Ending Violence Against Women & Girls: Bridging the Gap Between Multilateral Aspiration & State Practice
…treaty on violence against women”, 4th Conference of Women’s Shelters, November 7, 2019, https://fourth.worldshelterconference.org/sites/default/files/taiwan_conf_speech_7_november_2019.pdf There is contention regarding whether a specific treaty is required to make the status of the norm…
Sustaining Funding for Myanmar’s Spring Revolution
…MOPFI has identified 44 additional mining sites that it will auction off.57“Myanmar Civilian Government Sells Gem Mining Rights,” The Irrawaddy, 21 February 2023, at https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/myanmar-civilian-government-sells-gem-mining-rights.html. This, of course, has real risks….
A Choke-point Strategy on the Dark Web
…problem with these cases is that the individuals arrested are replaceable and, with plenty of other black market sites to turn to, their removal is but a minor setback for the actual criminal…
Chronology Sources
…December 23, 2011 https://www.upi.com/Science_News/2011/12/23/Russian-satellite-crashes-in-failed-launch/UPI-34291324667658/ December 29, 2011 https://www.google.com/search?q=chinese+white+paper+space+2011&oq=chinese+white+paper+space+2011&aqs=chrome.0.69i59j0.2384j0j4&sourceid=chrome&espv=210&es_sm=93&ie=UTF-8 January 11, 2012 https://www.spacesecurity.org/SSI2013.pdf October 10, 2012 https://www.spacesecurity.org/SSI2013.pdf October 18, 2012 https://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/pdf/310010p.pdf October 3, 2013 https://defensetech.org/2013/10/03/chinese-satellite-grabs-another-in-orbit/ November 21, 2013 https://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/microsites/ostp/national_space_transportation_policy_fact_sheet_11212013.pdf …
Nuclear Security News and Member Updates Roundup, February 2025
…Ukraine’s electricity infrastructure this winter have heightened scrutiny over the Ukrainian Energy Ministry’s failure to protect the country’s most critical energy facilities near nuclear power sites. Despite more than a…
Making UN-Safe Areas Safer: From Srebrenica to South Sudan
…to maintain security within PoC sites. In South Sudan, UN peacekeepers have been conducting weapons searches and security checks on persons entering the sites to ensure that they do not become training…
How Doing Justice to Ukraine Can Help Win the Battle for the Future of Nuclear Security
…September 12, 2022, accessed April 22, 2023, https://vcdnp.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Attacks-on-nuclear-facilities_Carlson-updated.pdf; GC(XXXV)/INF/297 Measures to Strengthen International Co-Operation in Matters Relating to Nuclear Safety and Radiological Protection, 2022. IAEA. https://www.iaea.org/sites/default/files/gc/gc35inf-297_en.pdf. No progress was reached in pursuing…
The Race to Harness Himalayan Hydropower
…sensitively as possible, taking into account (and being responsive to) the environmental and livelihood impacts in areas adjacent to and downstream from dam sites. Overlooking these concerns to quickly bring…