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February 2012

The U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP) and its partners this month have re-launched a unique, web-based global network of rule-of-law professionals.

January 2009 | Peace Brief by Scott Carlson and Michael Dziedzic

For more than a decade, experienced international practitioners and peace scholars have recognized that multilateral interventions in societies ravaged by internal conflict cannot succeed unless they come prepared to deal with the inevitable void in public security and inability of the legal system to function effectively. In 1998, two core components of any solution to this crucial deficiency were highlighted in Policing the New World Disorder.

Countries: United States | Issue Areas: Rule of Law
December 2007 | On the Issues by Scott Worden

Scott Worden, a specialist on both transitional justice and Cambodia, discusses the legacy of the Khmer Rouge and Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC).

Countries: Cambodia