{"title":"Rape and The President: The remarkable trial and (partial) acquittal of Hissène Habré","authors":"Kim Thuy Seelinger","doi":"10.1215/07402775-4191516","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1215/07402775-4191516","url":null,"abstract":"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","PeriodicalId":85888,"journal":{"name":"World policy journal","volume":"34 1","pages":"16 - 22"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48344525","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}
{"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}
{"title":"A Body Does Not Just Combust: Racism and the Law in Germany","authors":"Eddie Bruce-Jones","doi":"10.1215/07402775-4191614","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1215/07402775-4191614","url":null,"abstract":"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.","PeriodicalId":85888,"journal":{"name":"World policy journal","volume":"34 1","pages":"31 - 35"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48416501","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}
{"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}
{"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}