Articles by Lauren Carasik
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Why Washington Was a No Show at Human Rights Hearings
Lauren Carasik – Al Jazeera,
3 Apr 2017
27 Mar 2017 – The Trump administration’s failure to appear at hearings at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights on March 21 telegraphs its disregard for international institutions generally and human rights in particular.
→ read full articleThe Uphill Battle to Hold US Corporations Accountable for Abuses Abroad
Lauren Carasik – Al Jazeera America,
11 Aug 2014
Big companies employ their considerable resources to invoke the protections of international law when it suits them, taking advantage of free trade agreements that grant corporations the right to sue governments. Yet they aggressively resist efforts to impose accountability across borders.
→ read full articleChevron Uses Deep Pockets to Win Ecuador Legal Battle
Lauren Carasik – Al Jazeera America,
19 May 2014
Chevron’s bid to embolden transnational corporations to use their deep pockets to thwart justice underestimates the tenacity and resourcefulness of their opposition.
→ read full articleThe UN Is Not Above the Law
Lauren Carasik @ajam – Al Jazeera America,
10 Mar 2014
The US should support accountability claim for the cholera epidemic in Haiti.
→ read full articleHonduras: When Will the US Stop Funding Death Squads?
Lauren Carasik – Al Jazeera,
10 Jun 2013
As documented in a series of AP investigative reports, it is increasingly apparent that US-funded Honduran National Police are dispatching summary justice to gang members, in a policy of “social cleansing”, with complete impunity.
→ read full articleThe United Nations’ Role in Haiti Cholera Outbreak
Lauren Carasik – Al Jazeera,
26 Nov 2012
Just over two years have passed since the cholera epidemic started its deadly march in Haiti, exacting a staggering toll. Cholera has left 600,885 sick and taken 7,568 lives, with 76,981 new cases diagnosed in 2012. As details emerged about the origin of the cholera epidemic, a disease not seen in Haiti in almost a century prior to the outbreak, it became clear that the UN stabilisation force, known by its French acronym, MINUSTAH, was to blame.
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