ABOUT THE INSTITUTE
The United States Institute of Peace is an independent, nonpartisan institution established and funded by Congress. Its goals are to help prevent and resolve violent conflicts, promote postconflict peacebuilding, and increase conflict management tools, capacity, and intellectual capital worldwide. The Institute does this by empowering others with knowledge, skills, and resources, as well as by its direct involvement in conflict zones around the globe.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
• J. Robinson West (Chair), Chairman, PFC Energy, Washington, D.C.
• George E. Moose (Vice Chair), Adjunct Professor of Practice, The George Washington University, Washington, D.C.
• Judy Ansley, Former Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor under George W. Bush, Washington, D.C.
• Eric Edelman, Hertog Distinguished Practitioner in Residence, Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, Washington, D.C.
• Joseph Eldridge, University Chaplain and Senior Adjunct Professorial Lecturer, School of International Service, American University
• Kerry Kennedy, President, Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights, Washington, D.C.
• Ikram U. Khan, President, Quality Care Consultants, LLC, Las Vegas, Nev.
• Stephen D. Krasner, Graham H. Stuart Professor of International Relations, Stanford University, Palo Alto, Calif.
• John A. Lancaster, Former Executive Director, International Council on Independent Living, Potsdam, N.Y.
• Jeremy A. Rabkin, Professor of Law, George Mason University, Fairfax, Va.
• Judy Van Rest, Executive Vice President, International Republican Institute, Washington, D.C.
• Nancy Zirkin, Executive Vice President, Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, Washington, D.C.
MEMBERS EX OFFICIO
• Michael H. Posner, Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor
• Kathleen Hicks, Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy
• Gregg F. Martin, Major General, U.S. Army; President, National Defense University
• Jim Marshall, President, United States Institute of Peace (nonvoting)
5 Looking for JusticePEACEWORKS • APRIL 2013 • NO. 84
Every serious attempt to analyze the ongoing instability in Afghanistan recognizes the lack of justice in the country as a motivator of grievance and conflict. Despite millions of donor dollars spent on building the state judicial sector in Afghanistan since 2001, access to fair, eq