In late November, intense fighting broke out in Aleppo, Syria. The offensive, which has spread to northern Hama, is led by a proscribed terrorist group, namely Hayat Tahrir
al-Sham (HTS), an Islamist rebel organization based in northwestern Syria’s Idlib province. [...]
The right to reparation, including financial compensation, is fundamental for victims of international human rights and humanitarian law violations. Yet, victims still face
significant challenges in securing meaningful reparation. One of the primary challenges lies in the absence of effective mechanisms to hold perpetrators financially [...]
The following statement has been issued by Lambeth Palace. The following statement has been issued by Lambeth Palace. Statement from Lambeth Palace 04/12/2024 With
the gracious agreement of HM The King, Archbishop Justin’s last day in post as the Archbishop of Canterbury will be on the Feast of the Epiphany, 6th January 2025. From [...]
In this post on Monday, I flagged a lot of early commentary focused on Prez Biden's decision Sunday night to pardon his son Hunter. There has been, unsurprisingly, continuing
discussion of this pardon and its echoes. One theme to the next round of pieces that I find especially interesting concerns who else should get the benefit of Biden's [...]
The folks at Prison Policy Initiative have made an annual tradition of releasing a significant report looking forward to reform policy and politics in the new year. The latest
variation, available here, is titled "Winnable criminal justice reforms in 2025," and here is the report's introduction and linked TOC: In this year's guide to winnable [...]
The title of this post is the title of this new book chapter authored by Mark White and available via SSRN. Here is its abstract: Philosophers of punishment have paid little
attention to resource constraints, which have an undeniable impact on how various approaches to punishment work in the real world. It has fallen on economists, [...]
