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Gambling With The Psyche: Does Prosecuting Human Rights Violators Console Their Victims, Jamie O'Connell
Gambling With The Psyche: Does Prosecuting Human Rights Violators Console Their Victims, Jamie O'Connell
Jamie O'Connell
No abstract provided.
Translation, Power Hierarchy, And The Globalization Of The Concept “Human Rights”: Potential Contributions From Confucianism Missed By The Udhr, Sinkwan Cheng
Sinkwan Cheng
This essay strikes new paths for investigating the politics of translation and the (non-) universality of the concept of “human rights” by engaging them in a critical dialogue. Part I of my essay argues that a truly universal concept would have available linguistic equivalents in all languages. On this basis, I develop translation into a tool for disproving the claim that the concept human rights is universal. An inaccurate claim to universality could be made to look valid, however, if one culture dominates over others, and manages to impose its own concepts and exclude competitors. Part II explores how human …
What Are Transitions For? Atrocity, International Criminal Justice, And The Political, Paulo Barrozo
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
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
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.
Apathy In The Face Of Cruelty, Ahmed Souaiaia
A Clear View From The Prairie: Harold Washington And The People Of Illinois Respond To Federal Encroachment Of Human Rights, Craig Mousin
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
No abstract provided.