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Parks and Arbitration: A leader of Russia’s Udege community describes the decades-long fight to create Bikin National Park, the first to safeguard Indigenous rights
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World Policy Journal (2017) 34 (4): 6–10.
Published: 01 December 2017
... the aboriginal people $100,000 in the form of 10 vehicles. Even this deal was corrupt—the community received only two vehicles and the remaining eight were given to local authorities. The following year, the governor of the eastern region of Primorsky Krai tried to create a nature preserve in the upper reaches...
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Shaky Foundations: The fundamental flaw at the heart of a “model” treaty involving New Zealand and the Indigenous Māori community
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World Policy Journal (2017) 34 (4): 11–14.
Published: 01 December 2017
... that oral evidence is admissible and that hearings can be heard in the Māori community to which the claim relates. The Tribunal commissions its own research, holds hearings, and makes recommendations. These recommendations are not binding, however. Māori claimants typically use the Tribunal’s findings...
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Freedom from Fear?: As India decides whether or not to expel its Rohingya community, thousands of lives hang in the balance
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World Policy Journal (2017) 34 (4): 101–110.
Published: 01 December 2017
... and September 2017, following massacres in Myanmar’s western Rakhine state, the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees says more than half a million Rohingyas made the perilous journey into Bangladesh. The U.N. calls them “the world’s most persecuted community.” Today, according to the UNHCR office in New...
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Promoting the Rule of Law Abroad: How the U.s. Legal and Business Communities Can Help
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World Policy Journal (2003) 20 (2): 79–85.
Published: 01 June 2003
... in Washington, D .C. Samuel P. Pried is senior vice pres
ident, general counsel, and secretary of Limited Brands, Columbus, Ohio, where M r Dellinger has served as counsel.
Promoting the Rule of Law Abroad
How the U.S. Legal and Business Communities Can Help
Walter...
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Just Communicating
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World Policy Journal (2014) 31 (2): 113–122.
Published: 01 June 2014
... of electronic noise, crackles, and pops. We shouted at each other for a minute or so, before we finally gave up on any meaningful communication. That was life not only in a war zone, but across much of the Third World barely a half century ago. It was the advances in communications in the ensuing decades...
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Soccs and the City: How Social Capital Credits Can Help Build Resilient Communities
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World Policy Journal (2016) 33 (2): 37–41.
Published: 01 June 2016
...Urvashi Kaul Urvashi Kaul explores the use of Social Capital Credits, a tool used to reinforce and create grass-roots community networks in cities across the world. She writes about her experiences in Kumasi, Ghana, implementing a program where people perform socially beneficial activities to earn...
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Healing the Invisible Wounds of War with Greek Tragedy
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World Policy Journal (2016) 33 (3): 54–64.
Published: 01 September 2016
...Bryan Doerries Translator and theater director Bryan Doerries describes how he has used ancient Greek tragedies to disrupt hierarchies and create a space for members of the military “to tell their truths of the experiences of war.” Drama can help people suffer openly and communally, sharing...
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Ingenuity, Peanut Butter, and a Little Green Leaf
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World Policy Journal (2010) 27 (3): 75–79.
Published: 01 September 2010
...J.T. Simms The World Policy Journal , in partnership with Africa Rural Connect, a program of the National Peace Corps Association, supporting returned Peace Corps volunteers and the Peace Corps community, conducted the first contest in the 27-year history of our magazine. Readers and followers...
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World Policy Journal (2016) 33 (2): 1–4.
Published: 01 June 2016
... Across the world, property prices in the inner city are spiking, forcing poor and middle-class residents out of their communities. World Policy Journal asked a panel of four experts how governments can work with the private sector to ensure that cities maintain genuinely affordable housing...
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The Standing of Trees: Why Nature Needs Legal Rights
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World Policy Journal (2017) 34 (2): 8–11.
Published: 01 June 2017
...Mari Margil A global movement is attempting to transform the legal systems that govern humankind’s relationship with the environment. Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund’s Mari Margil argues that we must stop treating the planet as if it exists solely for human exploitation and recognize...
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Foreclosed City: A Barcelona Neighborhood Unites To Fight Evictions
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World Policy Journal (2016) 33 (1): 58–69.
Published: 01 March 2016
... as Ciutat Meridiana where about 20 percent of apartments are in eviction proceedings. But, as Brenna Bhandar writes, Ciutat Meridiana, like so many other communities, has united to fight evictions and reform Spain’s punitive mortgage laws. Copyright © 2016 World Policy Institute 2016 Spain...
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Trials and Errors: The Promises and Pitfalls of South Africa’s Criminal Justice System
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World Policy Journal (2017) 34 (1): 100–106.
Published: 01 March 2017
... case loads, shoddy police work, and poor communication. Copyright © 2017 World Policy Institute 2017 justice judiciary South Africa policing law ARBORESCE ARBORESCE In 1983, Betty Ketani left South Africa’s Eastern Cape in search of work in Johannesburg. She soon found a job...
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This is Not A Slum: What the World can Learn from Dharavi
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World Policy Journal (2016) 33 (2): 19–24.
Published: 01 June 2016
... to the lessons that other cities can learn from Dharavi and demonstrate how “family and community networks can be the foundations” of an urban area. Copyright © 2016 World Policy Institute 2016 India Mumbai Dharavi urban studies development housing zoning COURTESY OF RAHUL SRIVASTAVA/URBZ...
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Coda: In Defense of “Accumulated Chaos”
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World Policy Journal (2016) 33 (2): 110.
Published: 01 June 2016
...Christopher Shay Throughout history, politicians have wanted to demolish the “noisy, dirty, and confusing” poor neighborhoods of the inner city. World Policy Journal editor Christopher Shay argues that leaders shouldn’t be so disdainful of these areas. Diverse, complex communities can better resist...
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Honor Killings: Telling their Stories Won’t End the Crimes
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World Policy Journal (2016) 33 (2): 70–76.
Published: 01 June 2016
...Rafia Zakaria Author and columnist Rafia Zakaria critiques the coverage of honor crimes in the West. If the project of honor-crime storytelling is to bring about a moral shift in communities, then the naming-and-shaming model of journalism has failed. Instead, stories need to be directed toward...
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Unveiling Koovagam
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World Policy Journal (2014) 31 (2): 91–99.
Published: 01 June 2014
... and educational role. It is a festival defined by mutual cooperation and respect, by qualities that unite people, not divide them. Koovagam signifies Mahatma Gandhi’s ideals of non-violence, equality, and the triumph over persecution. It is a place to forget the bonds of the material world and commune with others...
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Partnering Up: How to Work with Religious Leaders to Counter Violent Extremism
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World Policy Journal (2016) 33 (4): 73–79.
Published: 01 December 2016
... as countering violent extremism, or CVE. According to the White House, CVE addresses “the root causes of extremism through community engagement.” Instead of fighting violent ideology with bombs, bullets, and bloodshed, the goal is to engage with local groups to prevent individuals from joining terrorist groups...
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Surfing 4 Peace
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World Policy Journal (2012) 29 (2): 18–20.
Published: 01 June 2012
...Matthew Olsen Matthew Olsen is a member of the Surfing 4 Peace community and founder of the Gaza Surf Club. He is director of Explore Corps, a non-profit that provides administrative support and oversight to Surfing 4 Peace. © World Policy Institute 2012 2012 World Policy Institute...
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Whither the Aborigine
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World Policy Journal (2015) 32 (3): 91–101.
Published: 01 September 2015
... on the announced closing of up to 150 remote aboriginal communities by Western Australia Premier Colin Barnett. The turmoil erupted when he chose to back Barnett’s plan in a particularly undiplomatic fashion. Photo: Brew Books “What we can’t do is endlessly subsidize lifestyle choices,” Abbott told...
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Colombia’s Conflict Lessons
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World Policy Journal (2014) 31 (3): 86–97.
Published: 01 September 2014
...Jake Rollow Jake Rollow researched community peace building initiatives during nine months living in Colombia. © World Policy Institute 2014 2014 World Policy Institute Photo: Policianacional DE LOS COLOMBIANOS Eastern Antioquia, Colombia—In late 2001, Sandra Mira...
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