IJL produces collaborative research on human rights, transitional justice, and international law and courts. đĄ: @global_wm. Founder/Director: @kelly_zvobgo.
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Innovations in Human Rights
Edited by @kelly_zvobgo @IntlJusticeLab @williamandmary and Francesca Parente @CNUReiffCenter @CNUcaptains
đchapter | Advancing empirical human rights research âĄď¸ doi.org/10.4337/978103535646âŚ
Available in print âĄď¸ e-elgar.com/shop/isbn/978103âŚ
ALT This timely book presents a practical framework for conceptualizing and analyzing human rights issues such as repression, compliance, and transitional justice in an increasingly fraught climate for human rights globally. Emerging and established experts advance quantitative and mixed-methods research, showcasing innovative ways of measuring and evaluating multifaceted concepts.
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đ Hot off the press! @kelly_zvobgo's new book, "Governing Truth: NGOs and The Politics of Transnational Justice," is now available.
Order your copy now to learn how civil society groups shape transitional justice: đ brook.gs/4aBnG7c
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Ahead of the four-year mark of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, 11 Brookings experts answer key questions on Ukraine, Russia, Europe, the United States, and the prospects for peace.
Read their analysis:đ brook.gs/4bUEJDA
Making sense of the US military operation in Venezuela: Brookings experts weigh in
brookings.edu/articles/makinâŚ
For @BrookingsFP today, IJL director @kelly_zvobgo discusses the limits of intâl lawâand the possible end of the rules-based intâl order as weâve known it since WWIIâafter the US attack on #Venezuela on Saturday and the capture of Pres. Maduro and First Lady Flores. (link below)
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On January 3, the United States launched a special operation to exfiltrate Venezuelan President NicolĂĄs Maduro and his wife from Caracas. @BrookingsInst experts unpack the immediate implications of this operation for the U.S. and Venezuela:
brook.gs/3KYmCBK
International Justice Lab retweeted
#OnThisDay 60 years ago, the UN Convention against racial discrimination was adopted â a milestone in the fight against racism. Today, as we celebrate progress, we must stay vigilant against growing divisions around the world. #FightRacism #ICERD60
Happy #HumanRightsDay!
77 years ago the newly formed @UN set out to protect human rights through the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Check out the @goodauth archives for IJL director @kelly_zvobgoâs writing on this milestone and the work that still remains.
Link below.
ALT Photo: Eleanor Roosevelt holding poster of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (in English), Lake Success, New York. November 1949. ÂŠď¸ FDR Presidential Library & Museum https://www.flickr.com/photos/fdrlibrary/
It was a pleasure hosting Jill Dougherty @jillrussia at @williamandmary to discuss her new book tracing her journey from teenage Russophile to exchange student in Leningrad to frontrow witness to political & econ upheaval under Gorbachev, Yeltsin & Putin during her time at @CNN.
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Come join us on Thursday night for great conversation with @kelly_zvobgo and @jillrussia here at @williamandmary with @global_wm
Next week!
Inside the Kremlin: A Conversation with Jill Dougherty @jillrussia, moderated by @kelly_zvobgo
Nov. 13, 6PM, @williamandmary Music Arts Center, Comey Recital Hall
Dougherty, currently @CERESGeorgetown, will discuss her journalism career and new @simonschuster book!
Next week!
Inside the Kremlin: A Conversation with Jill Dougherty @jillrussia, moderated by @kelly_zvobgo
Nov. 13, 6PM, @williamandmary Music Arts Center, Comey Recital Hall
Dougherty, currently @CERESGeorgetown, will discuss her journalism career and new @simonschuster book!
The Role of Networks in Advancing Human Rights: Making Human Connections
Edited by Shareen Hertel (@UConn), Mark Gibney (@UncAvl), & Bonny Ibhawoh (@McMasterU)
e-elgar.com/shop/usd/the-rolâŚ
đ The Role of Networks in Advancing Human Rights is out!
Francesca Parente (@CNUReiffCenter) & IJL Director @kelly_zvobgoâs chapter discusses how cross-institutional collaborations can advance research, teaching, mentorship & service in human rights.
See the comment below FMI.
đNew publication: IJL Director @kelly_zvobgo and @ajsimmons1987 have a new article in @FPA_Jrnl presenting results from a novel survey experiment on U.S. public opinion on investigating and, possibly, prosecuting U.S. personnel for suspected atrocities in the war in Afghanistan!
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đ¨NEW ARTICLEđ¨
Zvobgo and Simmons (2025) show that most Americans still support ICC war crimes investigations, even when U.S. personnel are targeted, though national interest arguments can dampen this support.
academic.oup.com/fpa/articleâŚ
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For three years, the world's attention has been focused on the conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza. But it's wise to take a broader look: as @WorldBank 's latest report points out, 70% of people trapped in conflict and instability are Africans. worldbank.org/en/research/puâŚ
