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What Are Transitions For? Atrocity, International Criminal Justice, And The Political, Paulo Barrozo Dec 2014

What Are Transitions For? Atrocity, International Criminal Justice, And The Political, Paulo Barrozo

Paulo Barrozo

This essay offers an answer to the question of what societies afflicted by atrocities ought to transition into. The answer offered is able to better direct the evaluation of previous models and the design of new models of transitional justice. Into what, then, should transitional justice transition? I argue in this essay that transitional justice should be a transition into the political, understood in its robust liberalism version. I further argue that the most significant part of transitions ought to happen in the minds of the members of political communities, precisely where the less tangible and yet most important dimension …


Don’T Close Guantánamo, Jennifer Daskal Jan 2013

Don’T Close Guantánamo, Jennifer Daskal

Jennifer Daskal

Thanks to the spotlight placed on the facility by human rights groups, international observers and detainees' lawyers, there has been a significant, if not uniform, improvement in conditions.


Human Rights, Revolution, And Reform In The Muslim World, Anthony Chase Dec 2011

Human Rights, Revolution, And Reform In The Muslim World, Anthony Chase

Anthony Chase

The book rejects popular arguments that there is an incompatibility between human rights and the Muslim world and details ways in which human rights have long impacted the Muslim world’s political and social life, with revolutionary potential.


A Clear View From The Prairie: Harold Washington And The People Of Illinois Respond To Federal Encroachment Of Human Rights, Craig Mousin Dec 2003

A Clear View From The Prairie: Harold Washington And The People Of Illinois Respond To Federal Encroachment Of Human Rights, Craig Mousin

Craig B. Mousin

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