Justice and Society Program
Director: Alice H. Henkin
Program Coordinator: Michael Doyle
The Justice and Society Program, directed jointly with the Justice and Society Seminars, brings together leaders from government, the private sector, and the nongovernmental and intergovernmental communities to focus on the intersection of international law, international norms and human rights. The principal current activity of the Justice and Society Program focuses on human rights within UN and other multinational peacekeeping operations.
Human Rights expert speaks about U.S. torture policy. The Justice and Society Program hosted a Book Talk on December 14, 2005, at the Aspen Institute’s New York Series featuring authors and editors of recently published books. Kenneth Roth, Executive Director of Human Rights Watch and co-editor of Torture: Does it Make Us Safer? Is It Ever OK?, spoke about torture, its implications and rationale. Detailing his views on the impact of torture and other cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment of detainees by the United States, and the damage done to the rule of law when the U.S. openly defies it, thereby inviting others to act likewise, Roth made the case for an absolute ban on torture. Newsweek’s Jonathan Alter provided additional commentary.
Read a November 19 op-ed by Carol Mutter and Michael Newton, U.S. should support effort against Sudan war crimes (DenverPost.com).
Recent Publications
Legacy of Abuse (2002)
Alice H. Henkin, Editor
Explores transitional justice, in particular the ways in which a society that has endured gross abuses of human rights can come to terms with the past and move on to become a rights-respecting community. Reviews the detention of General Pinochet, indictment of President Milosovic by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, and claims for reparations for events long past in Germany, Switzerland, Japan, and the United States.
Download this book(free PDF, 638K)
Honoring Human Rights: Under International Mandates (2003)
Alice H. Henkin, Editor
Order this book ($15) or download the table of contents, preface, and recommendations(free PDF, 68K)
 Honoring Human Rights: From Peace To Justice (1998)
Alice H. Henkin, Editor
Produced by an international group of scholars, intergovernmental officials, and nongovernmental human rights advocates.
Order this book ($15) or order the summary edition
 Honoring Human Rights and Keeping the Peace: Lessons from El Salvador, Cambodia, and Haiti (1995)
Alice H. Henkin, Editor
Produced by an international group of scholars, intergovernmental officials, and nongovernmental human rights advocates, this report calls on the UN and its member states to incorporate the promotion and protection of human rights into all future peacekeeping operations. It examines the human rights components of recent peacekeeping field operations and suggests ways in which future operations should be planned and managed.
Order this book ($15)
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Back issues of International Human Rights Law Update, formerly published by the Justice and Society Program, are available online by selecting the appropriate link:
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