Hate Crimes and the Need for Stronger Federal Legislation
... S. Winer, Hate Crimes, Homosexuals, and the Constitution, 29 HARV. C.R.-C.L. L. REV. 387, 413-14 (1994) (citing as one reason why homosexuals are reluctant to report the exposure of their sexual orientation and the resulting stigma and treatment by others that would result); LAWRENCE, supra note 27, ...
... S. Winer, Hate Crimes, Homosexuals, and the Constitution, 29 HARV. C.R.-C.L. L. REV. 387, 413-14 (1994) (citing as one reason why homosexuals are reluctant to report the exposure of their sexual orientation and the resulting stigma and treatment by others that would result); LAWRENCE, supra note 27, ...
Lubanga and its Implications for Victims Seeking Reparations at the
... restorative justice through the ICC case-based reparations framework. The following analysis seeks to bring out the issues in this regard. Lubanga was charged and found guilty of conscripting and enlisting child soldiers under the age of 15 and “using them to participate actively in hostilities”4 in ...
... restorative justice through the ICC case-based reparations framework. The following analysis seeks to bring out the issues in this regard. Lubanga was charged and found guilty of conscripting and enlisting child soldiers under the age of 15 and “using them to participate actively in hostilities”4 in ...
Giving Amnesties a Second Chance
... In the past hundred years the world has witnessed atrocities on a scale never before contemplated. Nazi Germany committed acts so heinous that the international community had to develop a new expression to describe them: crimes against humanity. Joseph Stalin killed millions of Soviet citizens. Pol ...
... In the past hundred years the world has witnessed atrocities on a scale never before contemplated. Nazi Germany committed acts so heinous that the international community had to develop a new expression to describe them: crimes against humanity. Joseph Stalin killed millions of Soviet citizens. Pol ...
Collective Crime and Collective Punishment
... a colorful and highly individual figure. The last thing one expects of him is the surrender of individual identity to an anonymous submersion in the collective. Yet doctrinally he is a collectivist. In his recent writings, he has been seeking to collectivize just about everything: action, responsibi ...
... a colorful and highly individual figure. The last thing one expects of him is the surrender of individual identity to an anonymous submersion in the collective. Yet doctrinally he is a collectivist. In his recent writings, he has been seeking to collectivize just about everything: action, responsibi ...
positioning hybrid tribunals in international criminal justice
... more uniform justice.18 The creation of the ICTY and ICTR reflects the view that it is both politically desirable and legally justified to conduct such trials at the international level in light of the interstate interests implicated by the nature and extent of the atrocities at issue.19 Such inters ...
... more uniform justice.18 The creation of the ICTY and ICTR reflects the view that it is both politically desirable and legally justified to conduct such trials at the international level in light of the interstate interests implicated by the nature and extent of the atrocities at issue.19 Such inters ...
Stopping Genocide
... than a million people from the west- early 2003, it took until July of this Arab, and not all Arab groups particern Darfur region of Sudan left home- year for the U.S. government and the ipated in the killings. 9 less by rampaging nomadic militia- international community to back up Yet critics in Co ...
... than a million people from the west- early 2003, it took until July of this Arab, and not all Arab groups particern Darfur region of Sudan left home- year for the U.S. government and the ipated in the killings. 9 less by rampaging nomadic militia- international community to back up Yet critics in Co ...
THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT AND CONFLICT
... positive persuasion. A similar case could be made in respect of the prosecution of Greek military officers in ...
... positive persuasion. A similar case could be made in respect of the prosecution of Greek military officers in ...
Particularly Serious Crime.
... Indiana Criminal Code §35-42-2-2 (2008) and of Class C reckless homicide, pursuant to Indiana Criminal Code §35-42-1-5 (2008). Respondent was sentenced to 3 years and 545 days, respectively. She was permitted to serve her sentences concurrently and was released from criminal custody after serving ap ...
... Indiana Criminal Code §35-42-2-2 (2008) and of Class C reckless homicide, pursuant to Indiana Criminal Code §35-42-1-5 (2008). Respondent was sentenced to 3 years and 545 days, respectively. She was permitted to serve her sentences concurrently and was released from criminal custody after serving ap ...
11149 bytes - US Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit Opinions
... court sentenced Novitskiy to eighteen months in prison. Because Novitskiy is an alien, removal proceedings were instituted. After a hearing, an immigration judge (IJ) found Novitskiy removable because unequivocal evidence showed he was an alien who committed an aggravated felony, as defined by 8 U.S ...
... court sentenced Novitskiy to eighteen months in prison. Because Novitskiy is an alien, removal proceedings were instituted. After a hearing, an immigration judge (IJ) found Novitskiy removable because unequivocal evidence showed he was an alien who committed an aggravated felony, as defined by 8 U.S ...
The Genocide Convention at Fifty - United States Institute of Peace
... difficult to make under the convention definition, because the victims were Chilean political activists, not an identifiable ethnic group. But Spain has opted for a broader definition than the one that is internationally recognized, one that comprises political and other groups. Ethiopian law is sim ...
... difficult to make under the convention definition, because the victims were Chilean political activists, not an identifiable ethnic group. But Spain has opted for a broader definition than the one that is internationally recognized, one that comprises political and other groups. Ethiopian law is sim ...
Omar Khadr: Military Commission Trial of Ex
... charged with war crimes, he could be prosecuted in US federal court rather than a military commission. However, Khadr has not actually been charged with offenses recognized as war crimes. The crimes he is charged with could be considered domestic law violations susceptible of prosecution in a domest ...
... charged with war crimes, he could be prosecuted in US federal court rather than a military commission. However, Khadr has not actually been charged with offenses recognized as war crimes. The crimes he is charged with could be considered domestic law violations susceptible of prosecution in a domest ...
Separate Opinion by Judge Blair - ICC
... any construction of the foregoing rules of land warfare. The control and operation of Germany under the Allied Powers' occupation is provisional. It does not transfer any sovereign power of Germany other than for the limited purpose of keeping the peace during occupancy, and for the ultimate rectifi ...
... any construction of the foregoing rules of land warfare. The control and operation of Germany under the Allied Powers' occupation is provisional. It does not transfer any sovereign power of Germany other than for the limited purpose of keeping the peace during occupancy, and for the ultimate rectifi ...
Response to Ambassador Macharia Kamau`s Statement to the 69th
... were thwarted by politicians, resulting in the ICC’s intervention, while a recently proposed International Crimes Division of the High Court of Kenya is still not operational. Given the Director of Public Prosecution’s public admission that he is unable to proceed to prosecute any cases resulting f ...
... were thwarted by politicians, resulting in the ICC’s intervention, while a recently proposed International Crimes Division of the High Court of Kenya is still not operational. Given the Director of Public Prosecution’s public admission that he is unable to proceed to prosecute any cases resulting f ...
Transitional Justice: A Balanced Approach An Essay in answer to
... The Cold War ended and “the bipolar structure of the world disappeared” which signified the cooling of tension between the United States and the Soviet Union (Kaufman, Parker, Howell & Doty 347). As a result these polar opposites no longer needed their satellite partners. This left many partner stat ...
... The Cold War ended and “the bipolar structure of the world disappeared” which signified the cooling of tension between the United States and the Soviet Union (Kaufman, Parker, Howell & Doty 347). As a result these polar opposites no longer needed their satellite partners. This left many partner stat ...
Module 2 * Sexual Violence as an International Crime
... Sexual violence is a war crime in both international and noninternational armed conflicts (different legal frameworks can have multiple and/or different definitions for each of these types of armed conflict) Unlike other war crimes, it is not necessary to prove that a victim of sexual violence was a ...
... Sexual violence is a war crime in both international and noninternational armed conflicts (different legal frameworks can have multiple and/or different definitions for each of these types of armed conflict) Unlike other war crimes, it is not necessary to prove that a victim of sexual violence was a ...
Other Material\War Crimes Law And The Vietnam War
... other countries and wars of aggression in violation of international laws and treaties. The condemnation of wars of aggression was nothing new and had been specifically outlawed in the Kellogg-Briand Pact of 1928. The determination of exactly what constitutes a “war of aggression” is of course the c ...
... other countries and wars of aggression in violation of international laws and treaties. The condemnation of wars of aggression was nothing new and had been specifically outlawed in the Kellogg-Briand Pact of 1928. The determination of exactly what constitutes a “war of aggression” is of course the c ...
Texas Prosecution 101 - 79th Judicial District Attorney
... OAG’s prosecution of a criminal case. Despite the original criminal jurisdiction granted to local prosecutors by the state constitution, nothing prohibits an official in one branch of government from lending assistance to officials in other branches of government. Accordingly, the Texas Legislature ...
... OAG’s prosecution of a criminal case. Despite the original criminal jurisdiction granted to local prosecutors by the state constitution, nothing prohibits an official in one branch of government from lending assistance to officials in other branches of government. Accordingly, the Texas Legislature ...
Document
... Universal Moral Principles – external sphere 1. Not to intentionally harm others with one’s actions, words or thoughts. 2. To use one’s words and one’s mind for the welfare of others; benevolent truthfulness. 3. Not to take what rightfully belongs to others, and not to deprive others of what is the ...
... Universal Moral Principles – external sphere 1. Not to intentionally harm others with one’s actions, words or thoughts. 2. To use one’s words and one’s mind for the welfare of others; benevolent truthfulness. 3. Not to take what rightfully belongs to others, and not to deprive others of what is the ...
The Nuremberg Trials and Crimes Against Humanity
... exposure similar acts of aggression received in the press, coupled with the failure of the Leipzig and Ottoman Trials to effectively punish the perpetrators, exposed a need for additional legal protections for noncombatants in future conflicts. In response, an international group of delegates at the ...
... exposure similar acts of aggression received in the press, coupled with the failure of the Leipzig and Ottoman Trials to effectively punish the perpetrators, exposed a need for additional legal protections for noncombatants in future conflicts. In response, an international group of delegates at the ...
Types of Crime
... In cases of corporate crimes it is difficult to pinpoint anyone as the criminal. Though the cost in terms of money and lives is very high, court cases are very rare. However it is public opinion which can decrease corporate crimes because if people know their health is being endangered they will try ...
... In cases of corporate crimes it is difficult to pinpoint anyone as the criminal. Though the cost in terms of money and lives is very high, court cases are very rare. However it is public opinion which can decrease corporate crimes because if people know their health is being endangered they will try ...
proyecto de agenda - Organization of American States
... we will offer monetary rewards—of up to $5 million—for information that leads to the arrest or conviction of specific foreign nationals accused by international criminal tribunals of atrocity-related crimes, including the ICC as well as mixed or hybrid tribunals. Just last week, the United States an ...
... we will offer monetary rewards—of up to $5 million—for information that leads to the arrest or conviction of specific foreign nationals accused by international criminal tribunals of atrocity-related crimes, including the ICC as well as mixed or hybrid tribunals. Just last week, the United States an ...
Genocide Information Questions
... religious group with the intent to destroy the entire group, came into general usage only after World War II, when the full extent of the atrocities committed by the Nazi regime against the Jews of Europe during that conflict became known. In 1948, the United Nations declared genocide to be an inter ...
... religious group with the intent to destroy the entire group, came into general usage only after World War II, when the full extent of the atrocities committed by the Nazi regime against the Jews of Europe during that conflict became known. In 1948, the United Nations declared genocide to be an inter ...
Ronald J. Glossop, Professor Emeritus
... [Home address, phones etc. deleted before publication] ...
... [Home address, phones etc. deleted before publication] ...
State crime - Manor Sociology
... It’s power to make the law means that it can avoid its own harmful actions being defined as criminal. It can also use the criminal justice system to control and persecute it’s enemies. ...
... It’s power to make the law means that it can avoid its own harmful actions being defined as criminal. It can also use the criminal justice system to control and persecute it’s enemies. ...