When Camps Become Home: Legal implications of the long-term encampment in Zaatari
Over the past five years, Syria is going through an unprecedented internal crisis and a civil war generating extreme violence and insecurity. Since the…
Read MoreOver the past five years, Syria is going through an unprecedented internal crisis and a civil war generating extreme violence and insecurity. Since the…
Read MoreI want to begin with Julia´s history, an indigenous woman from the South of Colombia who currently lives in one of Bogotá’s massive shantytowns….
Read MoreTruth commissions can be seen, not only as venues for addressing the worst abuses of states in a search for justice, but as institutions…
Read MoreThere are fascinating parallels and connections between political trials and transitional justice. Both are seen to serve other ends than merely punishing individuals who…
Read MoreAfter South Sudan declared its independence from the Republic of the Sudan in 2011, one could read in the international media scene: “South Sudan…
Read More“It’s already the era of demokrasi, you know,” Pak Ketut says, nodding his head in firm approval, stretching out each syllable of the Indonesianized…
Read MoreOn the 31st December 2014, after twenty years of existence, the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) finally ceased operations. Established in November 1994…
Read MoreIn the summer of 2008, Iris Robinson had a lot to say about homosexuality. On 6 June, in a radio interview, the Northern Ireland…
Read MoreThe African continent has been at the forefront of experiments with transitional justice. There have been amnesties, truth commissions, criminal trials and supposedly localized…
Read MoreAt the entrance of a mid-sized, freshly renovated office building stands a security check-up point. Manned with three guards and state of the art…
Read MoreToday we continue our thread ‘Allie’s Jewels on University Crises’ by a post by Dimitris Dalakoglou, originally published in October 2013. Written as a…
Read MoreA short while ago we celebrated Allegra’s 1st birthday by re-visiting the ‘TOP 10’ posts of our first year. After this we have continued…
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