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United Nations Tribunals And Complicity In Human Rights Violations: The Assassination Of Zoran Djindjic, Ibpp Editor Mar 2003

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 Jan 2003

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 Sep 2001

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 Aug 2001

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. The Case For Reflexively Condemning Reflexively Condemning Human Rights Violations, Ibpp Editor Jul 2001

Trends. The Case For Reflexively Condemning Reflexively Condemning Human Rights Violations, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article discusses whether it is viable to compare different human rights violations.


Trends. Colombian Rebels And Elite Interests: Rights And Wrongs On Human Rights, Ibpp Editor Jul 2001

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. Human Rights And Politics: The Wrong Argument Against The International Criminal Court, Ibpp Editor Jul 2001

Trends. Human Rights And Politics: The Wrong Argument Against The International Criminal Court, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article discusses the International Criminal Court, or ICC. At issue is the contention that the ICC has been used primarily as a political tool for settling vendettas against the governments of nation-states and/or the leaders of these states instead of furthering human rights through adjudicating allegations of genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes.


Trends. Politically Incorrect On Human Rights: The 2000 Country Reports On Human Rights Practices, Ibpp Editor Mar 2001

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 Jul 2000

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 Jun 2000

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.


Trends. Hissen Habre And Human Rights: Right Or Wrong?, Ibpp Editor Mar 2000

Trends. Hissen Habre And Human Rights: Right Or Wrong?, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article discusses which high authorities (or national leaders), inside a given country and outside it, may be held accountable for human rights violations in given place.


Psychological Pathways To Minimizing Human Rights Violations Against Children, Ibpp Editor Feb 2000

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.


Human Rights: When Might Makes Right?, Ibpp Editor Feb 1999

Human Rights: When Might Makes Right?, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article illustrates the various rights underlying the concept of human rights as right.


Trends. Black, White, And Shades Of Grey: A Perspective On Kosovo, Ibpp Editor Mar 1998

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 Mar 1998

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.


Strange Bedfellows: Abraham Maslow As Defender Of Human Rights Violations, Jiang Zemin As Humanist, Ibpp Editor Nov 1997

Strange Bedfellows: Abraham Maslow As Defender Of Human Rights Violations, Jiang Zemin As Humanist, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes an instance in which humanistic psychological theory supports the rationale for behavior frequently linked with human rights violations.


Inconsistency As Consistency: An Optimal Policy For Human Rights, Ibpp Editor Oct 1997

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.