Vigilantism challenges the formal boundary between crime and punishment, between law and justice. But its largely been overlooked as a legal topic worthy of in-depth consideration.
An October 2016 peace rally in Bogota, just before the final accords were signed with the FARC guerillas.
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John Brewer, Queen's University Belfast; Olivera Simic, Griffith University; Roberto Saba, Universidad de Palermo et Stephanie Perazzone, Graduate Institute – Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement (IHEID)
What can Colombia can learn from other nations’ transitions, both successful and unsuccessful, from war to peace?
Barack Obama’s high standing in sub-Sahara Africa persisted despite grumbling that he never delivered American largess to the degree many initially expected.
Crossing the Mediterranean is dangerous, but so is war-torn Libya.
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Most of Trump’s positions go against the principles accepted by the United Nations. The new Secretary-General will have to try to find areas of mutual concern to work with the new US administration.
A Turkish soldier watches the border line between Turkey and Syria near the southeastern village of Besarslan, in Hatay province, Turkey.
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Caught out by the side effects of the Syrian civil war and deteriorating relations with the EU and the US, Turkey now appears to be in search of South-South cooperation.
Rwandan President Paul Kagame attending a 2016 climate change conference in Marrakech, Morocco.
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A Trump presidency brings into question America’s traditional approach to Africa, especially Rwanda. But a true shift in US foreign policy in Africa is not a priority for the Trump administration.
A patrol post in Virunga.
Using the army to fight illegal resource exploitation aggravates conflict.
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The Virunga National Park is home to many people living off the land. Clashes between the army and those illegally extracting resources is causing huge problems for conservation.
The official Angolan broadcaster, or Emissora Oficial de Angola, under construction between 1963-67.
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Portugal used radio propaganda in its colonies in the 1960s against local liberation movements. Decades later there are still lessons to be learned for occupying armies from their failed strategies.
Inflammatory speech has often found fertile ground in Kenya’s election campaign period. As the country approaches another political cliff-hanger, law enforcement agencies have their work cut out.
After more than 7,000 killings by police and vigilantes, an incident involving the death of a South Korea businessman has finally put an end of Rodrigo Duterte’s drug war.
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Scientific and technological innovations and economic policies promoting growth at all costs have created a consumption and production vortex on a collision course with the Earth system.
‘Venice Inflatable Refugee’, an artist’s project displayed in Venice in 2016.
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Alternative models to host asylum seekers have proved their efficiency. Venice has been a sanctuary city for years and with the right policies, it could be reproduced.
Senator Alejandro Guillier inside the Chilean congress in Valparaiso, Chile.
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Outsider Alejandro Guillier’s sudden rise in the polls has invigorated Chilean politics and revived the hopes of progressives across the region.
Violent history of French Guiana could be one of the factors that explains today’s high criminality in the region. Prison of Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni , 2009.
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