We’re excited to share another post in our blog series highlighting the Fourth World Journal Special Issue: Nations International Criminal Tribunal (NICT). This blog focuses on the journal’s cornerstone: the…
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How did the landmark Nations International Criminal Tribunal (NICT) come to life? What catalyzing events led to its creation—beyond the growing recognition of the failures of international governance? We’re pleased…
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We are excited to launch a new blog series celebrating the Fourth World Journal Special Issue: Nations International Criminal Tribunal (NICT), Volume 25(1), Summer 2025. Alongside article highlights and video…
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We’re excited to share the final blog in our Fourth World Journal: Volume 24, Winter Issue series! In this issue, Martha L. Schmidt, CWIS Board Member, reviews Elizabeth Esterling’s monograph…
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Presenting more highlights from our new Fourth World Journal, Winter 2025 Issue, we want to showcase Marine Gauthier’s article “Re-territorializing Climate Governance: The REDD+ Initiatives in the DR Congo” Gauthier’s…
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As scholars of Indigenous studies, we are continually renegotiating what decolonization means in practice. Can so-called “decolonized” states perpetrate colonialism themselves? We are excited to present another one of our…
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We’re excited to continue our post series, where we share articles and video abstracts from the brilliant scholars featured in the recently released Fourth World Journal (FWJ), Volume 24, Issue…
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We are excited to present our latest blog series celebrating the launch of the Fourth World Journal: Volume 24(2), Winter 2025 Issue. In this edition, our remarkable contributors delve into…
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How can the exercise of global indigenous sovereignty counter the growing destruction caused by the climate crisis? A 2012 interview with CWIS founder Dr. Rudolph Rÿser, republished in our most…
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The Yezidi nation of Ezidikhan, in collaboration with 90 indigenous nations globally and talks with states, has since 2018 been laying the foundation for a permanent Nations’ International Criminal Tribunal (NICT) with the planned expectation that the Tribunal may be established in Yezidi territory inside Armenia as early as 2023.
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