Items tagged with international affairs
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On February 24, 2010, our generous professors competed in an intense Wii Boxing competition, held in the LRC arena. Float like an easement, sting like money damages!
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An exhibit memorializing Oregon soldiers and contractors killed in the Iraq War, on display at Lewis & Clark on March 3, 2008 underscores the human and economic costs of the war to Oregon. -
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Every year, Lewis & Clark Professor of Education Zaher Wahab leaves Portland to devote four months of service to the Afghan Ministry of Higher Education. This photo slideshow features images Wahab captured during a recent stay in Afghanistan. -
With support from a prestigious grant program, Katie Walter ’09 will devote her summer to promoting peace in a small community in India. -
Assistant Professor of Counseling Psychology Andraé L. Brown joined rapper David Banner's USO tour to Iraq in January.
News
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Two Lewis & Clark international affairs majors awarded scholarships. -
Incoming ILSA Executive Director (and L&C Law alum) Will Patterson’s talk on how to break into international law as a a career is now available! If you missed this event, you should watch the podcast as is the most informative international law career event on campus this year!
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Just a few months ago, Lewis & Clark professor of education Zaher Wahab was asked to take on a nearly impossible assignment—come to Kabul immediately and work with the deputy minister of education to revise Afghanistan’s literacy plan. -
An International View of the Recent International Affairs Symposium
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Kali Harper ’10 has been awarded a Pickering Fellowship for graduate study in international affairs. The history major will complete her master’s degree in international relations and security at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service. -
Graduating senior shares journey from mortar shells to mortarboard -
President Obama declared April 2012 National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month, proclaiming, “We must do more to raise awareness about the realities of sexual assault; confront and change insensitive attitudes wherever they persist; enhance training and education in the criminal justice system; and expand access to critical health, legal, and protection services for survivors.”
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Thirty deputies to the National People’s Congress (NPC) have submitted a motion calling for a law to improve aid to crime victims. China has experimented with various relief programs in the past, but the nation has never enacted unified standards and procedures that would compensate victims of crime. NPC Deputy Yao Juquan endorsed the motion, saying the criminal code and criminal procedure code focus more on protecting defendants, but assistance for victims has been somehow neglected.
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Lewis & Clark Law School Dean Robert Klonoff will join former president of South Africa and Nobel Peace Prize recipient F.W. de Klerk for a forum addressing global issues. -
Students talk about how Lewis & Clark fulfilled their passion for international experiences. -
As a result of a law passed last year, the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime (MOPC) has a new legal duty to consult victims. Jeff Gardner, Victim Support’s director for London, said: “We welcome the potential for victims’ views to play a more central role in police strategy, and we’ll be watching closely to see how the MOPC delivers on its new duty to consult victims.”
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The UK-based Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP) believe Twitter’s child protection policies lag behind other social networking websites. Facebook and Bebo have both worked with CEOP to introduce buttons to allow users to report their concerns of possible child abuse imagery by clicking a single link. Twitter’s reporting email is more difficult to find on their website.
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Crime victims who are granted protection from their aggressors in one EU Member State will now be able to get similar protection if they move to another. The European Protection Order aims to protect victims of gender violence, harassment, abduction, stalking or attempted murder and other crimes. Member States will have three years to put this directive into their respective national laws.
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Several Members of Parliament came together to give their backing to a new bill introduced in the English Parliament, which aims to give new rights to victims of crime. The MP introducing the bill noted, “all too often victims and their families feel let down, unrepresented and abandoned, as they are processed through the criminal justice system”. The MP also drew on figures from the British Crime Survey which found that only 39% of victims believe the criminal justice system is effective and just over half think it fair.
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Isaac Holeman ’09 is a winner of the Top 11 in 2011 Innovators Challenge, which recognizes professionals who have used mobile technology in innovative ways to improve health systems and outcomes in remote areas of the world. -
Germany will offer every victim of child sexual abuse 10,000 Euro ($13,000) for therapy. The money will come from a 100 million Euro fund set up to address a scandal centered on Catholic schools. The statute of limitations for sexual abuse crimes has also been extended to 30 years, up from just 3 years.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai clarified that the Afghan rape victim who was jailed for adultery does not have to marry her attacker to be freed from jail.
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Domestic violence contributes to the spread of HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in various ways. Particularly in communities where strong gender-based economic and social disparities exist, threats of social ostracism and lack of economic independence put women (who are most often victims) in abusive relationships at a unique risk for HIV/AIDS and other STIs.
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A law meant to protect Afghan women from a host of abusive practices, including rape, forced marriage, and the trading of women to settle disputes, is being undermined by spotty enforcement.
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Seven outstanding students joined the Pamplin Society of Fellows this fall, increasing the ranks of distinguished students, alumni, and endowed professors who comprise Lewis & Clark’s undergraduate honor society. -
NSW Attorney-General launched a guide for victims of crime in dealing with the media. The booklet has been developed in consultation with victims, support groups, media representatives and the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions.
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A new initiative gives victims of sexual assault up to a year to decide if they want forensic evidence collected during a medical exam to be passed on to police. This gives them time to consider whether they want to report to police. The evidence will be stored and the victim can opt to have it released to the police at any time. If not, it will be destroyed.
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A recent ruling held that the Catholic Church can be held responsible for the criminal actions of its priests who have abused children.
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Two-thirds of stalking victims said the police and Crown Prosecution Service did not take their complaints seriously enough, with offenders not being charged in nearly nine out of 10 cases.
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U.S. funding for anti-trafficking programs is at risk of substantial cuts.
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The Canadian Government is introducing victim-friendly reforms while serving notice to financial fraudsters and Ponzi schemers who target unwitting investors.
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Lewis & Clark expands its robust overseas study program to North Africa. -
People could be given the power to find out from the police if a new partner has a history of domestic violence under new government proposals.
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A man who suffered months of violence from his fiancée has joined calls for male victims of domestic abuse to get the same support as female victims.
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In Australia, Commissioner for Victims’ Rights Michael O’Connell said the government was sitting on a huge pool of money that should be spent on victims.
