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Determinants of case outcomes in Rwanda's postgenocide gacaca courts

Criminology, EarlyView.
Abstract Transitional justice trials have become a central mechanism for addressing mass violence and human rights violations, yet little is known about the determinants of case outcomes within these courts—particularly in domestic contexts. This study examines Rwanda's gacaca courts, a localized transitional justice system that tried people suspected ...
Hollie Nyseth Nzitatira, Jared Edgerton, Anneliese Ward   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Double‐Edged Bandwagon Effects in International Law—Rationalist and Behavioral Explanations

Global Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines bandwagon effects in international law by integrating rationalist and behavioral perspectives. While the diffusion of treaties and norms has often been understood as a progressive process leading to broader participation and compliance, states also imitate negative examples, resulting in treaty withdrawals, non‐compliance,
Anne van Aaken
wiley   +1 more source

Significant Far‐Right Challenges to Australian Society? The XYZ and AustraliaOne

Australian Journal of Politics &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Scholars who analyse the Australian far‐right from a criminological or security studies perspective propose that activists and groups pose ‘political’ challenges to Australian society. This paper examines the far‐right news website The XYZ and the AustraliaOne political party, and argues that claims that the far‐right may normalise ...
Timothy Lynch
wiley   +1 more source

La bataille contre l’impunité de la torture pendant la Guerre d’indépendance algérienne : que dit l’histoire ?

Criminocorpus
The development of international law has made the fight against impunity one of the pillars of the non-recurrence of crimes. The torture practised during the Algerian war of independence provides a particularly exemplary case study in this respect. While
Sylvie Thénault
doaj   +1 more source

(Non)belonging and (un)freedom

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract This article centers on the concept of “belonging” to argue that belonging and freedom are fundamentally related, and that this relationship cannot be easily captured in formal terms alone. I contend that experiences of incomplete belonging among citizens deserve attention from political science because, in addition to their more obvious ...
Yuna Blajer de la Garza
wiley   +1 more source

Burying Futures: Artisanal Mining Deaths and the Politics of Negligence in Zimbabwe

American Anthropologist, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In the gold‐mining town of Kwekwe, central Zimbabwe, injury and death are a constant presence. Collapsing shafts, sudden explosions, gang fights, and neglected health infrastructure characterize the everyday lives of the town's impoverished residents.
Melusi Nkomo
wiley   +1 more source

Special Series « States of Impunity », Open Democracy, May 2015

, 2014
International audienceIn contexts of impunity, where conflict, state repression and the colossal challenge of taking on powerful perpetrators offer no hope for transition, how can we expect accountability to be realized? In this four-part series, a range
Jindia, Shilpa, Shafafi, Pardis, Makaremi, Chowra   +2 more
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IMPUNITY AND DEMOCRATIC QUALITY IN LATIN AMERICA (2015-2021): PATTERNS OF CONVERGENCE AND DIVERGENCE

Journal of International Studies
In 2019, a wave of protests broke out in many countries in the Latin American region. It started in Chile and spread to Bolivia, Ecuador, and Colombia.
Bruno Macciotta Pulisci, Pablo Biderbost
doaj   +1 more source

Crimes environnementaux : si la pollution de l’eau tue… malheureusement elle rapporte !

Criminologie, 2016
Qualifier la pollution de l’eau de crime peut sembler à première vue relever du sens commun et une telle pollution est déjà considérée comme un crime dans certains pays, à certaines conditions.
Sylvie Paquerot, M.A., M. LL., Ph. D
doaj   +1 more source

Impunity- Inertia, Inaction, and Invalidity: A Literature Review [PDF]

, 1999
Impunity is the torturer\u27s most relished tool. It is the dictator\u27s greatest and most potent weapon. It is the victim\u27s ultimate injury. And, it is the international community\u27s most conspicuous failure.
Penrose, Mary Margaret
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