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FacebookAugust 26th, 2011
Examining the violence in Mexico
CISAC, FSI Stanford NewsMore than 40,000 people have died in drug-related homicides in Mexico since 2006, and the violence is causing concern throughout the hemisphere. In an attempt to understand and develop potential solutions to these problems, a group of researchers, policy-makers, and military experts from around the world will visit Stanford this October for a private, two-day conference. Read more »
August 24th, 2011
Mexico conference to draw international experts
CDDRL, FSI Stanford, Program on Poverty and Governance NewsOn October 3 and 4, the Program on Poverty and Governance at the Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law will co-sponsor a conference examining the issues of violence, drugs, and governance in Mexico from a comparative perspective. Read more »
March 8th, 2011
Larry May addresses reparations, restitution, and transitional justice
PHR NewsOn March 8, Professor Larry May delivered a lecture entitled “Reparations, Restitution, and Transitional Justice” as part of the Program on Human Right’s Sanela Diana Jenkins International Human Rights Speaker Series. May, a Professor of Philosophy and of Law at Vanderbilt University, presented his analysis of transitional justice and jus post bellum that has appeared in some of his 25 published books, as well as the many scholarly articles and essays he has written. Read more »
February 10th, 2011
Hoffmann and Jeon on using ICT for clean water in Kibera
Program on Liberation Technology NewsThe February 10 Liberation Technology seminar titled, Can ICT Improve Clean Water Delivery Systems in Slums? Lessons from Kibera was led by two Stanford students, Katherine Hoffman, M.A. Candidate in International Policy Studies and Global Health together with Sunny Jeon, PhD candidate in Political Science. Hoffman and Jeon presented on the topic of the M-Maji system, a start-up non-profit project that uses mobile phones to empower communities with better information about water availability, price, and quality. M-Maji emerged from the Designing Liberation Technologies course taught at the Stanford d.school, which is dedicated to using mobile phone technology for health improvement in Kibera. Read more »
January 21st, 2011
Karen Alter speaks on the evolution of transnational law and international courts
PHR NewsOn January 18, Karen Alter spoke as part of the Sanela Diana Jenkins International Human Rights Speaker Series hosted by the Program on Human Rights at the Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law. Read more »
September 22nd, 2010
Elections and Changing Political Dynamics in the Arab World Seminar Series Launched
ARD NewsThe Program on Arab Reform and Democracy is pleased to announce its seminar series for 2010-11, titled "Elections and Changing Political Dynamics in the Arab World". The series kicks off with two seminars on October 7 and November 18, examining elections in Iraq and Jordan, respectively. Read more »
February 4th, 2010
Barbara van Schewick on the FCC's 'open internet' proceeding and implications for political speech
Program on Liberation Technology NewsBarbara van Schewick, Assistant Professor at the Stanford Law School, introduced the current debate about net neutrality and explored the implications for diversity and freedom of expression online.
Network providers were at one time ‘application blind' - they were unable to see what was contained in the data packets that allow information to be transmitted online. Now that this is no longer the case, a debate has emerged about the role for regulation in controlling the ability of network providers to block or interfere with applications. What was drawn up as a voluntary policy statement is now being considered and revised by the FCC's Open Internet Proceeding. 
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