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The Bemba Appeals Chamber Judgment: Impunity For Sexual And Gender-Based Crimes?, Susana Sacouto, Patricia Viseur Sellers
The Bemba Appeals Chamber Judgment: Impunity For Sexual And Gender-Based Crimes?, Susana Sacouto, Patricia Viseur Sellers
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On June 8, 2018, a majority of the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) reversed the conviction of former military commander Jean-Pierre Bemba for the crimes against humanity of rape and murder and the war crimes of rape, murder, and pillaging committed by his troops in the Central African Republic (CAR) between October 2002, and March 2003. The decision was clearly a disappointment for the victims of the crimes committed by Bemba’s troops, who have been waiting for more than fifteen years for a measure of justice. Significantly, the acquittal also means that sixteen years after the Rome …
State-Enabled Crimes, Rebecca Hamilton
State-Enabled Crimes, Rebecca Hamilton
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International crimes are committed by individuals, but many – from genocide in Rwanda to torture at Abu Ghraib – would not have occurred without the integral role played by the State. This dual contribution, of individual and State, is intrinsic to the commission of what I term “State-Enabled Crimes.” Viewing international adjudication through the rubric of State-Enabled Crimes highlights a feature of the international judicial architecture that is typically taken for granted: its bifurcated structure. Notwithstanding the deep interrelationship between individual and State in the commission of State-Enabled Crimes, the international legal system adjudicates the responsibility of each under two …
Crashing The Misdemeanor System, Jenny M. Roberts
Crashing The Misdemeanor System, Jenny M. Roberts
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With “minor crimes” making up more than 75% of state criminal caseloads, the United States faces a misdemeanor crisis. Although mass incarceration continues to plague the nation, the current criminal justice system is faltering under the weight of misdemeanor processing.
Operating under the “broken windows theory,” which claims that public order law enforcement prevents more serious crime, the police send many petty offenses to criminal court. This is so even though the original authors of the theory noted that “[o]rdinarily, no judge or jury ever sees the persons caught up in a dispute over the appropriate level of neighborhood order” …
Panel Iv: Challenges To Proving Cases Of Torture Before The Committee Against Torture, Juan E. Mendez
Panel Iv: Challenges To Proving Cases Of Torture Before The Committee Against Torture, Juan E. Mendez
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Inter-American System, Claudia Martin
Inter-American System, Claudia Martin
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The Inter-American Human Rights System: Activities From Late 2000 Through October 2002, Richard J. Wilson
The Inter-American Human Rights System: Activities From Late 2000 Through October 2002, Richard J. Wilson
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Reconciling Amnesties With Universal Jurisdiction, Juan E. Mendez, Garth Meintjes
Reconciling Amnesties With Universal Jurisdiction, Juan E. Mendez, Garth Meintjes
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Redirecting The Debate Over Trafficking In Women: Definitions, Paradigms, And Contexts, Janie Chuang
Redirecting The Debate Over Trafficking In Women: Definitions, Paradigms, And Contexts, Janie Chuang
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George Bush's America Meets Dante's Inferno: The Americans With Disabilities Act In Prison, Ira Robbins
George Bush's America Meets Dante's Inferno: The Americans With Disabilities Act In Prison, Ira Robbins
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Introduction: The conditions in America's correctional facilities have long been cause for concern. Even those who do not advocate a comfortable quality of life for inmates recognize that basic problems such as overcrowding, inmate violence,' inadequate staffing,2 and increasing costs of building and maintaining prisons have approached crisis levels. Meanwhile, the prison population continues to swell. According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics of the United States Department of Justice, the number of prisoners incarcerated at state and federal prisons annually has grown at a rate of 8.4% in recent years.'