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Book review: Canefe N Critical Perspectives on Crimes against Humanity: The Limits of Universal Jurisdiction in the Global South (University of Wales Press 2020)

Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal, 2022
In the current anti-accountability sentiment that has plagued most of Africa, triggered by the nasty politics of selectivity that is primarily motivated by considerations of realpolitik or the interests of specific states, Canefe's book lays bare the ...
Avitus Agbor
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Visibilizing the accountability web: ordinary courts, informal justice efforts, and alternative approaches for addressing mass human rights violations in Syria

Journal of Law and Society, Volume 52, Issue 4, Page 556-579, December 2025.
Abstract Accountability mechanisms are often perceived as the Achilles’ heel of human rights practice. As classic human rights institutions rarely provide adequate guarantees of accountability, justice actors are increasingly turning to alternative spaces to advance accountability.
BRIGITTE HERREMANS, TINE DESTROOPER
wiley   +1 more source

Survey Article: The Legitimacy of International Courts*

, 2020
Journal of Political Philosophy, Volume 28, Issue 4, Page 476-499, December 2020.
Andreas Follesdal
wiley   +1 more source

Society left holding the (plastic) bag: A transnational analysis of the impact of plastic litigation on environmental justice

Review of European, Comparative &International Environmental Law, Volume 34, Issue 2, Page 326-336, July 2025.
Abstract While a few corporations benefit from the widespread use of plastics, the rest of society is, ironically, left holding the (plastic) bag. In many cases, the communities most affected by plastic pollution are left out of decisions that directly impact them.
Josselin Stone
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The Inconsistency of ICSID Awards Over Argentina Cases

Hasanuddin Law Review, 2020
This paper discusses the inconsistency of International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) awards over an emergency situation in Argentina in 2001.
M. Ya'kub Aiyub Kadir, Lena Farsia
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Defending heroic soldiers at the United Nations Human Rights Council: shame, honour, and sovereign masculinity

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Volume 31, Issue 1, Page 137-157, March 2025.
Abstract Human rights activists worldwide rely heavily on naming and shaming rights‐abusing states at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to induce them to comply with international human rights norms. However, what about national‐level actors who seek to shame a government for complying with human rights?
Chulani Kodikara
wiley   +1 more source

O giro decolonial no Direito Internacional

Sequência: Estudos Juridicos e Politicos, 2023
O presente texto tem como objetivo central estabelecer o ponto de contato entre o pensamento decolonial e o direito internacional. Isso porque, tendo a decolonialidade emergido como contraponto à colonialidade inaugurado na modernidade, o qual elevou o ...
Tatiana Cardoso Squeff
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TWAIL Feminist Perspectives on Conflict

, 2022
Völkerrechtsblog
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Advocating for the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive Against the Odds: Strategies and Legitimation

JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, Volume 63, Issue 2, Page 606-623, March 2025.
Abstract Developing legislation to counter the negative impacts of businesses' transnational activities on human rights and the environment is a recent trend. Supporters of such legislation have campaigned to convince policy‐makers to adopt strong law, but this legitimation process has not been theorised.
Morgane Thorens, Nadia Bernaz, Otto Hospes   +2 more
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TWAIL (Third World Approaches to International Law) wobec „standardu cywilizacji” w prawie międzynarodowym publicznym ze szczególnym uwzględnieniem perspektywy afrykańskiej

Politeja
TWAIL (THIRD WORLD APPROACHES TO INTERNATIONAL LAW) TOWARDS THE “STANDARD OF CIVILIZATION” IN PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE AFRICAN PERSPECTIVE The aim of the study is to analyze the position of representatives of the ...
Agnieszka Czubik
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