Patterns and evidence of human rights violations among US asylum seekers
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DOI: 10.1007/s00414-020-02405-x
Abstract: Background Asylum seekers report exposure to human rights violations associated with a range of psychological and medical sequelae. Clinical evaluators can provide forensic evaluations that document evidence associated with their reports of persecution. The aim… read more here.
Keywords: clinician evaluators; evidence; human rights; asylum seekers ... See more keywords
Genocide and Transitional Justice
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DOI: 10.1007/s12142-016-0448-9
Abstract: The protection of the right to life of a human person has been one of the most influential political and legal norms since the end of the Second World War, invoked in national constitutions and… read more here.
Keywords: genocide transitional; transitional justice; human rights; rights violations ... See more keywords
Human Rights Violations Committed Against Human Rights Defenders Through the Use of Legal System: A Trend in Europe and Beyond
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DOI: 10.1007/s12142-024-00717-8
Abstract: Human rights defenders (HRDs) fight for various human rights and address concerns related to corruption, employment, the environment, and other issues. They also challenge powerful state and private stakeholders and seek justice for human rights… read more here.
Keywords: human rights; legal system; rights defenders; violations committed ... See more keywords
Systematic Epistemic Rights Violations in the Media: A Brexit Case Study
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DOI: 10.1080/02691728.2018.1440022
Abstract: Abstract ‘Euro judges “open floodgates to illegals”’ (The Sun, 8 June 2016), ‘Fury over plot to let 1.5M Turks enter Britain’ (Daily Mail, 13 June 2016), ‘European criminals free to live in Britain’ (Daily Telegraph,… read more here.
Keywords: epistemic rights; immigration; epistemology; rights violations ... See more keywords
Paramilitary Violence in Colombia: A Multilevel Negative Binomial Analysis
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DOI: 10.1080/10242694.2019.1624067
Abstract: ABSTRACT Although Colombia is well known for its persistent leftist guerrilla conflict, the country also suffers from paramilitary violence. This study examines the potential factors related to persistent paramilitary violence in the form of human… read more here.
Keywords: violence; paramilitary violence; violence colombia; analysis ... See more keywords
Security sector reform in transitions from military rule: Legacies of authoritarianism in Brazil
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DOI: 10.1080/14754835.2019.1588714
Abstract: Abstract According to the international legal system, countries in transition from authoritarian rule have the duty to provide truth, justice and reparations, and to prevent the recurrence of systematic human rights violations. Security sector reforms… read more here.
Keywords: security; security sector; rights violations; human rights ... See more keywords
Rationalizing backsliding: Internment in Northern Ireland
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DOI: 10.1080/14754835.2024.2443987
Abstract: Abstract How do liberal democracies rationalize decisions to violate rights during emergencies, and what does this reveal about democratic backsliding? Democracies around the world are exhibiting evidence of backsliding from the democratic institutions that constrain… read more here.
Keywords: human rights; rationalizing backsliding; northern ireland; internment northern ... See more keywords
Russian-occupied Crimea and the state of exception: repression, persecution, and human rights violations
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DOI: 10.1080/15387216.2019.1625279
Abstract: ABSTRACT Since annexing Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula in 2014, Russian authorities there have introduced harsh repressive measures to silence opposition to the ongoing occupation, chiefly targeting the indigenous Crimean Tatars and others pro-Ukrainian individuals. From the… read more here.
Keywords: state; state exception; human rights; crimea state ... See more keywords
Cultural power, ritual symbolism and human rights violations in Sierra Leone
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DOI: 10.1080/23311886.2017.1295549
Abstract: Abstract This paper explores the links between the socio-cultural power structures of the Poro and Bondo secret societies and their interactions with internationalist human rights discourse in postconflict Sierra Leone. It argues that these secret… read more here.
Keywords: sierra leone; power ritual; human rights; cultural power ... See more keywords
Multilevel governance framework on grievance redressal for patient rights violations in India.
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DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czab066
Abstract: The notion of patient rights encompasses the obligations of the state and healthcare providers to respect the dignity, autonomy and equality of care-seeking individuals in healthcare processes. Functional patient grievance redressal systems are key to… read more here.
Keywords: patient rights; grievance redressal; rights violations;
Unpacking the role of in‐group bias in US public opinion on human rights violations
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DOI: 10.1111/ajps.12995
Abstract: Which actor identities and social and political cleavages drive public opinion on human rights violations? While in‐group bias is known to influence public responses to government abuses, the relative impact of different identity characteristics has… read more here.
Keywords: public opinion; human rights; group bias; group ... See more keywords