IHRIB Blog

In today’s Washington Post (April 22, 2013), reporter Michael Fletcher reports that unprecedented numbers of institutional investors are pouring into direct ownership of homes across the nation. This new asset class, “Home Speculation,” pits the power of Wall... Read More

By Katie Redmond, EarthRights International There are only a few things that are clear about today’s decision in Kiobel. First, a lot of ink is going to be spilled trying to parse what it really means in the next few days. And a lot of attorney hours are going to be spent in the... Read More

Last Saturday and Sunday, I took an unusual step and attended a religious conference in Crystal City, just across the Potomac River from Washington DC. As I am not an active participant in any faith-based group, I decided with some hesitation to attend this conference because of... Read More

A documentary soon to come out in theaters in the U.S. explores a little known fact: Fifty million people go hungry in the United States every day, including one in four children, according to U.S. government reports. PBS Newshour’s Ray Suarez speaks with director Lori... Read More

On March 20th and 21st, the International Monetary Fund hosted a conference at its headquarters in Washington DC. Entitled “Understanding International Commodity Price Fluctuations,” the conference participants focused on possible explanations for recent commodity price spikes.... Read More

By Piper Hendricks Fact:  p.h. balanced films began when I was talking with a Catholic nun in Israel about bananas. Or, more accurately, about a legal case against a banana company. The case, United States v. Chiquita Brands Int’l. (07-cr-00055-RCL (D.D.C. 2007)), exemplified the... Read More

On March 8, the Swiss government publicly announced the charter of a new association – the ICOC Association – to promote, govern and oversee implementation of the International Code of Conduct (ICOC) for Private Security Service Providers and ensure responsible and... Read More

In March, the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction, Stuart Bowen, released a final report culminating in lessons learned from a decade of efforts to stabilize and reconstruct Iraq. The U.S. government has spent more than $60 billion on projects and programs in Iraq.... Read More

IHRIB Co-Director Rebecca DeWinter-Schmitt will be presenting a paper, “A Critical Analysis of Proliferation, Dynamic Interaction, and Evolution of Self-regulation within the Private Security Industry,” at the International Studies Association’s annual meeting in San... Read More