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Rape And Sexual Violence: Questionable Inevitability And Moral Responsibility In Armed Conflict, Katherine W. Bogen
Rape And Sexual Violence: Questionable Inevitability And Moral Responsibility In Armed Conflict, Katherine W. Bogen
Scholarly Undergraduate Research Journal at Clark (SURJ)
Wartime sexual violence is a critical human rights issue that usurps the autonomy of its victims as well as their physical and psychological safety. It occurs in both ethnic and non-ethnic wars, across geographic regions, against both men and women, and regardless of the “official” position of commanders, states, and armed groups on the use of rape as tactic of war. This problem is current, pervasive, and global in spite of the status of wartime sexual violence perpetration as a crime against humanity and the capacity of the international criminal court to indict offenders. Though some scholars have argued that …
What Does Genocide Produce? The Semantic Field Of Genocide, Cultural Genocide, And Ethnocide In Indigenous Rights Discourse, Jeff Benvenuto
What Does Genocide Produce? The Semantic Field Of Genocide, Cultural Genocide, And Ethnocide In Indigenous Rights Discourse, Jeff Benvenuto
Genocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal
The semantic field of genocide, cultural genocide, and ethnocide overlaps between Indigenous rights discourse and genocide studies. Since the 1970s, such language has been used to express grievances that have stimulated the construction of Indigenous rights in international law. These particular words signify general concerns with the integrity of Indigenous peoples, thereby undergirding a larger framework of normative beliefs, ethical arguments, and legal claims, especially the right to self-determination. Going back to the post-World War II era, this article traces the normative and institutional processes through which this overlapping discourse has emerged. Culminating with the adoption of the …
Corporate Complicity In Human Rights Violations Under International Criminal Law, Danielle Olson
Corporate Complicity In Human Rights Violations Under International Criminal Law, Danielle Olson
International Human Rights Law Journal
This paper examines the main legal elements of corporate criminal responsibility for involvement in serious human rights violations, focusing specifically on the mens rea, or mental element requirement of a crime. It analyzes in detail what it means for a business to be complicit, the degree of knowledge corporations and their officials must have to be implicated in accomplice liability, and a case study demonstrating the consequences of such liability on corporations.
United Nations Tribunals And Complicity In Human Rights Violations: The Assassination Of Zoran Djindjic, Ibpp Editor
United Nations Tribunals And Complicity In Human Rights Violations: The Assassination Of Zoran Djindjic, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
This article presents a hypothesis of untoward consequences through the reification of human rights.
Obedience To Authority As Obedience To Authority: Current Perspectives On The Milgram Paradigm, Ibpp Editor
Obedience To Authority As Obedience To Authority: Current Perspectives On The Milgram Paradigm, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
This article considers political implications of the Milgram obedience studies and of how these studies have fared in professional and lay discourse. A point of departure for the article is a volume edited by Thomas Blass on the studies.
21st-Century Crusades And Demonizing Islam: Commentary On Inderfuth, Ibpp Editor
21st-Century Crusades And Demonizing Islam: Commentary On Inderfuth, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
This article comments on public discourse transmitted through Western-financed mass media that attempts to demonize variants of Islam--e.g., that of the Taliban.
Counter-Intelligence On Espionage In The People's Republic Of China, Ibpp Editor
Counter-Intelligence On Espionage In The People's Republic Of China, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
This article analyzes the consensual Western perception that many allegations of espionage made by the government of the People's Republic of China (PRC) are violations of universal human rights.
Trends. Colombian Rebels And Elite Interests: Rights And Wrongs On Human Rights, Ibpp Editor
Trends. Colombian Rebels And Elite Interests: Rights And Wrongs On Human Rights, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
This article discusses and analyzes the reactions of elites to rebel actions (e.g., human rights violations, other violent actions) in Colombia.
Trends. Politically Incorrect On Human Rights: The 2000 Country Reports On Human Rights Practices, Ibpp Editor
Trends. Politically Incorrect On Human Rights: The 2000 Country Reports On Human Rights Practices, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
The United States (US) Department of State publicly released the 2000 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices on February 26, 2001. As usual, it provides information as both fact and opinion on how human rights are upheld and violated in almost all countries and territories throughout the world. And as usual it provides two types of politically incorrect controversies.
Trends. Licit And Illicit Human Trafficking: The Ultimate Violation Of Human Rights, Ibpp Editor
Trends. Licit And Illicit Human Trafficking: The Ultimate Violation Of Human Rights, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
This article discusses human trafficking for economic reasons and its context.
A Future Of Human And Civil Rights In Zimbabwe: Ideology And Outcome Research, Ibpp Editor
A Future Of Human And Civil Rights In Zimbabwe: Ideology And Outcome Research, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
This article describes two common approaches to achieving human and civil rights and what may be needed to select among these and other approaches.
Psychological Pathways To Minimizing Human Rights Violations Against Children, Ibpp Editor
Psychological Pathways To Minimizing Human Rights Violations Against Children, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
This article identifies several psychological pathways that governments and human rights organizations can employ to minimize human rights violations against children.
Trends. Black, White, And Shades Of Grey: A Perspective On Kosovo, Ibpp Editor
Trends. Black, White, And Shades Of Grey: A Perspective On Kosovo, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
The author discusses the brutal crackdowns by Serbian police and paramilitary forces against individuals of Albanian ethnicity in Kosovo province.
Trends. Human Rights In The People's Republic Of China: On Rewards And Leverage, Ibpp Editor
Trends. Human Rights In The People's Republic Of China: On Rewards And Leverage, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
The author discusses the Clinton administration's announcement that it will not sponsor this year's resolution before the United Nations Human Rights Commission in Geneva that would condemn the People's Republic of China (PRC) for human rights violations.
Inconsistency As Consistency: An Optimal Policy For Human Rights, Ibpp Editor
Inconsistency As Consistency: An Optimal Policy For Human Rights, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
This article contrasts two common cognitive approaches employed by United States (US) politicians in furthering human rights throughout the world.