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Showing 1 to 20 of 73 for “"Human Rights abuses"”.
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REPARATION FOR GROSS BUSINESS-RELATED HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES
Nel contesto delle relazioni interstatali, è consolidato, a livello di diritto internazionale consuetudinario, il principio secondo cui ogni violazione di un obbligo internazionale comporta la responsabilità dello Stato e il dovere dello stesso di fornire una riparazione adeguata, segnatamente …
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Remedy for corporate human rights abuses in transitional justice contexts
… by conflict or repressive regimes and commit human rights violations and crimes under international law, either as the main perpetrator or as accomplices by aiding and abetting government forces. In transitional justice contexts, the trials, truth commissions, and reparations typically …
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“God will deliver us” : human rights abuses from Guatemala to Iowa and back, 1980-2014
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An analysis of the human rights abuses against minority groups and the prospects of transitional justice in post–Mugabe Zimbabwe
… Zimbabwe experienced widespread and escalating human rights violations under the leadership of the late Robert Mugabe and his party. Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, among other organizations, have documented numerous violations, including the infringement of the right to shelter, …
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FIGHTING A "CRUEL AND SAVAGE FOE": COUNTERINSURGENCY AND HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES FROM THE INDIAN WARS TO THE PHILIPPINE-AMERICAN WAR (1899-1902)
… historians often downplayed the impact of human rights abuses, while emphasizing the success of the U.S. Army’s counterinsurgency instead. In contrast, social historians frequently focused on human rights abuses at the expense of understanding the U.S. Army’s counterinsurgency efforts. …
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Liberating the Actor to Find the Voice of a Play An investigation into theatre directing processes used with actors to discover and articulate the authentic message of the play, with specific application to My Name is Rachel Corrie
… a piece of documentary theatre which highlights human rights abuses within the Israel/Palestine dispute; primarily through the use of theatre directing techniques that I have experienced first-hand through professional placements and research. The title My Name is Rachel Corrie already advocates …
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Truth commission testimony : relation to psychiatric status and forgiveness among South African survivors of human rights violations
… and forgiveness attitudes among survivors of human rights abuses. A literature review examined the degree to which the TRC's claims are supported by the existing theoretical and empirical literature on trauma narratives and on forgiveness, and guided the way that psychological outcomes were …
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Rotten to the Corps: Understanding the Human Rights Consequences of Military Failure Through the Eyes of Russian Prisoners of War
… conflict it created has threatened the human rights of combatants and noncombatants alike on both sides, with discernable battlefield factors of Russia’s military failure contributing to human rights abuses and war crimes. Sixty interviews with Russian prisoners of war conducted by …
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UN Peacekeeping Impacts on Human Rights
… operations by the United Nations on the human rights abuses associated with civil wars. Previous research has consistently found evidence that civil wars increase human rights abuses; however, the literature has not adequately analyzed possible factors that could decrease this violence or …
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Humanitarian Intervention: Moral Perspectives
This thesis addresses primary concepts in the humanitarian intervention debates. I argue that humanitarian intervention is a perfect duty. The global community has a moral obligation to act decisively in the face of extreme human rights abuses. There are two contrasting theoretical perspectives …
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The experience of witnesses who testified at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission: testimonial process and psychological healing in the aftermath of trauma
… the TRC among victims and survivors of gross human rights abuses, and the objectives that were set out by the TRC with regard to healing.
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Reagan, Central America and the Human Costs to Waging the Cold War
… has enabled or sanctioned actions resulting in human rights abuses. This can be easily viewed through the Reagan Administration's re-ignition of Cold War politics based on realist international relations theory This particular foreign policy blueprint is based on one geo-political thought: …
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The role of courts in adjudicating human rights violations by transnational corporations
… entities largely unregulated in the context of human rights. While globalization has facilitated growth for such entities by lowering legal, financial and technical restrictions, a failure to agree an overarching protection mechanism and the weaknesses in current protection mechanisms creates a …
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The principle of universal jurisdiction as a tool of international criminal justice: challenges for Africa
… is of great relevance to all who work for human rights. I regard the search for ways to end impunity in the cause of gross violations of human rights as an essential part of the work of my Office and an essential instrument in the struggle to defend human rights... ln my daily work as High …
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(De)legitimizing rape as a weapon of war: patriarchy, narratives and the African Union
… a continued scourge of violent conflict and human rights abuses. These conflicts have significantly undermined the social, political, and economic prosperity of African citizens. Additionally, women and children are particularly affected by these conflicts. Women and children are regarded as …
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A Gendered Intersectional Analysis of the Private Security Industry
… for specific incidences of gender-related human rights abuses. Based on lessons learned from peacekeeping operations, this thesis aims to answer the question how and whether gender mainstreaming and other interventions may be useful tools for improving respect for human rights, and reducing …
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Truth Commissions: Did the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission serve the purpose for which it was established?
… These old dictatorships were notorious for their human rights abuses. Many people were killed and tortured; and many others were disappeared. When the new governments came into power, they had to confront these injustices that were perpetrated under the predecessor regime. This was necessary to …
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From Condemnation to Conformity: Carter and Reagan's Foreign Policy towards the Argentine Junta, 1977-1982.
… and Ronald Reagan responded to the widespread human rights abuses committed by the Argentine military during the country's Dirty War between 1977 and 1982. The objective is to gain a broader understanding of the policies pursued by both administrations. Under Carter, who brought human rights to …
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Weak states, human rights violations, and the outbreak of civil war.
… civil war. In this paper, I argue that abuses of personal integrity rights, committed or sponsored by the government, provide this missing link. The theory is illustrated and formalized in a game-theoretic model and then tested empirically, building on earlier work by Fearon and Laitin …
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