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Klatsky Endowed Lecture, Presented By The U.N. High Commissioner For Human Rights, Prince Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein
Klatsky Endowed Lecture, Presented By The U.N. High Commissioner For Human Rights, Prince Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein
Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law
A speech that discusses the quest for global justice through monitoring, factfinding and reporting injustices such as torture, arbitrary detention, enforced disappearance, sexual violence, slavery, murder, and discrimination.
Indirect Violence And Legitimation: Torture, Surrogacy, And The U.S. War On Terror, Eric Bonds
Indirect Violence And Legitimation: Torture, Surrogacy, And The U.S. War On Terror, Eric Bonds
Societies Without Borders
This paper contributes to the sociological study of legitimation, specifically focusing on the state legitimation of torture and other forms of violence that violate international normative standards. While sociologists have identified important discursive techniques of legitimation, this paper suggests that researchers should also look at state practices where concerns regarding legitimacy are “built in” to the very practice of certain forms of violence. Specifically, the paper focuses on surrogacy, through which powerful states may direct or benefit from the violence carried out by client states or other armed groups while at the same time attempting to appear separate from and …
Wikileaking The Truth About American Unaccountability For Torture, Lisa Hajjar
Wikileaking The Truth About American Unaccountability For Torture, Lisa Hajjar
Societies Without Borders
Grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions are international offenses and perpetrators can be prosecuted abroad if accountability is not pursued at home. The US torture policy, instituted by the Bush administration in the context of the “war on terror” presents a contemporary example of liability for gross crimes under international law. For this reason, classification and secrecy have functioned in tandem as a shield to block public knowledge about prosecutable offenses. Keeping such information secret and publicizing deceptive official accounts that contradict the truth are essential to propaganda strategies to sustain American support or apathy about the country’s multiple current …
The Value Of Claiming Torture: An Analysis Of Al-Qaeda's Tactical Lawfare Strategy And Efforts To Fight Back, Michael J. Lebowitz
The Value Of Claiming Torture: An Analysis Of Al-Qaeda's Tactical Lawfare Strategy And Efforts To Fight Back, Michael J. Lebowitz
Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law
No abstract provided.
Civil Liability Of Bush, Cheney, Et Al., For Torture, Cruel, Inhuman, And Degrading Treatment And Forced Disappearance, Jordan J. Paust
Civil Liability Of Bush, Cheney, Et Al., For Torture, Cruel, Inhuman, And Degrading Treatment And Forced Disappearance, Jordan J. Paust
Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law
No abstract provided.
International Law And The Torture Memos, Michael P. Scharf
International Law And The Torture Memos, Michael P. Scharf
Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law
No abstract provided.
A Hybrid Court For A Hybrid War, Glenn M. Sulmasy, Andrea K. Logman
A Hybrid Court For A Hybrid War, Glenn M. Sulmasy, Andrea K. Logman
Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law
No abstract provided.
Beyond The Torture Memos: Perceptual Filters, Cultural Commitments, And Partisan Identity, Cassandra Burke Robertson
Beyond The Torture Memos: Perceptual Filters, Cultural Commitments, And Partisan Identity, Cassandra Burke Robertson
Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law
No abstract provided.
American Innocence, Robert N. Strassfeld
American Innocence, Robert N. Strassfeld
Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law
No abstract provided.
The Institutionalization Of Torture Under The Bush Administration, M. Cherif Bassiouni
The Institutionalization Of Torture Under The Bush Administration, M. Cherif Bassiouni
Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law
No abstract provided.
Torture, Morality, And Law, Jeff Mcmahan
Torture, Morality, And Law, Jeff Mcmahan
Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law
No abstract provided.
Defining Torture, David Sussman
Defining Torture, David Sussman
Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law
No abstract provided.
Torturing The Law, Jose A. Alvarez
Torturing The Law, Jose A. Alvarez
Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law
No abstract provided.
The Elephant In The Room: Foreword: Torture And The War On Terror, Michael P. Scharf, Rory T. Hood
The Elephant In The Room: Foreword: Torture And The War On Terror, Michael P. Scharf, Rory T. Hood
Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law
No abstract provided.
Combating Terrorism: Zero Tolerance For Torture, Richard Goldstone
Combating Terrorism: Zero Tolerance For Torture, Richard Goldstone
Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law
No abstract provided.
The Unholy Trinity: Intelligence, Interrogation And Torture, Amos Guiora
The Unholy Trinity: Intelligence, Interrogation And Torture, Amos Guiora
Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law
No abstract provided.
Dangerous World Of Indefinite Detentions: Vietnam To Abu Ghraib, The, Jennifer Van Bergen, Douglas Valentine
Dangerous World Of Indefinite Detentions: Vietnam To Abu Ghraib, The, Jennifer Van Bergen, Douglas Valentine
Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law
No abstract provided.
The Crime Of Torture And The International Criminal Tribunals, William A. Schabas
The Crime Of Torture And The International Criminal Tribunals, William A. Schabas
Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law
No abstract provided.
Torture In Dreamland: Disposing Of The Ticking Bomb, Henry Shue
Torture In Dreamland: Disposing Of The Ticking Bomb, Henry Shue
Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law
No abstract provided.
Torture And Contract, Laura A. Dickinson
Torture And Contract, Laura A. Dickinson
Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law
No abstract provided.
The Logical Nexus Between The Decision To Deny Application Of The Third Geneva Convention To The Taliban And Al Qaeda And The Mistreatment Of Prisoners In Abu Ghraib, Evan J. Wallach
Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law
No abstract provided.
Torture In The International Community--Problems Of Definition And Limitation--The Case Of Northern Ireland, Ellen B. Cohn
Torture In The International Community--Problems Of Definition And Limitation--The Case Of Northern Ireland, Ellen B. Cohn
Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law
No abstract provided.