Whose agenda? "Partnership" and international assistance to democratization and governance reform in Indonesia.
Introduction The fall of President Soeharto in May 1998, after thirty-two years of authoritarian rule, afforded the opportunity for international actors to become involved in processes of political reform in Indonesia. In particular, "governance reform" has become a top priority for the multilateral and bilateral development agencies....

Government for hire: privatizing foreign affairs and the problem of accountability under international law.
INTRODUCTION I. PRIVATIZATION IN THE INTERNATIONAL SPHERE A. Military Functions B. Foreign Aid II. INTERNATIONAL LAW, ADMINISTRATIVE LAW, AND THE PROBLEM OF PRIVATIZATION A. International Law B. Administrative Law 1. Legal Accountability 2. Alternative Mechanisms of Accountability: Democratic, Contractual, and Institutional III. Two CASE STUDIES OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS PRIVATIZATION...

Promoting patient-centered health care.
People all over the world want the same things from their health care: reliable health information, access to treatment, and respect for individual needs and values. People first The International Alliance of Patients' Organizations (IAPO) was formed to advocate for these basic needs. ...

Liberalized Telecommunications Trade in the WTO: Implications for Universal Service Policy.
I. TELECOMMUNICATIONS: A SERVICE SECTOR AND A BACKBONE FOR OTHER SECTORS The telecommunications market is one of the largest markets in the world, second only to the financial services market. The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) estimated in the mid-1990s that the telecommunications market was worth about $513...

Institutions for Scientific Advice: global environmental assessments and their influence in developing countries.
Environmental policymaking has been equated with the art of making the right decisions based on an insufficient understanding of the underlying problems. Given the tremendous complexities of the earth system, effective global environmental governance must rely on scientific information on both the kind of problem at stake and the...

UNESCO's outreach to parliamentarians.
Parliamentarians rank among UNESCO's major partners in the promotion of human development and peacekeeping through the various programs the organization is known for including fields such as education, science, culture and communication. UNESCO's programme for a dialogue with parliamentarians was launched in 1994 to ensure that the...

The political economy of NGOs and human security.
This article reflects on the role played by non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in furthering human security from the view of political economy. "Political economy" takes into account the economic, political, cultural and historical factors that contribute to the growth or the decline of NGOs. Being specialized, NGOs often demonstrate comparative...

Strategy to accelerate progress towards the attainment of international development goals and targets related to reproductive health.
Abstract: Reproductive and sexual ill-health account for 20% of the global burden of ill-health for women, and 14% for men. The strategy presented in this document is the World Health Organization's first global strategy on reproductive health. It was adopted by the 57th World Health Assembly (WHA) in May...

Interim measures in international human rights: evolution and harmonization.
In this Article, the Author undertakes a comprehensive study of interim measures ordered in human rights cases before six international enforcement bodies--the International Court of Justice, the European Court of Human Rights, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, the United Nations Human Rights Committee, the United Nations Committee against...

Connecting the world: the development of the global information infrastructure.
I. INTRODUCTION In 1844, the first message was sent over a telegraph line between Washington and Baltimore.(1) By 1855, people communicating over long distances commonly used telegraphy.(2) As a result, international alliances became important means of creating international telecommunications networks.(3) For example, in 1865, twenty European states...