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Culture of Revenge: Analysing Blood Revenge in Pakistan's Tribal Areas

open access: yesThe Howard Journal of Crime and Justice, Volume 65, Issue 2, Page 204-214, June 2026.
ABSTRACT Revenge is a widespread phenomenon present in every culture. It is defined as a motivated retaliation against an offense or wrongdoing perceived as harmful or a violation of moral norms. Previous psychological research views revenge as an expressive action done for personal satisfaction.
Muhammad Asif   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Qualitative Study on Risk of Statelessness Among Indigenous Communities in Sarawak, Malaysia: Some Preliminary Findings

open access: yes
This qualitative study examines the risk of statelessness among indigenous communities in Sarawak, exploring both the perspectives of stateless persons and relevant stakeholders. The primary aim is to identify the barriers that contribute to the risk of
Awg Kassim, Dayang Hajyrayati   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Federalism in Post‐Assad Syria: Toward Durable Peace in a Pluralist Society

open access: yesMiddle East Policy, Volume 33, Issue 2, Page 206-227, Summer 2026.
Abstract Syria's civil war has left behind a fractured state. While the new president, Ahmed al‐Sharaa, seeks to unify the country and restore centralized governance, this appears unworkable. Instead, this article contends, asymmetrical federalism offers a pathway toward stability.
Dilan Okcuoglu
wiley   +1 more source

Legal and Social Issues of Stateless Children in Malaysia

open access: yesAsian Journal of Law and Policy
Malaysia does not have official records on the number of stateless people in the country. This lack of proactivity makes it challenging to identify the number of stateless people from the country’s population of ‘non-citizens’.
Zen Yie Ko, Manique A E Cooray
doaj   +1 more source

What Can the State of Nature Justify?

open access: yesPhilosophy &Public Affairs, Volume 54, Issue 2, Page 116-128, Spring 2026.
ABSTRACT Social contract theory is one of the most popular approaches to political justification. While the state of nature account in social contract theory is generally invoked to justify the state's authority, I argue in this paper that no extant account succeeds in doing so.
Arthur (Hongyang) Yang
wiley   +1 more source

Towards the abolition of gender discrimination in nationality laws

open access: yes, 2014
The contribution of gender discrimination to generating and perpetuating statelessness is considerable, and there continues to be a need to address such discrimination in nationality ...
van Waas, L.E.   +5 more
core  

Exploring Statelessness in Iran

open access: yes
Iran has yet to be the subject of research looking into the gaps in the nationality law, which, could create and perpetuate statelessness. There were however, several pre-identified populations, some members of which are believed to be affected by ...
Jason Tucker
core   +1 more source

Statelessness Displaced: Update on Syria’s Stateless Kurds

open access: yes, 2020
This paper provides a case study update on the situation of stateless persons – specifically ajanib and maktumeen Kurds from Syria – and focuses on the forced displacement from their country of origin. It considers the protection regime in place for the many stateless Syrian Kurds now in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, as well as what more can be done to
openaire   +1 more source

Statelessness: A 21st century challenge for Europe

open access: yes, 2009
Over the past decade, a deepening understanding of the gravity of the problem of statelessness, as well as the growing realisation that the international legal framework relating to statelessness exhibits numerous shortcomings, has made it clear that ...
Laura van Waas
core   +1 more source

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