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Hidden Slaves: Forced Labor In The United States, Laurel E. Fletcher, Kevin Bales, Eric Stover
Hidden Slaves: Forced Labor In The United States, Laurel E. Fletcher, Kevin Bales, Eric Stover
Laurel E. Fletcher
No abstract provided.
Justice, Accountability And Social Reconstruction: An Interview Study Of Bosnian Judges And Prosecutors, Laurel E. Fletcher, Harvey M. Weinstein
Justice, Accountability And Social Reconstruction: An Interview Study Of Bosnian Judges And Prosecutors, Laurel E. Fletcher, Harvey M. Weinstein
Laurel E. Fletcher
No abstract provided.
The Cumulative Effect: A Medico-Legal Approach To United States Torture Law And Policy, Alexa Koenig, Eric Stover, Laurel E. Fletcher
The Cumulative Effect: A Medico-Legal Approach To United States Torture Law And Policy, Alexa Koenig, Eric Stover, Laurel E. Fletcher
Laurel E. Fletcher
In the weeks following the events of September 11, 2001, the Bush administration granted the CIA authority to set up detention facilities known as ‘black sites’ outside the United States, and to employ new interrogation procedures on suspected terrorists taken into custody. Recently released legal memoranda by the US Department of Justice’s Office of Legal Counsel condoned the use of several interrogation techniques (such as waterboarding and prolonged sleep deprivation), which the US itself had previously condemned as torture. This paper examines the legal rationalisations the Bush administration advanced to circumvent international and national laws prohibiting torture and other forms …
Book Review, Laurel E. Fletcher
Book Review, Laurel E. Fletcher
Laurel E. Fletcher
Reviewing Blood and Vengeance by Chuck Sudetic
New Perspectives On Old Patterns: Forced Migration Of Haitians In The Dominican Republic, Laurel E. Fletcher, Timothy Miller
New Perspectives On Old Patterns: Forced Migration Of Haitians In The Dominican Republic, Laurel E. Fletcher, Timothy Miller
Laurel E. Fletcher
This unique, interdisciplinary study utilises demographic data as well as interviews to identify patterns of the forced migration and experiences of Haitians and Dominicans of Haitian descent who left the Dominican Republic and entered Haiti between August 1999 and July 2000. While forced migration of Haitians from the Dominican Republic is the subject of reports and international legal proceedings, there has been little quantitative data on this sensitive issue. This study offers the first statistical analysis of migration flows through a demographic assessment of this vulnerable population. We present several key findings regarding the patterns in the outflow, the characteristics …
Book Review, Laurel E. Fletcher
Book Review, Laurel E. Fletcher
Laurel E. Fletcher
Reviewing Between Vengeance and Forgiveness: Facing History After Genocide and Mass Violence by Martha Minow
Writing Transitional Justice: An Empirical Evaluation Of Transitional Justice Scholarship In Academic Journals, Laurel E. Fletcher, Harvey M. Weinstein
Writing Transitional Justice: An Empirical Evaluation Of Transitional Justice Scholarship In Academic Journals, Laurel E. Fletcher, Harvey M. Weinstein
Laurel E. Fletcher
This article examines transitional justice scholarship published in academic periodicals over a six-year period, 2003–2008, to identify the disciplines that contributed to the literature and the nature of scholarly questions they posed during a period of burgeoning scholarship. The article is the first to identify empirically which disciplines contributed to the scholarship and which were most influential among the social sciences and humanities. Law, political science, and sociology are the disciplines that dominated the field as reflected in academic journals. The most influential transitional justice articles in the social sciences and law suggested that readers were drawn to scholarly treatments …
Editorial Note, Laurel E. Fletcher
Editorial Note, Laurel E. Fletcher, Hugo Van Der Merwe
Editorial Note, Laurel E. Fletcher, Hugo Van Der Merwe
Laurel E. Fletcher
No abstract provided.
Human Rights And Mass Disaster: Lessons From The 2004 Tsunami, Laurel E. Fletcher, Eric Stover, Harvey M. Weinstein
Human Rights And Mass Disaster: Lessons From The 2004 Tsunami, Laurel E. Fletcher, Eric Stover, Harvey M. Weinstein
Laurel E. Fletcher
No abstract provided.
Editorial Note, Laurel E. Fletcher, Hugo Van Der Merwe
Editorial Note, Laurel E. Fletcher, Hugo Van Der Merwe
Laurel E. Fletcher
No abstract provided.
Editorial Note, Laurel E. Fletcher, Hugo Van Der Merwe
Editorial Note, Laurel E. Fletcher, Hugo Van Der Merwe
Laurel E. Fletcher
No abstract provided.
Inequalities And Prospects: Ethnicity And Legal Status In The Construction Labor After Hurricane Katrina, Patrick Vinck, Phuong N. Pham, Laurel E. Fletcher, Eric Stover
Inequalities And Prospects: Ethnicity And Legal Status In The Construction Labor After Hurricane Katrina, Patrick Vinck, Phuong N. Pham, Laurel E. Fletcher, Eric Stover
Laurel E. Fletcher
The arrival of Latino immigrant workers and the weakening of federal labor regulations after Hurricane Katrina raised concerns about labor conditions and workers’ rights. We carried out a survey of workers at 212 randomly selected addresses in the city of New Orleans, successfully interviewing 212 out of 351 workers approached (40% refusal rate). Workers were asked about their demographic, employment, and health characteristics, as well as violations of human rights they may have experienced. The survey was supplemented with in-depth qualitative interviews with Latino workers and key informants in Louisiana and Mississippi. Our study showed that Latino workers, particularly undocumented …
A Wolf In Sheep's Clothing? Transitional Justice And The Effacement Of State Accountability For International Crimes, Laurel E. Fletcher
A Wolf In Sheep's Clothing? Transitional Justice And The Effacement Of State Accountability For International Crimes, Laurel E. Fletcher
Laurel E. Fletcher
If international atrocity crimes are acts so egregious that their impunity cannot be legally tolerated, why don’t we punish States that commit them? The rise of international criminal law is celebrated as an achievement of the international rule of law, yet its advance effectively may come at the expense of holding States accountable for their role in mass violence. Transitional justice has emerged as the dominant normative framework for how the international community responds to mass violence. Liberalism strongly influences transitional justice, which has produced individual criminal accountability as the desired form of legal accountability for atrocities. Transitional justice rejects …
Dedication, David D. Caron, Laurel E. Fletcher, James Gordley, Andrew T. Guzman
Dedication, David D. Caron, Laurel E. Fletcher, James Gordley, Andrew T. Guzman
Laurel E. Fletcher
No abstract provided.
A Wolf In Sheep's Clothing: Transitional Justice And The Effacement Of State Accountability For International Crimes, Laurel E. Fletcher
A Wolf In Sheep's Clothing: Transitional Justice And The Effacement Of State Accountability For International Crimes, Laurel E. Fletcher
Laurel E. Fletcher
If international atrocity crimes are acts so egregious that their impunity cannot be legally tolerated, why don't we punish States that commit them? The rise of international criminal law is celebrated as an achievement of the international rule of law, yet its advance effectively may come at the expense of holding States accountable for their role in mass violence. Transitional justice has emerged as the dominant normative framework for how the international community responds to mass violence. Liberalism strongly influences transitional justice, which has produced individual criminal accountability as the desired form of legal accountability for atrocities. Transitional justice rejects …