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Rule of Law
Particularly since the end of the Cold War, the rule of law has increasingly been recognized as an important aspect of international conflict resolution and post-conflict peace building. Similarly, the absence of the rule of law is often implicated as a source of violence, human rights violations, and intractability.
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Suzanne Ghais: Bridging the Police Community Divide
Long-time conflict resolution practioner and scholar Suzanne Ghais reflects on the dangerous escalation between police and their communities.
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Ways to Advance Equal Justice in America
This article suggests steps BLM activists might take at the local, state, and national level in addition to protests to obtain justice.
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Racial Profiling
Julian Portilla interviewed Jay Rothman about his work in Cincinatti, Ohio to improve police-community relations after a number of police racial profliling incidents.
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Assuring Fair and Effective Law Enforcement
In the United States, one of the common progressive concerns is "racial profiling," the notion that police unfairly target and treat people of color and other minority groups unfairly. Law enforcement must be done fairly for all to acheive procedural justice.
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Law Enforcement
Law Enforcement Officials at all levels are charged with preventing citizens from defying the law. Without the remedies that their efforts provide, our legal rights could easily be violated by anyone willing and able to resort to violence and intimidation.
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