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Applying humanitarian principles within forensic medico‐legal investigations to better support families impacted by the MMIWG2+ crisis

Journal of Forensic Sciences, EarlyView.
Abstract Despite growing public awareness and political attention, the crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two‐Spirit People (MMIWG2+) in Canada and the United States remains unresolved. Indigenous families continue to report that the disappearances and deaths of their loved ones are investigated inadequately and without ...
Steff King, Sabine U. Stratton, Gail S. Anderson   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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

Layered abandonment: The moral interpretation of suffering in extreme confinement

Criminology, EarlyView.
Abstract Loss and rejection are central to prison life, yet how they crystallize into a more general sense of abandonment remains under‐theorized. Drawing on 64 interviews with men held in prolonged self‐isolation or serving indeterminate forvaring sentences in Denmark, we conceptualize abandonment not simply as hardship but as suffering plus ...
Frederik Rom Taxhjelm, Julie Laursen
wiley   +1 more source

Symbiotic Mutualism? A Process Perspective on the HRM and L&D Professions

Human Resource Management Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Professional HR associations are pivotal, yet under‐researched, institutions that shape recognition, accreditation, legitimacy and professional boundary definition in the HR field. In this paper we argue that as HR work expands into domains such as talent management, HR analytics, coaching, and mentoring, professional boundaries are better ...
Valerie Anderson, Carole Elliott, Patricia Jolliffe, Paul Tosey   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sanctions, National Security, and Free Speech

Global Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A fundamental, but largely overlooked, aspect of the New Washington Consensus is the use of national security arguments to restrict speech and punish disfavored speakers. Although the United States has a longer history of using sanctions to restrict speech in the terrorism context, it has recently applied sanctions to restrict political speech,
Joshua Andresen
wiley   +1 more source

Guardians Under Siege: Civil Society Access and Reform of the UN Human Rights Council

Global Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines how restrictions on civil society participation at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) undermine the institution's effectiveness. Through stakeholder interviews and analysis of recent developments, we show that civil society engagement does not merely fulfil a democratic aspiration, but it is an operational ...
Inés M. Pousadela, Samuel King
wiley   +1 more source

Dilemmas of Civilian Participation in Military Deterrence and Defence: Legal and Ethical Dimensions

Global Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT How can civilians participate in deterrence and defence in ways that do not jeopardize their immunity from deliberate attack? The principle of civilian immunity from deliberate attack in war is a core element of contemporary international humanitarian law (IHL). Uniformed combatants and others who take up arms pose a threat may be liable to be
Neta C. Crawford
wiley   +1 more source

Carney's Davos Address and the (Contested) Re‐Imagining of Middle Powers

Global Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT By privileging the intervention of Canada's prime minister, Mark Carney, in his January 2026 Davos address, the work aims to re‐engage with the debate around middle powers extending from academic scrutiny to instrumental practice. On core themes, Carney's address provides exceptional focal points pertaining to the role of this category of ...
Andrew F. Cooper
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

Palestine, Public Sentiment and the Limits of Omani Foreign Policy Discourse

Global Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines how expressions of solidarity with Palestine in Oman reveal transformations in state–society relations during the Gaza war of 2023–2025, a period of leadership transition and regional rupture. Drawing on elite statements, opinion columns and semi‐structured interviews, it combines framing analysis with thematic analysis ...
Sumaiya Al‐Wahaibi
wiley   +1 more source