Rule of Law

Publications

Special Reports

Temporary Courts, Permanent Records
August 2006 | Trudy Huskamp Peterson

Morocco: Betting on a Truth and Reconciliation Commission
July 2006 | Pierre Hazan

Iraq's Constitutional Process II: An Opportunity Lost
December 2005 | Jonathan Morrow

Trauma and Transitional Justice in Divided Societies
April 2005 | Judy Barsalou

Rethinking Truth and Reconciliation Commissions: Lessons from Sierra Leone
March 2005 | Rosalind Shaw

Iraq's Constitutional Process: Shaping a Vision for the Country's Future
February 2005 | Rule of Law Program

Building the Iraqi Special Tribunal: Lessons from Experiences in International Criminal Justice
June 2004 | Laurel Miller

Building Civilian Capacity for U.S. Stability Operations: The Rule of Law Component
April 2004 | Robert Perito

Establishing the Rule of Law in Afghanistan
March 2004 | Laurel Miller, Robert Perito

Democratic Constitution Making
June 2003 | Vivien Hart

Establishing the Rule of Law in Iraq
April 2003 | Robert Perito

Options for Prosecuting International Terrorists
November 2001 | David Scheffer

Rwanda: Accountability for War Crimes and Genocide
January 1995 | Rule of Law Program

USIPeace Briefings

From Gridlock to Compromise: How Three Laws Could Begin to Transform Iraqi Politics
March 2008 | Jason Gluck

The Justice Dilemma in Uganda
February 2008 | Scott Worden

Transitional Justice in Nepal: A Look at the International Experience of Truth Commissions
September 2007 | Karon Cochran-Budhathoki and Scott Worden

Special Court of Sierra Leone Briefing: The Taylor Trial and Lessons from Capacity-Building and Outreach
August 2007 | Scott Worden and Emily Wann

Constituent Assembly Elections and Security in Nepal
August 2007 | Karon Cochran-Budhathoki and Colette Rausch

Nepal in Transition: Developing Security and Rule of Law Strategies
May 2007 | Karon Cochran-Budhathoki and Colette Rausch

Troubles on the Pakistan-Afghanistan Border
December 2006 | C. Christine Fair, Nicholas Howenstein, and J. Alexander Thier

Security Sector Reform in Nepal: The Role of Civil Society
December 2006 | Karon Cochran-Budhathoki

Peaceworks

The Role of International Financial Institutions in International Humanitarian Law
January 2002 | Laurie R. Blank

Self-Determination: Sovereignty, Territorial Integrity, and the Right to Secession
March 1996 | Patricia Carley

USIP Press Books

Combating Serious Crimes in Post-Conflict Societies Handbook
October 2006 | Colette Rausch, Editor |  Download the book

Transitional Justice: How Emerging Democracies Reckon with Former Regimes
September 1995 | Neil J. Kritz, Editor

Where is the Lone Ranger When We Need Him: America's Search for a Postconflict Stability Force
January 2004 | Robert M. Perito

Event and Conference Reports

Rebuilding Afghanistan: A Framework for Establishing Security and the Rule of Law
December 11, 2001 | Findings from a USIP Roundtable (PDF 610KB)

Op-Eds

The Crescent and the Gavel
March 26, 2006 | J Alexander Thier
First published by The New York Times

Oil — the Curse — Might Also be the Answer
January 18, 2006 | Jonathan Morrow
First published by USA Today

Outsiders Can't Build a Nation for Bosnia
December 2005 | Laurel Miller and Deborah Isser
First published by the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network

Federalism Could Hold Iraq Together
October 21, 2005 | Jonathan Morrow
First published by Newsday

Iraq's special tribunal may be flawed but not unfair
October 2005 | Laurel Miller
First published by The Financial Times

Forthcoming

Model Codes for Post-Conflict Criminal Justices, 2006
Read about the Rule of Law program's project on model codes.

Framing the State in Times of Transition: A Comparative Study of Constitution Making Processes*, 2006
Read about the Rule of Law program's project on constitution making.
*Working Title

The Role of Customary Systems in Fostering the Rule of Law in Post-Conflict Societies*, 2007
Read about the Rule of Law program's project on customary law.
*Working Title