearly needs urgent assistance, it should come in the form of grants, not loans.
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- 21 January 2010
- Human Rights Watch
NEW YORK – Cambodia’s respect for basic rights dramatically deteriorated in 2009 as the government misused the judiciary to silence government critics, attacked human rights defenders, tightened restrictions on press freedom, and abandoned its international obligations to protect refugees, Human Rights Watch said today in its new World Report 2010.
The 612-page World Report 2010, the organization’s 20th annual review of human rights practices around the globe, summarizes major human rights trends in more than 90 nations and territories worldwide…
“Cambodians who speak out to defend their homes, their jobs, and their rights face threats, jail, and physical attacks,” said Brad Adams, Asia director at Human Rights Watch. “The only way that the Cambodian government will end its assault on civil society is if influential governments and donors demand real change and put the pressure on.”
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- University of Otago, New Zealand
Friday, 22 January 2010
NATIONAL CENTRE FOR PEACE AND CONFLICT STUDIES
DIVISION OF HUMANITIES
Applicants should possess a PhD in Peace and Conflict Studies or a cognate discipline, and have an established or emerging track record of systematic research and publication. They should also have teaching experience at the tertiary level. Given that Peace and Conflict Studies is a new programme, candidates should be able to demonstrate skills in academic curriculum development as well.
Deadline 22 January 2010. Position available from 1 June 2010.
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