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Written by: Kristin Drauschke
3/12/2010 12:46 PM 

“The world is flat” (Friedman, 2005) and other famous claims (Bass, 2005) referring to a reduction of societal differences and commercial disadvantages among the world’s populations indicated powerful changes although not without inviting a good amount of contestation. And even though this notion of “flattening” is not true for all aspects of our societies and cultures we can certainly acknowledge that in terms of the spread of human rights some progress has been made and more and more people yearn for more freedoms and liberties, hence at some degree moving closer together. Many organizations are doing important and valuable work when it comes to spreading human rights and providing humanitarian aid. Some of these services are provided by NGO’s and others are offered by private businesses, trainers and coaches.

 
Now, one might wonder what general export restrictions might have to do with this... Well, although many of us are familiar with the implications one faces when exporting specific machinery, technology or software to countries or individuals, the minority of us would think of the export of training on free speech, civil rights in terms of export restrictions. Well it turns out that there are implications to be aware of! A report on NPR on February 23rd  highlighted possible implications of “exporting a service” to organizations that are listed with the US State Department, even if the service includes training on freedom of speech, civil rights and things of that nature.  All the “good doers” in the world- Be aware!
 
Read more at: http://kosu.org/2010/02/supreme-court-examines-limits-of-material-support/

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