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...designed” and includes an appropriate level of density and open space. She says that she believes the plan should be approved as soon as possible, and that the potential hindrance posed by the Allston residents’ concerns could be in part due to a class-based conflict of interests...
...insufficient to simply label detainees “enemy combatants” and forget about issues of their legal status—in an conflict of undeterminable length such as the War on Terror, this is tantamount to renouncing all of a prisoner’s rights...
...charged and jailed in his own country. In Sierra Leone there was a peace agreement that gave the rebels amnesty, but that was not genuine peace. When the government said they needed to try those that bore the greatest responsibility, that's what hastened the end of that conflict. Justice is a necessary ingredient to the establishment of peace. There's always an argument that justifies doing nothing, but you can't defer it forever...
...Does your remit restrict you to conflict zones, or can you focus on human-rights abuses in places like Burma and North Korea? My job deals with atrocities, genocide and war crimes. Human rights and international humanitarian law are closely related, but my focus is on the latter. I'll be working not just with new developments and existing courts but also unhealed wounds created by past atrocities, in Cambodia for instance...
...With [special envoy] Scott Gration in Sudan and now you, is there a trend toward diplomatic engagement with war criminals and the systems that shield them? We want genocide to stop but also want the conflict to stop. Issues like contact with governments that have committed these crimes always come up. We should have no nonessential contact with indicted individuals. It is preferable to meet with people who are not accused, but sometimes you need to have that contact. There are different approaches that can be taken, but working that out is something I look forward to doing...