In Remarks at UNGA, President Obama Highlights Issue of Corruption
In his remarks at the U.N. General Assembly, President Obama highlighted the issue of corruption and its detrimental effects on governance and development. The President’s remarks underscore the need for leaders to serve their people rather than to use government as a means for personal enrichment ...
Friday Deadline for SEC to Appeal Latest Conflict Minerals Court Ruling
On the heels of a disappointing decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals affirming that one part of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Conflict Minerals Rule is unconstitutional, the SEC and other parties can appeal for a review. The deadline is Friday, October 2 ...
Child Soldiers Prevention Act a Tool to Leverage U.S. Foreign Aid to End Use of Child Soldiers
In conflict zones from Somalia to South Sudan, government armies and rebel groups are using child soldiers. In a new CNN op-ed, Rachel Stohl and Jo Becker argue that the Child Soldiers Prevention Act gives the White House a potentially powerful tool in the effort to end the recruitment and exploitation of children as soldiers ...
South Sudan’s Oil Sector Facing Challenges: Journalist
In a recent piece, journalist Richard Nield writes about the challenges facing South Sudan's oil sector with September being the first month since independence that the government tendered just one cargo ...
Important Step for Justice as German Court Convicts FDLR Leaders
Almost 15 years since the start of the FDLR's deadly campaign in Congo, leaders of the militia have been held to account for their crimes ...
Human Rights Attorney: UK Govt Complicit in Abuses in Sudan
The United Kingdom government is complicit in human rights abuses in Sudan according to human rights attorney Ali Agab Nour ...
U.S. Special Envoy Perriello Highlights Importance of Respecting Presidential Term Limits
Tom Perriello, U.S. Special Envoy to the Great Lakes Region of Africa, called on leaders at the United Nations General Assembly to highlight the importance of respecting presidential term limits ...
Statement from White House on Joint US-China Commitment on Wildlife Trafficking and Peacekeeping
The White House Fact Sheet following Chinese President Xi Jinping's trip to the U.S. includes joint commitments from the two countries on both wildlife trafficking and peacekeeping as part of their collaboration to address global and regional challenges ...
Crisis in the Central African Republic is Growing
The worst violence in almost a year has flared in the last several days in the capital of the Central African Republic, and clashes in Bangui have left at least 42 people dead ...
New Early Warning Project from the USHMM
Earlier this week, the Simon Skjodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum publicly launched a new tool to forecast the countries at highest risk for state-led mass killings, which aims to "empower officials and advocates to take preventive action and adopt strategies to avert future atrocities.” ...
