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WashU Expert: Congress should work with Obama to close Gitmo

WashU Expert: Congress should work with Obama to close Gitmo

By: Neil Schoenherr (Originally posted on The Source) President Barack Obama this week announced his intention to close the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The decision to open the facility in the first place was a bad idea in theory, made even worse in...

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Global Treaty on Crimes Against Humanity and Statements at the UN General Assembly

Global Treaty on Crimes Against Humanity and Statements at the UN General Assembly

By: Tamara L. Slater Over the last three years, there has been an increasingly robust discussion within the United Nations about a new global convention on the prevention and punishment of crimes against humanity. A few weeks ago the UN General Assembly (UNGA)...

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