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The events in October 2017 in Catalonia exemplify the difficulty of establishing what ‘excessive use of force’ means. Images of violent repression of defenceless people of all ages waiting to vote accompany the Spanish government’s spokeswoman ...
Pau Pérez-Sales
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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
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(Series Information) European Papers - A Journal on Law and Integration, 2016 1(3), 1289-1292 | European Forum Highlight of 30 December 2016 | (Abstract) The case B.A.C. v.
Maura Marchegiani
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‘Chrystalline Talk’: Thomas Browne's Poetics of Concretion and Mineral Plain Style
ABSTRACT This article charts the figuration, both material and rhetorical, of mineral bodies in early modern natural philosophy, paying particular attention to the second book of Thomas Browne's Pseudodoxia Epidemica (1646). It argues that concretions (stony calculi and crystals formed through the aggregation of physical matter) make manifest a mineral
Jess Dunmore
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Procedure of appointing members of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment [PDF]
The European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) examines, through visits, the treatment of persons deprived of their liberty (Art.
Wrońska, Iwona
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Analyzing provisions of the four Geneva Conventions of 1949 and the Statute of the International Criminal Court of 1998, it’s easy to understand that both torture and inhuman treatment, including the act of intentional causing of great suffering or ...
USM ADMIN
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This article critically examines the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) practice in defining a minimum threshold for torture. It goes in-depth with torture facilitated by State agents, as stipulated in Article 3 of the European Convention on Human ...
Nano Vatcharadze
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Investigative Interviewing—A Paradigm Shift in Norway?
ABSTRACT The study examined self‐reported views from 56 highly experienced Norwegian policing professionals after adoption of the KREATIV investigative interviewing model there 25 years ago. From both quantitative and qualitative questionnaire responses, participants overwhelmingly identified the primary purpose of interviews as gathering accurate and ...
Ivar Fahsing +2 more
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In Legal Limbo? The status and rights of detainees from the 2001 war in Afghanistan [PDF]
During the 2001 war in Afghanistan hundreds of people associated with the Taliban or al Qaeda were arrested by United States forces and transported to the Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Vant, Megan
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Prevention of torture of persons deprived of liberty in Serbia: the State of affairs and challenges [PDF]
According to numerous international documents, the Constitution of the Republic of Serbia as well as relevant laws and by-laws related to the criminal justice system in general and the field of execution of criminal sanctions in particular ...
Tanjević Nataša
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