by Robin Kirk | Mar 23, 2009 | Robin Kirk
A March 20 hearing at the Interamerican Commission on Human Rights, detailing torture by the United States. This is just the beginning of what will be years of investigation into human rights abuses committed in the name of the “war on terror.” And we are...
by Robin Kirk | Feb 27, 2009 | Robin Kirk
from today’s USA Today: Before her visit to China, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton removed the issue of human rights from the table, saying it could “interfere” with talks on the global economic crisis, climate change and security. She missed a...
by Robin Kirk | Feb 18, 2009 | Robin Kirk
The history of what is studied in universities is long and abundant in controversy. In his old age, Plato once complained that his star student, Aristotle, was “kick[ing] me, as foals do their mothers when they are born” by refuting his teachings.In more recent times,...
by Robin Kirk | Feb 16, 2009 | Robin Kirk
This is an excerpt from an interview with Army Specialist Brandon Neely by the University of California at Davis Center for the Study of Human Rights in the Americas. Often overlooked in the torture debate is the effect of torture on the perpetrators. There is a...
by Robin Kirk | Feb 12, 2009 | Robin Kirk
An effort at Duke I’m really proud of is the Archive for Human Rights, run by Patrick Stawski. We’re collecting the institutional papers of (primarily) US-based human rights groups. We;re also looking for private collections, like the one held by Coletta...
by Robin Kirk | Feb 3, 2009 | Robin Kirk
There is quite a kerfluffle going on now about Obama’s position on extraordinary rendition. The Los Angeles Times recently reported that “under executive orders issued by Obama recently, the CIA still has authority to carry out what are known as...
