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European Law Journal, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Seeing the EU roughly as a political system designed to remove the most essential political decisions from democratic control, while in a large part abiding by legal frameworks, we could speak about an opposition between technocratic legalism and democracy.
Dimitry V. Kochenov +1 more
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DR-CAFTA and Worker’s Rights: Moving from Paper to Practice [PDF]
, 2009 This study analyses the “White Paper” projects and initiatives taken by the US government to improve labor rights practice in DR-CAFTA countries. Based on a three year study, WOLA has concluded that U.S.
Washington Office on Latin America
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State Integration and Violence at the Margins: The Logic of Police Raids in Rio de Janeiro's Favelas
The Howard Journal of Crime and Justice, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper investigates police raids in Rio de Janeiro's favelas through a property rights framework, exploring their organisational structure, motivations and implications. Using data from police reports, academic studies, NGOs and news sources, it examines why and how the state intervenes in these contested spaces.
Joseph Bouchard
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Opposing International Justice: Kenya’s Integrated Backlash Strategy Against the ICC [PDF]
, 2017 The government of Kenya has employed a wide range of strategies to undermine the recently-dismissed prosecutions of President Uhuru Kenyatta and Deputy President William Ruto before the International Criminal Court (ICC).
Helfer, Laurence R., Showalter, Anne E.
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Why We Need Erga Omnes Character for Obligations to Combat Impunity for International Crimes?
Padjadjaran: Jurnal Ilmu Hukum, 2017 International law has recognized certain crimes as international crimes or the most serious crimes. However, it is arguable whether the prohibitions of international crimes that have reached the status of jus cogens carry with it the duty to combat ...
Diajeng Wulan Christianti
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Accountability, Immunity, & Impunity: How the UN Avoids Justice in Haiti [PDF]
, 2014 Following the devastating 2010 earthquake, the world’s largest cholera epidemic broke out on the island of Haiti, taking the lives of an estimated 8,500 and continuing to afflict more than 685,000. Scientific analysis undeniably traced the cholera strain
Schwab, Megan F.
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Regional approaches to international humanitarian law [PDF]
, 2010 Violations of international humanitarian law (IHL) are a global concern. The enforcement of IHLhas traditionally focused on the State level. As States have shown an unwillingness or inability to address violations, attention has moved to the ...
Burchill, Richard M
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Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article presents the findings of a quantitative study on sentencing practices in Brazil, focusing on the presence of numerical patterns and “penal clustering” in judicial decisions. Drawing on a dataset of criminal sentences from São Paulo—the country's most populous and active judiciary—the research statistically investigates whether ...
Gabriel Silveira de Queirós Campos +2 more
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SOCIAL MEDIA ABUSE AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR DEMOCRACY IN NIGERIA
AyikaNigeria’s democracy has been under the siege of incessant crises and these crises are a culmination of the country’s successive years of corruption, human rights violation and in recent times the misuse of social media (through the use of propaganda ...
Ibukunoluwa Bose OLOJEDE
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Avoiding amnesty in the age of accountability: Colombia’s proposal for alternative sentencing
Deusto Journal of Human Rights, 2017 One of the more conspicuous symptoms of the anti-impunity movement in transitional justice is a growing objection towards the use of amnesty. While international standards are slowly but surely building a legal barricade to prevent amnesty and impunity ...
Lucía E. M. Savini
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