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Beyond Territoriality: The Case Of Transnational Human Rights Litigation, Peer Zumbansen
Beyond Territoriality: The Case Of Transnational Human Rights Litigation, Peer Zumbansen
Peer Zumbansen
Cases for civil damages that have been brought before Western courts by victims of torture and persecution against states officials or corporations, challenge the principles of state sovereignty and jurisdictional competence. While national courts can in cases of serious crimes hear cases that grow out of acts committed in another country, the same is not true for cases for civil compensation. A persisting and rising number of private law cases that attempts to empower disenfranchised victims of crime and abuse, points to the necessity of reconsidering the prevailing procedural and substantial obstacles that govern the so-far unsuccessful civil law suits. …
Sovereignty, Identity, And The Apparatus Of Death, Tawia Baidoe Ansah
Sovereignty, Identity, And The Apparatus Of Death, Tawia Baidoe Ansah
Tawia B. Ansah
Ten years after the genocide in Rwanda, the government issued broad new laws outlawing the use of ethnic categories, with a view to uniting all Rwandans under a single Rwandan identity. This self-erasure of ethnic identity is deployed primarily within the borders of the state, to enable reconciliation after the genocide in 1994. Outside the borders, the state deploys ethnic identity as one of the rationales for its cross-border wars (in the Democratic Republic of Congo).
The Concept Of Sovereign Equality Of States In International Law, Alex Ansong
The Concept Of Sovereign Equality Of States In International Law, Alex Ansong
Alex Ansong