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About Nizar Manek

Nizar Manek is an MA candidate in business and economics journalism and Lorana Sullivan memorial fellow at Columbia University. He graduated in law from the London School of Economics, and blogs here.

Articles by Nizar Manek

Wednesday 4th January

What are diplomats for? and are they part of the problem?

Is diplomacy a large-scale, real-life version of the famous Milgram experiment on suffering, responsibility and authority? The reviewer of Carne Ross's ‘The Leaderless Revolution: How Ordinary People Will Take Power And Change Politics in the 21st Century’ is convinced by the arguments
Monday 14th September

‘Impunity gap’: Straw’s cut-off date to prosecuting war criminals

A political measure of accountability for genocide will allow perpetrators to escape justice 

At present, if you are alleged to have committed genocide, crimes against humanity or war crimes before 2001 and you are living in the UK, you cannot be investigated or prosecuted in the UK – or face deportation, extradition, or transfer to the International Criminal Court.

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