JENNIE KEOHANE
[Spring 2008, Volume IX]
As the United States relentlessly pursues the war on terror, concerns for international human rights, while never a high priority, have been relegated to the very bottom of the list. Guantánamo, Abu Ghraib, the torture memos, indefinite detention without trial, warrantless eavesdropping, and secret CIA prisons are just some of the violations uncovered thus far (“Straightening the Record”). Internationally, events of the twentieth century have also shown a flagrant disregard for human rights. Take for example Bosnia, Rwanda, the Holocaust, and Srebrenica (to name a few). …

ADAM LICHTENHELD
[Spring 2008, Volume IX]
While ongoing atrocities in Darfur, Sudan receive due labels of “genocide” from the international community, controversy and confusion continue to surround attempts to classify violence occurring 150 miles south of the Darfur border. In northern Uganda, nomadic rebels of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) have terrorized citizens in an ongoing 21-year insurgency, the longest standing conflict in Africa. The situation’s unique character—and why it proves so difficult to label—stem from the fact that it encompasses two conflicts in one. Victims face a dual threat; caught between …