Errol Mendes

Peace and Justice at the International Criminal Court

Contents: Preface 1. The Court as Offspring of Centuries of Peace with Justice 2. Is it Peace or Justice that Ends the Alleged First Genocide of the 21st Century? 3. Is it Peace, Justice or a Military Solution in the Tragedy of Northern Uganda? 4. Reconciling Peace with Justice in the ICC through Positive International Complementarity 5. The Future of the Court: Reassuring Africa, Investigating Gaza, Integrating America and Seeking Help from Global Finance Index

MAKING SENSE OF EVIL

ABSTRACT The institutional violence that plagues Brazil makes sense, albeit in a perverse way. Macro- and micro-political circumstances create the environment and incentive structures that make institutional violence not only possible but likely. At the macro-political level, the roots of institutional violence in Brazil lie in a structural deficiency of its democratic order: inequity, remnants of authoritarianism and a vicious circle of impunity persist in the face of weaknesses in the democratic state order. At the micro-political level, public perception of criminal impunity as well as institutional and social arrangements reinforcing symbolic rewards for violent behaviour among state agents conform incentive structures that give institutional violence a significant presence in the social landscape.

Promoting a fair global market place: Is it time for a progressive Canadian Agenda?

This article examines the role of labour standards in trade and investment and offers policy prescriptions to address potential difficulties and to better meet the potentially contradictory objectives of trade policy and labour standards policy. The topics discussed include: the linkage between labour standards and trade law and policy; the economic effects of labour standards on trade and investment and the policy implications; and the long term policy implications of a conceptual understanding of an emerging global labour market. The authors conclude that Canada has vital interests in promoting international labour standards. Moreover, Canada should assume a more active role in the promotion of a more level playing field in the emerging global labour market.

Promoting a fair global market place: Canada and progressive action

At the request of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Canadian Centre for Foreign Policy Development commissioned a poiicy options paper on labour standards in January 1996. The project was undertaken by Ozay Mehmet from The Norman Paterson School of International Affairs (Carleton University), Errol Mendes from the University of Ottawa, and Robert Sinding, a graduate student from both Carleton University and the University of Ottawa. It was completed in March 1996. The following is a summary of policy options raised by the paper.