By S. Chehani Ekaratne Click here to read full article (pdf) In the United Kingdom (“U.K.”), the Terrorism Act 2006 criminalizes statements likely to be understood as encouraging terrorism.1 Such statements include those that glorify terrorist acts.2 This offense is not a [...]
Read moreThe Past and Present of Corporate Complicity: Financing the Argentinean Dictatorship
By Juan Pablo Bohoslavsky and Veerle Opgenhaffen Click here to read full article (pdf) From 1976 to 1983, Argentina was ruled by a military dictatorship whose tactics included the widespread torture, murder, and enforced disappearance of thousands of people. Since the junta’s [...]
Read moreSecuring Widows’ Sepulchral Rights Through the Nigerian Constitution
By Remigius N Nwabueze Click here to read full article (pdf) The mistreatment of widows in Sub-Saharan Africa is both widespread and well-documented. Notorious forms of abuse include the disinheritance of widows, degrading and cruel mortuary practices, and compulsory levirate marriages.2 Among [...]
Read morePenetrating the Silence in Sierra Leone: A Blueprint for the Eradication of Female Genital Mutilation
By Chi Mgbako, Meghna Saxena, Anna Cave, Nasim Farjad, Helen Shin Click here to read full article (pdf) The African grassroots movement to eradicate female genital mutilation (also known as “female genital cutting” and “female circumcision,” hereinafter “FGM”) is widespread. While many [...]
Read morePsychiatry and Hunger Strikes
By Marlynn Wei, MD, JD and Rebecca W. Brendel, MD, JD Psychiatrists play an instrumental role in the evaluation of hunger strikers in correctional and detention facilities. This article focuses on the role that psychiatrists play in evaluating the capacity of [...]
Read moreThe Power of the European Court of Human Rights to Order Specific Non-Monetary Relief: a Critical Appraisal from a Right to Health Perspective
by Ingrid Nifosi-Sutton Click here to read full article (pdf) The remedial practice of the European Court of Human Rights (“ECtHR” or “Court”) is hardly known for being innovative or progressive. The reparations the Court uses to remedy violations of the 1950 [...]
Read moreSeeking to Persuade: A Constructive Approach to Human Rights Treaty Interpretation
By John Tobin Click here to download the full article (pdf) Human rights protected in international treaties are invariably vague and ambiguous. This ambiguity is most acute with respect to economic, social, and cultural rights.1 The rights to health, housing, and education [...]
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Waging War, Making Peace is a collection of essays that examines, through anthropological case studies, the necessity and efficacy of reparations in post-conflict and transitional societies. The editors, as well as many of the individual authors, distinguish anthropology’s focus on [...]
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