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Showing 1 to 20 of 105 for “"Crimes against"”.
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Student Perceptions of Hate Crimes Against LGBT Persons: A Victimological Inquiry
Hate crimes against LGBT people are a serious human rights issue worldwide. They have profound effects on the mental, social, and academic well-being of victims. In South Africa, even with a progressive constitution that protects sexual orientation and gender identity, violence, discrimination, and …
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The meaning of murder: newspaper framing of hate crimes against lesbians.
… ideologies. Using two separate incidents of hate crimes resulting in death, this study looks at newspaper articles from two distinct locations (North Carolina and Florida). The 1990 murder of Talana Quay Kreeger and the 2010 murder of Courtney Elizabeth Bright are analyzed in order to illustrate …
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Law enforcement dilemmas in the investigation of Internet sex crimes against minors
… with the investigation of Internet sex crimes against minors. Data collected from a national sample of law enforcement agents provide insights into complications of three types of cases: (1) Internet crimes against identified victims, (2) Internet solicitations to undercover law …
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Legality Matters: Crimes Against Humanity and the Legitimacy of the Las Through a Fullerian Lens
… the prohibition is stated in absolute terms. Crimes against humanity are undoubtedly crimes but, they began their life as retroactive criminal law. Currently, the crimes against humanity prohibition on unspecified “other inhumane acts” seems to invite the continued articulation and application …
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Exploring the differences and similarities in sexual violence as forms of genocide and crimes against humanity
… and interpretation to sexual violence as war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide respectively. This case was important for the following reasons:1. It acknowledged that sexual violence can amount to an act of genocide; 2. It acknowledged that sexual violence can amount to a crime …
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"Crimes against the Order of the Family, Public Morality, and Decency": Sexual Violence and Jurisprudence in Coahuila, Mexico, 1871-1931
… institutions, the law, and litigants of sexual crimes interpreted estupro (seduction/deflowering), rape, and incest crimes in the northeastern Mexican state of Coahuila during 1871-1931. The dissertation explores the diverse ways that liberal legislation proved disadvantageous to women and …
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The German code of crimes against international law in context of international criminal law: can its penalty system serve as model for the international criminal court?
… offers a new and stable way to try international crimes before a global acknowledged court.
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The scope of war crimes against peace-keeping personnel : Do Articles 8 (2) (b) (iii) and (e) (iiD ICC- Statute and 4 (b) SCSL- Statute fulfil the requirements of the principle of specificify in international law?
… rights.1 Due to the increasing number of attacks against those who keep the peace in practice, the international community felt the urgent need for a better protection for its peacekeeping personnel.2 Therefore, attacks against peacekeepers have been incorporated in Article 8(2)(b)(iii) and …
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Pathology and Motivation in Players of Grand Theft Auto IV
… criminals commit the greatest variety of crimes and more crimes of any type than the average criminal (Lynam, Whiteside & Jones, 1999,). The present study assessed 80 male college students on their level of psychopathy and the virtual crimes they committed while playing Grand Theft Auto IV …
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"limits of national amnesty legislation under international criminal law"
… their wrongful acts. (torts and damages). The crimes individuals can be held liable for are the ones now held to be of international jurisdiction. The categories of offences were established by the Nuremberg trials, stating that war crimes, crimes against peace and crimes against humanity …
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International Crimes as Familiar Spectacles: Socially Constructed Understandings of Atrocity and the Visibility Politics of International Criminal Law
… social and legal understandings of genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes. Utilizing a social constructivist, interactional legal theory analytical framework, I argue that aesthetic considerations play a major role in identifying these international crimes. The “visibility politics” …
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The emergence of incitement to genocide within the Nuremberg trial process: The case of Julius Streicher
… of the Jews'. The newly defined category of 'crimes against humanity' under Article 6( c) of the Nuremberg Charter, classified 'persecutions on political, racial, or religious grounds' as a new criminal offence. In 1945, the prosecution alleged that Streicher's antiSemitic propaganda had …
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Progress and challenges of implementing the Rome statute of the international criminal court in Uganda
… upon the ICC jurisdiction over the international crimes namely: the crime of genocide; crimes against humanity; war crimes and the crime of aggression
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Ukraine’s Quest for Justice: Accountability for Atrocities Committed in the Russia-Ukraine War
… potentially falling under the categories of war crimes and crimes against humanity. This thesis aims to explore whether these apparent human rights and humanitarian law violations merit international prosecution. It also assesses the suitability and feasibility of various mechanisms, such as …
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Problems and Implications of Outlawing Aggressive War : An Examination of the Charter Resulting from the London Conference, August 8, 1945
… a landmark, both as a substantive code outlawing crimes against the international community and as an instrument establishing a procedure for prosecution and trial of such crimes before an international court. The focus of this paper will be on the category in the charter that deals with crimes …
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The relationship between national and international jurisdiction for ‘core crimes’ under international law-a critical analysis
… for investigating and prosecuting genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes at both national and international level, a number of pertinent issues come up concerning the Court which should have primacy to deal with a particular case. States have had a variety of options at their …
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The relationship between national and international jurisdiction for ‘core crimes’ under international law-a critical analysis
… for investigating and prosecuting genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes at both national and international level, a number of pertinent issues come up concerning the Court which should have primacy to deal with a particular case. States have had a variety of options at their …
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Seksualinės prievartos prieš vaikus paplitimas ir prevencija mokyklose /
Sexual crimes against children can take place in any environment and the child can be victimized by anyone, regardless of the child's age and gender. Sexual abuse can take various forms, for example, physical contact (invasive abuse, touching the genitals), attempts to arouse sexual interest in the …
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Preventing Sexual Violence Where It Most Often Occurs: An Investigation of the Situational and Structural Components of Child Sexual Abuse in Residential Settings
<p>Given that sex offenders tend to perpetrate crimes against people they know (e.g., Greenfield, 1997) and first encounter victims in residential locations (Colombino, Mercado, Levenson, & Jeglic, 2011), it is important that research examine the circumstances of sexual offenses within residential …
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International Law and Counter Terrorism
… the perspectives of international criminal law, crimes against humanity, and war crimes. The thesis highlights the complexities and limitations of current international anti-terrorism conventions and statutes, emphasizing the need for more robust and comprehensive legal frameworks. By comparing …
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