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  • 14 Aug 2020
    Firmin DeBrabander

    Privacy Amidst COVID-19

    It is exciting and troubling to ponder the profound changes wrought by the COVID-19 pandemic. For example: what will remain of offices when all is said and done? Will there be any? Why make the commute—why rush out the door, juggle childcare, sit in traffic, tolerate boorish coworkers—when the pandemic has shown you can do […]

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  • 29 Jul 2020
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    Janis Sarra, Cheryl Wade

    Black (Economic) Lives Matter: Confronting Systemic Racism and Exploitation

    The media is currently replete with American corporations signalling that they are going to pursue diversity on their corporate boards, in the C-suite, and among their employees. Some have made statements about addressing systemic racism as it relates to their relationships with consumers, employees, and the communities in which they do business. These declarations may […]

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  • 23 Jul 2020

    Too Many Police, Too Many Jails

    As Black Lives Matter brings millions together in the mission to end state-sanctioned violence and anti-Black racism, we want to highlight some of the work we’ve published – or will publish – that supports this movement. This piece is the first in what will be an ongoing series, each one dedicated to a separate issue […]

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  • 17 Jul 2020
    Tim McFarland

    Is an Autonomous Weapon System Just a Machine?

    For some years now, countries around the world have been working to develop increasingly autonomous weapon systems (AWS) for use on future battlefields: that is, weapons which can do some of the job of selecting and attacking targets on their own, relieving humans of the need to manually perform every step of the process (as […]

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  • 9 Jul 2020
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    Roy Shapira

    Law as Source

    The legal system is the bloodline for investigative journalism, yet proposed legal reforms may jeopardize it When Spotlight won the 2015 Oscar for Best Picture, it was billed as a movie about investigative reporters holding the Catholic Church to account over child sex abuse. But the reporters could not have done it alone. The legal […]

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  • 29 Jun 2020
    Moritz Baumgärtel

    COVID-19 and the Vulnerability of Migrants

    One of the many―arguably lesser attended―effects of the COVID-19 crisis has been the continued exacerbation of the vulnerability of migrants. With borders closed and the threat of the “end of asylum” looming large, people on the move have seen their already difficult situations deteriorate further. The outbreak of the novel corona virus has served governments […]

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  • 17 Jun 2020
    Evan Easton-Calabria, Kate Pincock

    COVID-19 and Refugee-Led Organisations

    Refugees in lower- and middle-income countries are facing some of the most serious consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic. In refugee camps, which have high population densities and thus present a particular challenge for social distancing and self-isolation strategies, international agencies face both funding and logistical challenges in continuing food distribution, whilst also meeting demand for […]

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  • 12 Jun 2020
    Oumar Ba

    States of Justice: Q&A with author Dr Oumar Ba

    Oumar Ba is the author of States of Justice: The Politics of the International Criminal Court. In this Q&A, he discusses his research and his current work, and gives us an insight into his writing process. How would you like someone who has read your book to sum it up in one sentence? It’s complicated. […]

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