Authors: Gary Haugen, Director, International Justice Mission, and Victor Boutros
May/June 2010
Foreign Affairs
International norms and legal codes that are meant to protect human rights mean little for people in the developing world, who suffer abuse not for a lack of laws but because these laws are not enforced. It is imperative, therefore, that the human rights community build up political will and capacity among local law enforcement bodies.
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