CIC is joining the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service after a long and constructive tenure at NYU Arts & Science. This strategic transition to a prominent graduate school of public service, founded in 1938, will facilitate mutually productive CIC-Wagner engagement and support CIC in broadening its mission and strengthening its influence in the New York and global public service communities.
The Center on International Cooperation (CIC) at New York University (NYU) is a research center and think tank that, for over two decades, has been a leader in applied policy, connecting politics, security, justice, development, and humanitarian issues.
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This paper establishes the analytical case for reform: it clarifies the functions that AI governance must perform and the gap between those requirements and current institutional capacity.
This year’s review theme also speaks directly to the ambitions of SDG16 and the 2030 Agenda, focusing on effective participation and the elimination of violence against women and girls. Addressing these challenges by strengthening accountability and ensuring women’s equal participation contributes to the equitable foundations SDG16 seeks to build.
This paper provides the latest state analysis of AI governance and how the justice sector can enhance its success. The authors couple secondary research and primary analysis of key governance processes with input from an array of experts in the public and private sectors, multilateralism, civil society, and academia to explore two critical questions:
As the United Nations General Assembly Third Committee takes on more mandates and ever-heavier negotiations, a quiet paradox emerges: more work does not always lead to greater impact. This piece explores the growing tension between political ambition, procedural routine, and real-world implementation, and why the way the Committee works may matter as much as what it decides.
This paper proposes that the next phase of justice reform should connect open justice and people-centered justice as mutually reinforcing approaches.
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