The Carter Center’s new initiative to help Liberia’s indigenous leaders manage local disputes was recently featured by Voice of America. The Center’s efforts follow a 15-county consultation on the rule of law with traditional leaders in 2009, and a request from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the National Traditional Council for help strengthening the capacity of local leaders to …
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June 2, 2010, 4:26 pm
Voice of America Features Carter Center’s Access to Justice Project in Liberia
April 9, 2010, 3:28 pm
Carter Center Deploys Observers Throughout Sudan; Voting Begins Sunday
By Deborah Hakes
Deborah Hakes is assistant director of public information for The Carter Center.
Sudan’s historic elections, the country’s first in 24 years, begin on Sunday and will include nearly one week of voting and counting the ballots. The Carter Center deployed approximately 70 observers to Sudan’s 25 states. Campaigning officially ended today, and in Khartoum, election materials were packed up on …
April 8, 2010, 11:40 am
Jimmy Carter to Lead Delegation to Observe Sudan Elections
By Deborah Hakes
The Carter Center announced today that former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, former Algerian Foreign Minister and member of the Elders Lakhdar Brahimi, Judge Joseph Warioba, and Carter Center President and CEO Dr. John Hardman will lead the Center’s international election observation delegation to observe Sudan’s elections, which are scheduled to begin on April 11.
The Center’s long-term observers have assessed …
February 11, 2010, 4:44 pm
John Stremlau for CNN.com – Mandela Inspires
On the twentieth anniversary of Nelson Mandela’s release from a South African prison, Carter Center Vice President for Peace Programs John Stremlau writes for CNN.com that “Mandela must continue to embody the roles for South Africans that Washington, Lincoln and King serve in protecting and advancing democracy in America. And like them, Mandela’s example inspires others and has become a …
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