A policy paper released this week by HRW titled "The Selection of Situations and Cases for Trial Before the International Criminal Court" explores why it is so important that to the greatest extent possible, objectivity and transparency be prioritized in the selection of situations and cases by the prosecutor. Examining cases opened by the ICC in Uganda, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the Darfur region of Sudan and responding a recent paper published by the ICC on the selection of cases, HRW's paper outlines criteria put forward in that paper. Click here for report in full.

Including men as partners in Gender Based Violence work is a strategy that is gaining momentum, but there still aren't very many examples in which the policy has been succesfully used in programming. Undoing Sexism: Involving Men in the Battle Against Domestic Violence provides the interesting perspective that communications practitioners - in India, especially - need to consider interventions that are designed to stop men and boys from using aggression in the first place rather than focusing on women's responsibility for "policing" men's violence against them. The author, Malini Sen describes and endorses programmes that attempt to move men away from violence through treatment and/or education. Click here for document in full.

Given my own interest in international law, I've started reading "Foundations of International Law and Politics". As the title suggests the book bridges these two subject areas, and explores areas such as interest based theories of state behavior, constructivism, and liberal theory. More info here.