Tuesday, August 11, 2009

New Issue: Human Rights Quarterly

The latest issue of the Human Rights Quarterly (Vol. 31, no. 3, August 2009) is out. Contents include:
  • Simon Wigley, Parliamentary Immunity in Democratizing Countries: The Case of Turkey
  • David Mendeloff, Trauma and Vengeance: Assessing the Psychological and Emotional Effects of Post-Conflict Justice
  • Payam Akhavan, Are International Criminal Tribunals a Disincentive to Peace?: Reconciling Judicial Romanticism with Political Realism
  • Victor Peskin, Caution and Confrontation in the International Criminal Court’s Pursuit of Accountability in Uganda and Sudan
  • Elena Blanco & Jona Razzaque, Ecosystem Services and Human Well-Being in a Globalized World: Assessing the Role of Law
  • Terence Roehrig, Executive Leadership and the Continuing Quest for Justice in Argentina
  • Saul Takahashi, Drug Control, Human Rights, and the Right to the Highest Attainable Standard of Health: By No Means Straightforward Issues
  • Tobias Kelly, The UN Committee Against Torture: Human Rights Monitoring and the Legal Recognition of Cruelty