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Remembering to Prevent: The Preventive Capacity of Public Memory

Genocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal, 2017
It is without doubt the case that memory of the past has been and is being used in certain places to justify radical intolerance and unspeakable violence. But for every instance where that is the case, a dozen alternative cases exist where memory creates
Kerry E. Whigham
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Monuments to Injustice and the Ethics of Dark Tourism: A Research Note

Journal of Applied Philosophy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This research note aims to motivate philosophical examination of the ethical tensions surrounding ‘dark tourism’ and monuments to injustice. While such monuments function to acknowledge past wrongs, educate the public, and serve reparative functions, their presentation as tourist destinations can undermine these purposes.
Kok‐Chor Tan
wiley   +1 more source

Performative Blame Avoidance

Journal of Applied Philosophy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sometimes we avoid or minimize criticism for our failings by performing a merely symbolic act aimed at addressing a real or perceived blame allegation. Consider individuals or institutions performing land acknowledgements as a means of box‐ticking inclusion without committing to any significant change. Or consider corporations forming advisory
Nicolas Nicola
wiley   +1 more source

Is R2P a Fully-Fledged International Norm?

Politics and Governance, 2015
This commentary examines whether R2P is a fully-fledged norm. As a normative aspiration R2P is almost universally accepted. However as a standard of behaviour that states implement as a matter of course R2P is far from fully-fledged.
Jason Ralph, James Souter
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Must Longtermists Wish Us All Dead? A Quadrilemma

Journal of Applied Philosophy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Longtermists assign great moral importance to making the long‐term future as good as possible, especially by ensuring the survival of humanity. We argue, to the contrary, that on assumptions that are plausible, conservative, or shared by leading longtermists, human extinction will likely augment total utility among human and non‐human animals ...
Nir Eyal, Bastian Steuwer, Shai Meiri
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Africa, paving the way: Lessons from African actors pushing forward the international community’s role and responsibility in addressing genocide by Iseult Daly

Contemporary Challenges
Currently, international collective security and peace institutions are weathering a deep crisis in legitimacy for their systematic inability to protect populations from devastating genocides such as those ongoing Palestine, Sudan and the DRC. This essay
Iseult Daly
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Document Volumes and the Status of Victim Testimony in the Era of the First World War and Its Aftermath

Études Arméniennes Contemporaines, 2015
This article focuses on a prominent type of atrocity literature, the document volume, and the status accorded victim testimony within such volumes. Whereas scholars have tended to treat Holocaust testimony, Armenian genocide testimony, and the atrocity ...
Alexandra Garbarini
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What's Inside the Green Bag? An Analysis of the Eco‐Design Options and a Visual Tool for the Development of Sustainable Fashion Accessories

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Integrating eco‐design practices in product development from the start is essential for fashion accessories like bags and backpacks, which involve complex manufacturing, diverse materials, and strong socio‐cultural meanings. Building on this premise and drawing from the Lifecycle Design Strategy Wheel, this study aims to characterize the eco ...
Francesco Paolo Lagrasta, Rosa Maria Dangelico, Pierpaolo Pontrandolfo   +2 more
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Right to Food in Sub‐Saharan Africa: Challenges, Policies, and Sustainable Strategies

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines the multifaceted issue of food security in Sub‐Saharan Africa and the critical importance of upholding rights to food in the region. It explores the challenges posed by food insecurity, analyzes existing policies and interventions, and proposes sustainable strategies to enhance food security.
Helen Onyeaka, Adenike A. Akinsemolu, Phemelo Tamasiga, Ogueri Nwaiwu, Elijah Kolawole Oladipo, Kehinde Abolade Aderibigbe, Taghi Miri   +6 more
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Challenging punishment as the justice norm in the face of ongoing atrocities

Leiden Journal of International Law
International criminal law constitutes the culmination of the ‘anti-impunity agenda’ within international law, policy, and practice. This agenda, often advanced under the rallying cry of ‘never again’ – a pledge to never let atrocities like those of the ...
Natasa Mavronicola, Mattia Pinto
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