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Judgment at Tokyo book cover
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December 13, 2023
SPIA Political Scientist Delivers Detailed Account of Nuremberg’s Asian Counterpart
A SPIA political scientist’s sprawling, detailed history of the Nuremberg trials’ lesser-known Asian counterpart has earned glowing reviews and a spot on numerous year-end best-of lists.Gary J. Bass’s “Judgment at Tokyo: World War II on Trial and the Making of Modern Asia” (Alfred A. Knopf) was named one of the 10 best books of…
Judgment at Tokyo book cover
Robertson Hall
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December 12, 2023
A Shift in Perception after SCOTUS’ ‘Dobbs’ Decision
Adults in the United States were more likely to perceive that people in America favored legal access to abortion after the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade than before it, according to new research from the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs. The finding appeared in “Effects of a US Supreme…
Robertson Hall
Sandra Day O'Connor
News, Q&A
December 06, 2023
SPIA Reacts: Sandra Day O’Connor and Her Supreme Court Legacy
On December 1, Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman to serve on the United States Supreme Court, died. Members of the Princeton SPIA community offered their analysis of O’Connor’s legacy, her decision to vacate her seat when she did, and her barrier-breaking nomination.“It is hard to overstate what her arrival on the Supreme…
Sandra Day O'Connor
Students in front of the United Nations in Geneva
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October 20, 2023
Policy Advocacy Clinic Team Formally Submits Report to U.N. Human Rights Committee
Two months after traveling to Geneva, Switzerland, to present before the United Nations Human Rights Committee (CCPR) regarding U.S. compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), a Princeton Policy Advocacy Clinic team joined the American Civil Liberties Union in formally submitting their…
Students in front of the United Nations in Geneva
Susan L. Marquis
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June 21, 2023
New Report Highlights Benefits of Worker-Driven Social Responsibility
Myriad solutions within the social responsibility sector have emerged in response to the increased attention around human rights abuses facing low-wage workers around the globe. These corporate social responsibility campaigns, multi-stakeholder initiatives, and transparency legislation. Among many such social responsibility…
Susan L. Marquis
Kenneth Roth
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March 09, 2023
Former Human Rights Watch Leader Roth to Join SPIA Faculty for 2023-24 Academic Year
A former longtime head of Human Rights Watch will join the faculty of the School of Public and International Affairs this fall. Kenneth Roth, who led the international NGO from 1993 until last year, will serve as SPIA’s Charles and Marie Robertson Visiting Professor and Visiting Lecturer for the 2023-2024 academic year. “Ken…
Kenneth Roth
white flower coming out of sidewalk crack
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March 08, 2023
Profiles in Perseverance: Living With Hope
To commemorate International Women’s Day, the Afghanistan Policy Lab profiled eight Afghan women, highlighting the struggle and the fight of women in the country. These profiles share the struggle of Afghan women to survive, to live and not give up their fight, and to hope. These courageous women write poignantly of the lives…
white flower coming out of sidewalk crack
People outlining the US
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January 13, 2023
$2.6 Million NIH Grant Awarded to SPIA Professor to Research the Impact of Migration Trends on Life Expectancy
Arun Hendi, an Assistant Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs in the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs, was recently awarded a $2.6 million grant over the next five years from the National Institute on Aging at the National Institute of Health. At a time when migration is reconfiguring the makeup of…
People outlining the US