Articles written by Phillip Barea

United Nations sponsored peace and reunification talks resumed on April 21, 2009, between the leadership of the Republic of Cyprus and Turkish Northern Cyprus.

Apr 21, 2009 - Phillip Barea

On April 8, 2009, Chinese security forces intensified their ongoing security crackdown against the ethnic Uyghur population of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.

Apr 10, 2009 - Phillip Barea

The Supreme Court of Nepal responded favorably to petitions by several human rights groups who have been campaigning for the government to investigate disappearances.

Apr 4, 2009 - Phillip Barea

Recent developments in the areas of energy policy and energy research have given many environmentalists in the United States new hope and cause to celebrate.

Mar 31, 2009 - Phillip Barea

Chinese officials have announced that foreign visitors will once again be allowed to travel to Tibet and that this new travel policy will go into effect on April 5, 2009.

Mar 30, 2009 - Phillip Barea

On March 24, 2009, U.S. President Barack Obama published an article about his vision for a new global economic strategy in 31 different newspapers around the world.

Mar 24, 2009 - Phillip Barea

On March 16, 2009, U.S. based television network MTV officially announced the release of a new anime video designed to raise awareness about human trafficking in Asia.

Mar 16, 2009 - Phillip Barea

A special tribunal established to investigate the 2005 assassination of Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri officially began its work on Sunday, March 1, 2009.

Mar 2, 2009 - Phillip Barea

On Monday, February 16, 2009; the government of Pakistan agreed to allow the implementation of pure Islamic law in a northwestern province that borders Afghanistan.

Feb 16, 2009 - Phillip Barea

Music soared and people grooved during a recent performance by one of the hidden gems of the Atlanta music scene.

Feb 9, 2009 - Phillip Barea

On January 7, 2009, a U.S. Federal Judge began the process of examining the legal rights of over 600 detainees being held in Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan.

Jan 7, 2009 - Phillip Barea

After enduring several weeks of primitive prison conditions, four businessmen from Puerto Rico are to be formally indicted on criminal charges in Shanghai, China.

Dec 23, 2008 - Phillip Barea

Recorded incidents of vitriolage, the act of throwing acid on individuals in order to permanently disfigure them, have increased at an alarming rate in recent years.

Dec 15, 2008 - Phillip Barea

The investigation and prosecution of suspects in the 2006 murder of Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya remains a legally uncertain and politically charged process.

Dec 2, 2008 - Phillip Barea

Advocates from Taiwan have relentlessly continued their legal battle to have the question of Taiwan´s territorial status explored and defined by a U.S. court.

Nov 28, 2008 - Phillip Barea

On November 25, 2008 the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada decided that a Croatian man convicted of war crimes could not be deported and returned to Croatia.

Nov 26, 2008 - Phillip Barea

Russia is actively seeking new partners in the region, and Venezuela is eager to help. However, the United States remains confident in its regional hegemony.

Nov 24, 2008 - Phillip Barea

In a decision welcomed by global observers the International Criminal Court confirmed this week that it will go ahead with its first trial in January, 2009.

Nov 19, 2008 - Phillip Barea

For years advocates and refugees from the Darfur region of Sudan have been crying out for help. Recent initiatives signal a growing response to their pleas.

Nov 17, 2008 - Phillip Barea

The Emirate of Dubai is one of the premier business hubs in the Middle East. However, petrodollars have not shielded it from an economic crisis.

Nov 14, 2008 - Phillip Barea

Haiti needs strong global support for empowerment in tackling a crumbling infrastructure, poverty, limited natural resources, a collapsed economy, and a weak government.

Nov 13, 2008 - Phillip Barea

The arrest of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic in July of 2008 left General Ratko Mladic, his military commander, as the most wanted fugitive in Europe.

Nov 10, 2008 - Phillip Barea

On November 4, 2008 the people of the United States elected the country´s first African American president. They also elected a world leader.

Nov 6, 2008 - Phillip Barea

The international community is increasing efforts to end impunity for systematic rape and sexual slavery during armed conflicts.

Oct 27, 2008 - Phillip Barea

Seeking justice for state sponsored crimes after a radical transition from a dictatorship to a democracy often entails an unusual mixture of law and politics.

Oct 17, 2008 - Phillip Barea

Piracy was the first crime to be of international concern, and this level of importance was later extended to war crimes, genocide, and crimes against humanity.

Oct 15, 2008 - Phillip Barea

Legal experts and political analysts around the world argue that equal access to justice in the form of legal aid delivery can impact a society´s democratic development.

Oct 10, 2008 - Phillip Barea

The International Criminal Court uses an interesting choice of jurisdiction to support national trials for war crimes, genocide, and crimes against humanity.

Oct 7, 2008 - Phillip Barea

On September 4, 2008, Dr. Sam Cherribi and the Emory Development Institute hosted a lecture by a prominent defense attorney with the ICTR.

Oct 1, 2008 - Phillip Barea