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Institutional Design, Prosecutorial Independence, and Accountability: Lessons from the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG)

Laws, 2021
In 2007 the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala began working to support the work of the Public Prosecutor’s Office to investigate and prosecute cases of corruption. In this short article, I address three questions: What was the design
Veronica Michel
exaly   +3 more sources

Subverting Justice: Socio-Legal Determinants of Impunity for Violence against Women in Guatemala

Laws, 2016
High levels of violence against women and impunity in Guatemala have reached crisis proportions and have received increased international attention in recent years.
Cecilia Menjivar, Menjivar Cecilia, Shannon Drysdale Walsh   +2 more
exaly   +3 more sources

Turkish State Criminality against Kurds and Victimization through Impunity

State Crime, 2022
This article explores the long-lasting effects of impunity on victims’ everyday lives. Drawing on Rojas Baeza’s medico-psychiatric definition of impunity, the article discusses how impunity creates different traumatic consequences in a victim’s life and ...
Sanya Karakas
doaj   +1 more source

Numbers of environmental injustice: The measurement of impunity in Mexico

Íconos, 2022
The Global Environmental Impunity Index Mexico 2020 develops a methodology for measuring environmental impunity levels. Environmental impunity is defined through a thick approach following green criminology and refers to the lack of investigation ...
Juan Antonio Le Clercq, Celeste Cedillo
doaj   +1 more source

Selectivity in the prosecution of war crimes [PDF]

Al-Mağallaẗ Al-Dawliyyaẗ Lil Fiqh wa Al-Qaḍā' wa Al-Tašrīʿ, 2023
تعد الانتقائية في القانون الجنائي الدولي قضية متأصلة، وبالأخص في محاكمات جرائم الحرب. فبالنظر الى محاكمات جرائم الحرب في التاريخ المعاصر يتضح لنا أن تلك المشكلة ليست حديثة الوجود.
شيرين محمد
doaj   +1 more source

Feasibility of AI-powered war weapons criminal liability and the challenge of impunity in the International Criminal Court

حقوق فناوریهای نوین, 2023
he issue of delegating the authority to kill humans to artificial intelligence in wartime is one of the most challenging emerging disciplines, as it raises numerous legal issues.
Mehrnoosh Abouzari, Mohammad Reza Barzegar, Zahra Naderi   +2 more
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Denunciafauna – A social media campaign to evaluate wildlife crime and law enforcement in Peru

Journal of Political Ecology, 2021
Wildlife crime poses a major threat to wild fauna globally. International treaties and laws seldom provide effective solutions. The campaign 'Denuncia Pública General de Casos de Fauna Silvestre en Cautiverio' (General Public Complaint Against Captive ...
Noga Shanee, Sam Shanee
doaj   +2 more sources

A Devil under the Guise of a Good Conscience

Labyrinth: An International Journal for Philosophy, Value Theory and Sociocultural Hermeneutics, 2021
Buried within Fyodor Dostoevsky's works are glimpses of corrupt individuals who rise to the fore every now and then. Without these occasional revelations, not many would notice how diabolical an ordinary person really is.
Robert Vuckovich
doaj   +1 more source

Violence against healthcare workers in Nepal: a system dynamics perspective on a growing crisis [PDF]

Frontiers in Public Health
Animesh Ghimire, Animesh Ghimire
doaj   +2 more sources

A tale of two Tamars: Domestic violence in the Hebrew Bible

Verbum et Ecclesia, 2022
Jacqueline Vayntrub argues that the date-palm root helps us see the link metaphor between two Tamar figures in Genesis 38 and 2 Samuel 13. However, it is more appropriate to see its fruit as the link metaphor, although in a negative way.
Yonky Karman
doaj   +1 more source