Hope - January 2010

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Serbia: The Little Engine that Could

In December 2009, people waved good-bye to family members boarding a morning train from Belgrade, Serbia to Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina. While the journey on this rickety, three-car, communist-styled train may seem insignificant to most, it is the first train in 18 years to link these two war-torn capitals back together – exemplifying the strides Serbia has taken to overcome its tumultuous past and lay new ‘track work’ toward European integration.

January 23, 2010
D. Marko Cimbaljevich
Hope - January 2010

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ASEAN's New Human Rights Commission: "Toothless Tiger" or Catalyst for Change?

At the fifteen annual summit this past October, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) launched the first regional human rights commission. Called the ASEAN Inter-Governmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR), the commission aims to promote regional cooperation on human rights and curb human rights abuses committed against nationals of the ten ASEAN member countries.

January 23, 2010
Jung Hwa Song
Hope - January 2010

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Returns to Rutshuru: A Glimmer of Hope in the Democratic Republic of Congo?

The ongoing conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has uprooted millions of people from their homes. In North Kivu province however, one of the areas in eastern DRC worst hit by violence during the past decade, there are some early glimmers of hope. Despite continued fighting in many parts of North Kivu, improved security in some areas allowed an increased number of people to return home in 2009.

January 23, 2010
Camilla Olson
Hope - January 2010

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Channeling Hope in Haiti

Haiti's recent unexpected catastrophic 7.0 earthquake has brought global attention to the long-ignored impoverished island nation. As images of Haiti started populating the international media outlets, writing about hope became quite difficult. The media's attention on Haiti generally focuses only when tumultuous events occur: hurricanes, political turmoil, protests.

January 23, 2010
Anthonio Zunigq
Hope - January 2010