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Human Rights Watch
May/June 2008
| Author: | Kenneth Roth, Human Rights Watch |
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Foreign Affairs Article — Summary
The U.S. detention facility at Guantánamo Bay has become a stain on the United States' reputation. Shutting it down will cause new problems. Rather than hold terrorism suspects in preventive detention, the United States should turn them over to its criminal justice system.
See more in Human Rights
May/June 2008
| Authors: | Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations Kenneth Roth, Human Rights Watch Steven Simon, Hasib J. Sabbagh Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies |
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Podcast
This audio includes readings of selected articles from the May/June 2008 issue of Foreign Affairs.
See more in United States
May/June 2008
| Author: | Kenneth Roth, Human Rights Watch |
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Podcast
From the May/June 2008 issue of Foreign Affairs: Shutting down Guantánamo will cause new problems. Rather than hold the terrorism suspects, the United States should turn them over to its criminal justice system.
See more in Terrorism, Terrorism and the Law
August 20, 2006
| Author: | Kenneth Roth, Human Rights Watch |
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Must Read
First published in the Jerusalem Post, Kenneth Roth of Human Rights Watch discusses the indiscriminate bombardment in Lebanon during the summer of 2006.
See more in Israel, Lebanon, Wars and Warfare, Rule of Law
Updated June 9, 2006
Online Debate
Abraham D. Sofaer, a senior fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution, and Kenneth Roth, executive director of Human Rights Watch, discuss the merits of capital punishment in trying dictators and other war criminals in this CFR Online Debate.
See more in International Law
January 1, 2006
| Author: | Kenneth Roth, Human Rights Watch |
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Must Read
See more in Human Rights, International Law
April 14, 2005
| Speakers: | John Yoo, Professor of Law, School of Law, University of California, Berkeley; Former Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Counsel, U.S. Department of Justice Kenneth Roth, Executive Director, Human Rights Watch |
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| Presider: | Jeffrey Toobin, Staff Writer, The New Yorker |
Video
See more in Terrorism, International Law
April 14, 2005
| Speakers: | John Yoo, Professor of Law, School of Law, University of California, Berkeley; former deputy assistant attorney general, Office of Legal Counsel, U.S. Department of Justice Kenneth Roth, Executive Director, Human Rights Watch |
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| Presider: | Jeffrey Toobin, Staff Writer, The New Yorker |
Transcript
April 14, 2005
| Speakers: | Kenneth Roth, Executive Director, Human Rights Watch John Choon Yoo, Professor of Law, School of Law, University of California, Berkeley; Former Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Counsel, U.S. Department of Justice |
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| Presider: | Jeffrey Toobin, Staff Writer, The New Yorker |
Audio
See more in International Law
January/February 2004
| Author: | Kenneth Roth, Human Rights Watch |
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Foreign Affairs Article — Summary
See more in Terrorism, International Law
January/February 2004
| Author: | Kenneth Roth, Human Rights Watch |
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Foreign Affairs Article — Summary
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July 1999
| Authors: | Ruth Wedgwood Anne-Marie Slaughter, Dean, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University John R. Bolton Kenneth Roth, Human Rights Watch |
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Critical Policy Choice
Backed by strong international support, the formation of a permanent International Criminal Court (ICC) will soon replace the use of ad hoc tribunals such as those for Yugoslavia and Rwanda. The United States, originally a proponent of the ICC treaty negotiated in Rome in 1998, now stands with the small minority opposing the ICC. With the court likely to come into existence, the terms of U.S. participation in the treaty are now a vital question.
See more in International Law
May 5, 1998
| Speakers: | David J. Scheffer, American ambassador-at-large for war crimes issues Kenneth Roth, Executive director, Human Rights Watch Marc A. Thiessen, Marc is the chief foreign policy spokesman and principal speechwriter on foreign affairs for Senator Jesse Helms (NC) |
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| Presider: | Barbara Crossette, United Nations Bureau Chief, The New York Times |
Transcript
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March/April 1998
Book
By blocking international treaties banning land mines and child soldiers, the United States has become an obstacle to the advancement of human rights law.
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