Criminal Justice Degrees Guide – Top 100 Law Blogs

I want to thank the Criminal Justice Degrees Guide for recognizing InsideJustice.com as one of the Top 100 law and lawyer blogs. On CriminalJusticeDegreesGuide.com, you can search for legal and paralegal educational programs in the United States. The guide allows you to narrow your search to online or on campus programs, to view the results […]

The Four Gaps: Challenges to UN Peacekeeping Operations

SÃ¸ren Jessen-Petersen, the former Head of the UN Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK 2004-2006), spoke in Washington, D.C. this summer on challenges faced by UN missions. Currently, the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) oversees 18 peacekeeping missions, employs more than 110,000 troops, and manages a budget of $7.2 billion, up from $2.7 billion in 2001, […]

63rd Session of the UN General Assembly – Democratization, Legal Reforms, and International Courts

In his opening remarks before the 63rd session of the United Nations General Assembly, incoming President Miguel Dâ€™Escoto Brockmann of Nicaragua called for democratization of the United Nations, reform of the 15-member Security Council, and adoption of an ambitious 160-item agenda. All but eleven of the items have been discussed previously. High on his list […]

Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: 1st Anniversary

In two significant developments since the UN General Assembly adopted the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples on September 13, 2007, two of the four states opposed to its adoption have taken significant political action in recognition of indigenous communities and in support of the Declaration. In Australia, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd issued an […]