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"Imagine There's No Country": Statelessness As Persecution In Light Of Haile Ii, Stewart E. Forbes May 2013

"Imagine There's No Country": Statelessness As Persecution In Light Of Haile Ii, Stewart E. Forbes

Buffalo Law Review

No abstract provided.


Negotiating Reparation Rights: The Participatory And Symbolic Quotients, Lisa J. Laplante Apr 2013

Negotiating Reparation Rights: The Participatory And Symbolic Quotients, Lisa J. Laplante

Buffalo Human Rights Law Review

No abstract provided.


Symbolic Reparations And Reconciliation: Lessons From South Africa, Ereshnee Naidu Apr 2013

Symbolic Reparations And Reconciliation: Lessons From South Africa, Ereshnee Naidu

Buffalo Human Rights Law Review

No abstract provided.


A Survivor's Testimony: Closing Remarks To The Conference On Implementing Truth And Reconciliation: Comparative Lessons For Korea, Theresa Chun Apr 2013

A Survivor's Testimony: Closing Remarks To The Conference On Implementing Truth And Reconciliation: Comparative Lessons For Korea, Theresa Chun

Buffalo Human Rights Law Review

No abstract provided.


Final Recommendations Of The Truth And Reconciliation Commission, Republic Of Korea, Truth And Reconciliation Commission, Republic Of Korea, Mark A. Nathan, Eon Joo Park Apr 2013

Final Recommendations Of The Truth And Reconciliation Commission, Republic Of Korea, Truth And Reconciliation Commission, Republic Of Korea, Mark A. Nathan, Eon Joo Park

Buffalo Human Rights Law Review

No abstract provided.


Lessons Form The Cambodian Experience With Truth And Reconciliation, John D. Ciorciari, Jaya Ramji-Nogales Apr 2013

Lessons Form The Cambodian Experience With Truth And Reconciliation, John D. Ciorciari, Jaya Ramji-Nogales

Buffalo Human Rights Law Review

No abstract provided.


Fairness In Transitional Justice Initiatives: The Case Of South Korea, Tae-Ung Baik Apr 2013

Fairness In Transitional Justice Initiatives: The Case Of South Korea, Tae-Ung Baik

Buffalo Human Rights Law Review

No abstract provided.


Korea's Truth And Reconciliation Commission: An Overview And Assessment, Kim Dong-Choon Apr 2013

Korea's Truth And Reconciliation Commission: An Overview And Assessment, Kim Dong-Choon

Buffalo Human Rights Law Review

No abstract provided.


Trial And Error In Transitional Justice: Learning From South Korea's Truth Commissions, Hun Joon Kim Apr 2013

Trial And Error In Transitional Justice: Learning From South Korea's Truth Commissions, Hun Joon Kim

Buffalo Human Rights Law Review

No abstract provided.


Implementing Truth And Reconciliation: Comparative Lessons For The Republic Of Korea, Tara J. Melish Apr 2013

Implementing Truth And Reconciliation: Comparative Lessons For The Republic Of Korea, Tara J. Melish

Buffalo Human Rights Law Review

This Article substantively introduces a special symposium issue on "Implementing Truth and Reconciliation: Comparative Lessons for Korea." Inspired by the Dec. 2010 release of the official report and recommendations of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, Republic of Korea (TRCK), the special issue gathers comparative national and cross-national lessons from four nations -- South Korea, South Africa, Cambodia, and Peru -- on the factors that contribute to or hinder the effective implementation of truth commission recommendations and other efforts aimed at achieving national, community, and individual-level reconciliation. Such lessons are offered in the hope of assisting victim groups and other advocacy …


The Spirit And Task Of Democratic Cosmopolitanism: European Political Identity At The Limits Of Transnational Law, Paul Linden-Retek Mar 2013

The Spirit And Task Of Democratic Cosmopolitanism: European Political Identity At The Limits Of Transnational Law, Paul Linden-Retek

Journal Articles

The problem motivating this essay is the continuing, yet difficult hope for a Europe of democratic cosmopolitanism, for a Europe in which cosmopolitics works to continually question the terms of lingering exclusion while preserving our ideals of self-legislation and democratic authorship. In what follows, I expand the familiar criticism of Europe’s democratic legitimacy gap, its democratic deficit, as a lens through which to analyse the possibility of a supranational participatory identity within the European political space. First, I describe the contemporary juridification of European politics, specifically concerning the legal formalism of the European Court of Justice, and the dangers such …


Multipolar Governance Across Environmental Treaty Regimes: The Ramsar Convention In Its Middle Age, Kim Diana Connolly Jan 2013

Multipolar Governance Across Environmental Treaty Regimes: The Ramsar Convention In Its Middle Age, Kim Diana Connolly

Journal Articles

No abstract provided.


Authority To Proscribe And Punish International Crimes, Guyora Binder Jan 2013

Authority To Proscribe And Punish International Crimes, Guyora Binder

Journal Articles

Although criminal jurisdiction is usually exercised by governments, offenses can also be proscribed by international law, and punishment can be imposed by international tribunals. This article critically examines the legitimacy of such exercises of international criminal jurisdiction. It reasons that criminal law can plausibly be justified as a cooperative institution that achieves the public good of a rule of law, with its attendant benefits of social peace and equal dignity of persons. It then argues that such a beneficial rule of law requires a punishing authority with the executive capacity to protect those it claims to regulate. It would follow …


Typologies Of Scholarship On Africa, Makau Wa Mutua Jan 2013

Typologies Of Scholarship On Africa, Makau Wa Mutua

Journal Articles

No abstract provided.