ABSTRACT Rape myths, including the belief that victims frequently lie, contribute to barriers in justice, such as the disproportionate use of the “unfounded” classification—where, following an investigation, it is determined no crime occurred. This study analyzes rape report narratives tied to previously untested sexual assault kits (N = 5638) from a ...
Rachel E. Lovell +2 more
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The International Criminal Court: Current Issues and Perspectives [PDF]
The creation of a permanent international criminal court (ICC) has been seen as a desirable objective for a long time, but its implementation is hampered by controversy.
Kirsch, Philippe, Q.C.
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Dynamic Investigative Practice at the International Criminal Court [PDF]
The Direct Weight Optimization (DWO) approach is a nonparametric estimation approach that has appeared in recent years within the field of nonlinear system identification.
Andersson, Mats +5 more
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Opposing International Justice: Kenya’s Integrated Backlash Strategy Against the ICC [PDF]
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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The lack of available capacity of the domestic legal systems, under the principle of complementarity . [PDF]
When pass the test of complementarity, the notions of lack of willingness and of capacity are erecting as decisive for the admissibility of a situation and a case of which is derived, before the International Criminal Court.
Christian Wolffhügel Gutiérrez
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Putting the Prosecutor on a Clock? Responding to Variance in the Length of Preliminary Examinations
One of the unique challenges that the International Criminal Court's (ICC's) Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) faces is deciding when and where to launch investigations. It is a task that other international prosecutors have not confronted.
David Bosco
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In 2016 three African states namely South Africa, Burundi and The Gambia submitted written notifications of withdrawal from the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (Rome Statute) to the Secretary-General of the United Nations pursuant to ...
Manisuli Ssenyonjo
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The “Double Bind” of Gender‐Based Violence: Secondary Victimization in Courtroom Cross‐Examinations
ABSTRACT This paper examines how secondary victimization is interactionally produced during courtroom cross‐examinations of women who have experienced sexual violence. Drawing on Ethnomethodology, Conversation Analysis and Membership Categorization Analysis, the study investigates how defense attorneys invoke rape myths and gendered stereotypes to ...
Selena Mariano
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Framing Modern Slavery: Do Stakeholders Talk Past Each Other?
ABSTRACT Modern slavery literature has thus far mostly adopted a downstream perspective, in the sense that researchers investigated corporate actors' responses after the enactment of transparency legislation. The common finding is that corporate disclosure is poor and ineffective, contributing to a failure to eradicate modern slavery.
Sylvain Durocher +2 more
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Challenging UN Security Council- and International Criminal Court-Requested Asset Freezes in Domestic Courts: Views from the United Kingdom and Italy [PDF]
Daley J. Birkett, Dini Sejko
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