JURIST Guest Columnist Chibli Mallat of Harvard Law School says that recent reports of the operation resulting in the death of Osama Bin Laden have revealed that his killing violated longstanding doctrines of international law prohibiting killing outside the context of hostilities… I never had the slightest sympathy for Osama Bin Laden, who was the product of a […]
Interview with Right to Nonviolence August 2011 Q. Will you first comment generally on the ME revolutions underway? Any particular impressions or associations with previous historical transitions/moments? My sense is that the specificities or the ME region make this a case apart. There can be interesting comparisons with the fall of the Berlin wall, the […]
RN Board member and prominent Bahraini leader Mansoor Al Jamri outlined in the Bahrain Mirror in advance of the National Dialogue a road map for reconciliation between the government and the opposition calling for transitional justice to address what has happened in Bahrain since February. Former editor of leading daily Al Wasat, Al Jamri affirmed the need for […]
In welcoming Dr. Ayman Nour to the Board of Right to Nonviolence, RN Chairman Chibli Mallat expressed the importance of Ayman Nour’s work for human rights and democracy across the Middle East: “I had the pleasure of meeting Dr. Nour in Cairo and in Beirut at short intervals in this crucial moment of transition to […]
Sévère envers le gouvernement, tranchant avec le Hezbollah, exigeant avec ses alliés, le Amid du Bloc national ne mâche pas ses mots. Tour d’horizon avec Carlos Eddé, qui est convaincu que les armes du Hezbollah finiront par lui porter préjudice. Le président Sleiman a lancé un appel au dialogue. Après les expériences du passé, pensez-vous […]
أكدت دراسة “الخيارات الدستورية في البحرين” الصادرة عن مؤسسة فيرجينيا جورنال للقانون الدولي على أهمية أن تقضي خيارات الإصلاح السياسي في البحرين إلى جانب “الاعتراف بالشرعية التاريخية للعائلة الحاكمة” إلى “عدم إفراغ محتوى الديمقراطية من معناه الذي يعني أن يحكم الشعب نفسه من خلال ممثليه الذين يختارهم بملء إرادته في السلطات الثلاث، التشريعية، التنفيذية، والقضائية”. (المقالة)
