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FacebookApril 19th, 2012
Stanford conference to explore new development approaches post Arab Spring
ARD AnnouncementThe Program on Arab Reform and Democracy is hosting its third annual conference on April 26-27 at Stanford University to present an integrated approach to development in the Arab world. Read more »
November 3rd, 2011
Kim states technology enables the right to education
Program on Liberation Technology NewsPaul Kim, the assistant dean for technology & CTO at Stanford University's School of Education, led the Nov. 3 Liberation Technology Seminar Series on “Global Inequalities, Achievement Gaps, and Mobile Innovations.” Kim has been reconceptualizing the whole education system, with a particular focus on the education of children in deprived areas. 
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May 25th, 2011
The Arab Spring brings regional experts to Stanford
CDDRL, FSI Stanford, ARD NewsAs a new era of democratic change swept across the Arab world this year, the Program on Arab Reform and Democracy (ARD) at the Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law hosted two conferences to examine the Arab Spring. Read more »
April 23rd, 2011
Political activism conference May 12-13, 2011
ARD AnnouncementThe Program on Arab Reform and Democracy at CDDRL is pleased to announce its second annual conference, From Political Activism to Democratic Change in the Arab World, to take place on May 12 and 13, 2011. The conferences addresses the key achievements of and challenges facing Arab activists in Egypt, Tunisia, Yemen, Syria, Bahrain, Palestine, Lebanon, Morocco, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia. It features scholars and activists from across the Arab world, Europe, and the United States who will discuss the contexts and strategies of reform-driven political activism in the Arab world.
January 31st, 2011
Civilians 'suffer first, last and in the middle' during wartime, Stanford scholar says
FSI Stanford, PHR in the news: Stanford Report on January 24, 2011On January 20, the Program on Human Rights at the Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law in partnership with the McCoy Center for Ethics in Society hosted "Civilians in War Zones" as part of the ongoing Ethics and War Series. The panel discussion featured presentations by Richard Goldstone, Former Justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa, Peter Berkowitz of the Hoover Institute and Professor James Campbell from the Department of History at Stanford. 
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January 27th, 2011
Ethics and War: Why So Many Civilians Are Dying
CISAC NewsThere are more laws and international treaties designed to protect human rights in conflict zones than ever before. Yet civilians continue to pay the ultimate price, with women and children frequently caught in the crossfire. At the beginning of the 20th century, there was one civilian casualty for every eight or nine military casualties, said Richard Goldstone, the South African jurist who played a key role in helping his country overcome apartheid, served as the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunals on Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia, and became a household name in 2009 for his controversial fact-finding mission after an Israeli offensive in the Gaza Strip. During World War II, the ratio increased to 1-to-1. Today, after what was, Goldstone said, a "very bloody century," every combatant casualty is matched by nine civilian deaths. What explains this? Goldstone joined Stanford historian James Campbell and Peter Berkowitz, a political scientist, to grapple with this paradox as part of Stanford's Ethics and War Series, co-sponsored by the Center for International Security and Cooperation. Audio transcript available
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January 24th, 2011
The impact of war on civilians
FSI Stanford NewsToday's world abounds in international courts, laws, and tribunals, yet war is becoming more brutal, more transnational, with mounting civilian casualties. Helen Stacy, FSI senior fellow and Stanford scholar in international and comparative law, notes that "civilians, often women and children, who played no role in the conflict – these are the people who suffer first, last, and in the middle." Stacy recently moderated a panel on Civilians in War Zones, that included Richard Goldstone, former justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa, history Professor James Campbell, and Peter Berkowitz, senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, as part of this year's Ethics and War series.
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