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Lawrence J. Gist II is a human rights attorney and adjunct professor of legal studies, having earned a Doctor of Jurisprudence (Cum Laude) from Gonzaga University School of Law and currently studying international humanitarian law at Harvard University's Program on Humanitarian Policy and Conflict Research.

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Women Subjected to Sexual Slavery by the Japanese Army During WWII Still Waiting for an Apology

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On the anniversary of the end of the Second World War in Asia, women who faced abuse and sexual slavery at the hand of the Japanese Imperial army have...
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A Methodology for Gender-Sensitive Research

A Methodology for Gender-Sensitive Research by Agnès Callamard It is now common knowledge that the majority of people killed in modern warfare...
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Documenting Human Rights Violations by State Agents

Documenting Human Rights Violations by State Agents by Agnès Callamard The international community has increased its efforts towards the...
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Investigating Women's Rights Violations in Armed Conflicts

Investigating Women's Rights Violations in Armed Conflicts by Agnés Callamard The international community has increased its efforts towards...
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Documenting Women's Rights Violations by Non-state Actors

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Documenting Women's Rights Violations By Non-state Actors by Jan Bauer and Anissa Hélie “Honour crimes” in Jordan, “sexual...
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Court of Women Hears the Testimonies of Trafficked and Sexually Exploited Women and Girls

The jury deliberating on a most unusual trial – the first South East Asia Court of Women on HIV and Human Trafficking in...
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Sex-Trafficked Women and Girls have a Higher Risk of Contracting a Sexually Transmitted Infection

Sex-trafficked women and girls in South East Asia are at substantial risk of sexually transmitted infections including HIV,...
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50 Million Women in Asia at Risk of HIV from their Intimate Partners

An estimated 50 million women in Asia are at risk of becoming infected with HIV from their intimate partners. Evidence from many Asian countries...
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Afghanistan's President Karzai Makes Shia Women Second-Class Citizens for Electoral Gain

Afghanistan’s influential international supporters should insist that President Hamid Karzai act to amend the notorious law that formalizes...
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Actress Sienna Miller's Understanding of 'War Rape' may be Helpful to Secretary Clinton

Killings and brutal sexual violence against women, girls and also men have massively increased in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo since the start...
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