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Creating A Culture Of Accountability: The Prosecution Of Gender Crimes In The Icty, Alice Hansen Oct 2009

Creating A Culture Of Accountability: The Prosecution Of Gender Crimes In The Icty, Alice Hansen

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

This study investigates if the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) successfully creates a culture of accountability through its prosecution of gender crime. It first frames the concepts of sexual violence in war as well as accountability theoretically, and describes the historical context of the war in the former Yugoslavia. The ideas of ethnic identity, gender roles, and rape as a war crime are placed against a historical and cultural background. Next, it uses twelve Statements of Guilt issued by the ICTY as a means to discuss the definition and creation of a culture of accountability within the …


Pisco Por La Razon O La Fuerza El Debate Entre Perú Y Chile Sobre La Denominacion De Origen Del Pisco, Y Sus Implicaciones., Courtney Harrell Apr 2009

Pisco Por La Razon O La Fuerza El Debate Entre Perú Y Chile Sobre La Denominacion De Origen Del Pisco, Y Sus Implicaciones., Courtney Harrell

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

In Chile and Peru pisco is an appellation of origin that has caused a trade conflict between both countries. Peru asserts that pisco can only be Peruvian given its strong ties to Peruvian identity, history and tradition, while Chile affirms that they too have a historical tie to pisco, be it not as strong as Peru’s, y that furthermore they produce, consume and export more than Peru. Investigating this conflict in detail one will notice that an appellation of origin of pisco is too restrictive in this case. The Peruvian arguments, within the restrictions of the definition of an appellation …