Pub Date : 2017-06-01DOI: 10.1215/07402775-4191516
Kim Thuy Seelinger
O n May 30, 2016, the Extraordinary African Chambers in the courts of Senegal issued its historic conviction of Hissène Habré, the former president of Chad. In handing Habré a life sentence for war crimes, crimes against humanity, and acts of torture committed in Chad from 1982 to 1990, the trial chamber delivered the most important milestone in international criminal justice in years. It was a victory for universal jurisdiction, the principle by which a state can prosecute a person FI D H /G A EL G RI LH O T RAPE AND THE PRESIDENT: THE REMARKABLE TRIAL AND (PARTIAL) ACQUITTAL OF HISSÈNE HABRÉ
2016年5月30日,塞内加尔法院特别非洲分庭宣布对乍得前总统希斯·哈布雷乌斯历史性定罪。审判分庭以1982年至1990年在乍得犯下的战争罪、危害人类罪和酷刑行为判处哈布瑞斯终身监禁,这是多年来国际刑事司法领域最重要的里程碑。这是普遍管辖权的胜利,根据这个原则,一个国家可以起诉一个人(如:H /G / a EL /G / RI)、强奸和总统:对HISSÈNE HABRÉ的非凡审判和(部分)无罪释放
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Pub Date : 2017-06-01DOI: 10.1215/07402775-4191403
Ross Benes
{"title":"Aiding and Abetting: Why Western fundraising fails to stop the spread of AIDS","authors":"Ross Benes","doi":"10.1215/07402775-4191403","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1215/07402775-4191403","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":85888,"journal":{"name":"World policy journal","volume":"34 1","pages":"109 - 114"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48449941","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2017-06-01DOI: 10.1215/07402775-4191614
Eddie Bruce-Jones
This is a short commentary article on the experience of being a trial observer in German court case. The piece examines some of the challenges in identifying and discussing racism in investigating deaths in police custody in the German context.
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Pub Date : 2017-06-01DOI: 10.1215/07402775-4191540
Josh Freedman
{"title":"The End of Poverty in China: A tale of two villages","authors":"Josh Freedman","doi":"10.1215/07402775-4191540","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1215/07402775-4191540","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":85888,"journal":{"name":"World policy journal","volume":"34 1","pages":"115 - 121"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43588034","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2017-06-01DOI: 10.1215/07402775-4191355
Skye Wheeler
{"title":"\"My Heart is Always Scared\": The simmering mental health crisis for rape victims in war","authors":"Skye Wheeler","doi":"10.1215/07402775-4191355","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1215/07402775-4191355","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":85888,"journal":{"name":"World policy journal","volume":"34 1","pages":"87 - 90"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44156632","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}