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The global, the ethnic and the gendered war: : Women, rape and dispossesion in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo

open access: yes
Objective:  The purpose of this study was to explore and illuminate the perspectives and experiences of women of sexual violence perpetrated in the conflict, defined as a ‘new war’ in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
Trenholm, Jill,   +3 more
core  

Opening the doors: Legal consequences of breaching international climate obligations in the ICJ Advisory Opinion on climate change

open access: yesReview of European, Comparative &International Environmental Law, EarlyView.
Abstract In its landmark advisory opinion on States' obligations regarding climate change, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) tackled the highly contentious issue of the legal consequences of unlawful acts and State responsibility. While the Court adopted a more cautious approach on this matter than it did when interpreting States' primary ...
Yann Kerbrat, Sandrine Maljean‐Dubois
wiley   +1 more source

Doing Business in Zones of Legal Risk: Patterns of Corporate Involvement in Atrocity Crimes Since World War II

open access: yesRegulation &Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Involvement of corporations in international crimes and conflict atrocities, such as crimes against humanity, war crimes and genocide, are neither isolated events nor uncommon. Importantly, corporate involvement in atrocity crimes is shaped by conditions in “zones of legal risk” (International Commission of Jurists), where gross human rights ...
Susanne Karstedt   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Natural Resources and Political Patronage in Africa: An Ethnicity Level Analysis

open access: yesReview of Development Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We investigate the effect of resource discoveries on ethnicity‐level political patronage in Africa using a large geospatial dataset of 254 ethnic groups in 15 countries over the period 1960–2004. We find that the first (or single first) resource discovery in a virgin ethnic homeland increases the share of cabinet posts of that ethnicity.
Sambit Bhattacharyya, Nemera Mamo
wiley   +1 more source

Does the Threat of Killing Gays Deter Foreign Aid: The Case of Uganda's 2014 Anti‐Homosexuality Act

open access: yesReview of Development Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Much attention has been drawn on Uganda in recent years due to the strengthening of its anti‐LGBTQ legislation and rhetoric. Our study explores the aid‐deterring effect of anti‐LGBTQ legislation in an experimental setting using the Synthetic Control Method.
Elissaios Papyrakis, Luca Tasciotti
wiley   +1 more source

Health systems strengthening in the Democratic Republic of Congo: the importance of surgical data. [PDF]

open access: yesBMJ Glob Health
Mambu Vangu A   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

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