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Sweden: Political Developments and Data in 2023

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Political Research Political Data Yearbook, Volume 63, Issue 1, Page 481-490, December 2024.
Abstract After several years of turbulence and instability, the political year of 2023 was comparatively quiet. The three‐party right‐of‐centre government, relying on support from the Sweden Democrats through the Tidö Agreement, stayed in office and its ministerial composition remained completely unchanged.
ANDERS WIDFELDT
wiley   +1 more source

The hidden histories of the Pinochet case

open access: yesJournal of Law and Society, Volume 51, Issue 4, Page 459-490, December 2024.
Abstract The world's imagination was caught by the 1998 arrest in London of General Augusto Pinochet on charges of egregious human rights crimes and the 16‐month battle to extradite him to Madrid. For the first time, a former head of state had, while travelling abroad, been arrested on such charges, with his claim to immunity being rejected by a ...
DAVID SUGARMAN
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The Effect of the United Nations Convention Against Torture on the Scope of Habeas Review in the Context of International Extradition [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
This Note considers the law underlying the question addressed in Trinidad: can habeas courts review an extraditee’s Article Three claims? In turn, this Note considers how courts should interpret the CAT in the extradition context.
King, Evan
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Universal Jurisdiction: Law out of Context

open access: yesThe Modern Law Review, Volume 87, Issue 6, Page 1480-1518, November 2024.
Universal jurisdiction enables the prosecution of international crimes by domestic courts in the absence of any nexus between the prosecuting state and the crime charged. While the temptation is for domestic judges to proceed with ‘business as usual’ in the conduct of such trials, difficulties in the practice of universal jurisdiction reflect the ...
Devika Hovell, Mara Malagodi
wiley   +1 more source

Addressing the international illegal wildlife trade through a human rights approach

open access: yesReview of European, Comparative &International Environmental Law, Volume 33, Issue 3, Page 507-520, November 2024.
Abstract Cross‐border illegal wildlife trade (IWT) poses significant social, political and economic threats. Despite a 2013 recommendation from the Secretariat of the Convention on the International Trade of Endangered Species to incorporate a human rights perspective in counter‐IWT initiatives, our analysis of official documents spanning 2013–2022 ...
Chad Patrick Osorio, Nadia Bernaz
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Travaux Preparatoires and United Nations Treaties or Conventions: Using the Web Wisely [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
While it is possible to find individual recent documentation relating to the drafting of treaties by searching the Internet via the popular search engines, the results may not always be as comprehensive as the conscientious legal practitioner or scholar ...
Raisch, Marylin J
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Ethan A. Nadelmann, Cops Across Borders: The Internationalization of U.S. Criminal Law Enforcement [PDF]

open access: yes, 1994
This book review asserts that Cops Across Borders: The Internationalization of U.S. Criminal Law Enforcement ( Cops Across Borders ) is the first book to attempt a systematic analysis of the role that the United States has played in the field of ...
Martin, Richard A.
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State succession to investment treaties: mapping the issues [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Following recent decisions in Sanum v Laos and World Wide Minerals v Kazakhstan, investment lawyers have begun to engage with the legal rules governing State succession to treaties. As State succession is one of the more technical and controversial areas
Tams, Christian J.
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