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Transitional justice

Protesters hold a banner with a message that reads in Spanish: "Duque, stop the massacres," directed at Colombia's President Ivan Duque, as they march to Bolivar Square in Bogotá, Colombia, Wednesday, May 12, 2021.

Discourse of justice: Part I

April 27, 2022Critical State

Critical State, a foreign policy newsletter by Inkstick Media, takes a deep dive this week into the ways in which human rights discourse is politics by other means.

A woman weeps while holding a picture of her dead son, with a hand to her cheek, and eyes closed.

The stuff of life and death: Part I

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Somali man wears blue shirt and brown wrap with cream cap and holds a cane.

Somali torture victim will face his abuser after 31 years — in US court

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