Exposing Corruption in the Global Arms Trade
The global arms industry has less regulation than the global trade in bananas! More than 40 percent of all global corruption originates from the global arms trade. Poor, contradictory and weakly enforced governance systems have allowed for reporting between importing and exporting nations to
Africa’s Whistleblower Paradox: Lessons from the Frontlines
Khadija Sharife, Senior Editor for Africa, Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP)
William Bourdon, Advocate, Founding Partner Cabinet Bourdon & Associés, Founder Platform for the Protection of African Whistleblowers (PPLAAF), Founder Sherpa
Whistleblowers around the world
Annual Global Justice Conference 2020 "Building Back Better: Reducing Vulnerabilities, Strengthening Justice"
took place 12-15 November 2020. Its main themes were
(i) COVID-19 and its Unequal Impacts;
(ii) Environmental Crisis;
(iii) Historical Oppression, Colonialism, & Racism Today;
(iv) Social & Economic Vulnerabilities, Universal Safety Net & Basic Income, Right to Development &
Chevron's "Amazon Chernobyl" Disaster in Ecuador: Lessons from the Frontlines
Poynter Seminar with Khadija Sharife
Friday, 12 February 2021, 11:30am EST
The historic $9.5 billion pollution judgment won by Amazon communities in Ecuador against Chevron was the result of a substantive legal battle that has attracted the attention of legal scholars, Nobel Laureates, human rights
Global Tax Fairness — but how? report from 'The Night Before Taxes', April 14 2016
GJP Fellow, Matti Ylönen, reports on the event ‘The Night Before Taxes’, April 14th 2016, Washington D.C.
As tax justice issues are gaining ground in the international policy agenda, last week saw a publication of the new book, Global Tax Fairness, focusing on its key initiatives.‘We are now at the
Royal Honor for Senior GJP Fellow Jaap Spier
Jaap Spier, Senior Global Justice Fellow, recently received a High Royal Honor on the occasion of his retirement from the High Court of the Netherlands. It reflects his substantial contributions to the development of international tort law. In particular, it acknowledges his work towards the ‘Oslo
The New Philanthropy: Effective Altruism and Beyond - A conference at Yale May 6 & 7
For up-to-date information about the event, including directions to venue, please visit event page.
Over the past several years there has been a groundswell of support for the philanthropic movement known as “effective altruism,” originally inspired by the work of philosopher Peter Singer.
