Dear Colleague:
One year ago, Syrian protesters took to the streets to demonstrate against the regime of Bashar al-Assad. Today, the protracted conflict is on the verge of civil war with thousands of victims and countless human rights abuses, yet the international community remains in a state of inertia. In recent months, the International Institutions and Global Governance (IIGG) program has explored this topic and a host of other flashpoint issues by releasing a new component of the Global Governance Monitor on the global human rights regime, launching a new video series, hosting numerous roundtable events, and creating a Facebook page.
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Stewart M. Patrick
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Newly Released
Assessing the Global Human Rights Regime 
Ahead of the third anniversary of the International Criminal Court's arrest warrant for Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir, IIGG launched the Global Governance Monitor: Human Rights. The new component provides a comprehensive overview of the global human rights regime and tracks enforcement across several issue areas, including legal protection, response to atrocities, and women's and children's rights.
The new human rights component features:
— a brief video covering the state of human rights worldwide
— a graphic timeline tracing the history of the regime, from the signing of the Magna Carta in 1215 through the present
— an issue brief evaluating the regime's strengths and weaknesses and outlining recommendations
— a matrix listing the major institutions, organizations, resolutions, and initiatives related to human rights
— an interactive map depicting flashpoints, such as the responsibility to protect in Libya, right to Internet access in Finland, and torture at Guantánamo Bay
— a list of essential resources, including backgrounders, articles, and CFR experts
Overall, it concludes that the international community has made enormous strides in the struggle to protect human rights, but there are still critical gaps and weaknesses. Telly Awards The IIGG program is honored to be recognized by the 33rd Annual Telly Awards, the premier national and international award honoring online, film, and video productions, for excellence in multimedia content for its signature interactive, the Global Governance Monitor. The seven components of the Global Governance Monitor were awarded a total of twenty Telly Awards in a competition that received over eleven thousand entries in the past year. For its work on the armed conflict, terrorism, and oceans components, IIGG received four Silver Telly Awards, the highest honor, in the categories of political commentary, social issues, and education. View the Interactives » The Internationalist Video Series Stewart M. Patrick The Internationalist video series is dedicated to discussions about leveraging multilateral cooperation to meet today's transnational challenges. This series features brief, comprehensive analysis from IIGG director Stewart M. Patrick on multilateral cooperation in the news and pressing issues that are flying under the radar. Recent segments include "UN Security Council: Is It Time?" and "Five Things to Know About the G20." Watch Now »
Upcoming Events — Spring 2012: Annual update of "Global Governance Monitor: Nuclear Nonproliferation"
— Summer 2012: Launch of "Global Governance Monitor: Transnational Crime"
— Summer 2012: Annual update of "Global Governance Monitor: Oceans"
The International Institutions and Global Governance (IIGG) program aims to identify the institutional requirements for effective multilateral cooperation in the twenty-first century; propose reforms to strengthen or replace international institutions; and promote effective responses by the United States and its partners to today’s daunting global challenges.
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