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The People's Tribunal: The Antithesis of Justice
Dorothy Thompson
American Bar Association Journal·1954
Addressing the Section of Judicial Administration during the Diamond Jubilee Meeting of the Association last summer, Dorothy Thompson, well-known author and lecturer, called attention to the revival by the Communists of the concept of
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View paper →ETHNIC CONFLICT AND STATE FORMATION IN POST-COLONIAL AFRICA: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF ETHNIC GENOCIDE IN THE CONGO, LIBERIA, NIGERIA, AND RWANDA-BURUNDI
Pade Badru
Journal of Third World Studies·2010
The paper is divided into three parts. The first part looks at the Belgium colonization of the Congo and the continuing crisis of state and society in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The second part traces the roots of ethnic crisis in Nigeria with emphasis on the role that British colonialism played in facilitating ethnic rivalries that resulted in the Biafran war, which claimed a millions lives. Finally, the third part reviews the events that led to the pogroms that took place in Rwanda-Burundi pitching Hutus against the Tutsis with tragic consequences and the degeneration of civil society into chaos in Liberia under the rule of its brutal rulers Doe and Charles Taylor. The paper ends by examining ways these tragic events can be ended through the building of democratic structures and state transparency that would reflect the needs and aspirations of African people in the continent. Adapted from the source document. Reprinted by permission of Association of Third World Studies
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‘If I Would Stay Alive, I Would Be Their Voice’: On the Legitimacy of International People's Tribunals
Aldo Zammit Borda, Stefan Mandelbaum
The Modern Law Review·2022
<jats:p>In recent years there has been a proliferation of People's Tribunals (PTs), promising to address atrocities that have fallen through the net of a statist international legal order. However, the status of such informal tribunals has remained controversial in both literature and practice. The dominant view has been that PTs simply lack legitimate authority. Positing that, in the language game of legitimacy, PTs are put on a perpetual argumentative backfoot, this article examines aspects of their input, process and output legitimacy. It is argued that the right of victims‐survivors to be heard reigns supreme and it is in upholding that right that the authority of PTs is legitimised. In the current state of international justice, PTs constitute indispensable, quasi‐judicial institutions that bridge gaps in access to justice, challenge official narratives (or silences) about atrocities and, potentially, open up new avenues towards justice and recognition.</jats:p>
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How to Advance Human Rights without Really Trying: An Analysis of Nongovernmental Tribunals
Arthur W. Blaser
Human Rights Quarterly·1992·12 citations
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View paper →How effective were mangroves as a defence against the recent tsunami?
F. Dahdouh-Guebas, L.P. Jayatissa, D. Di Nitto, J.O. Bosire, D. Lo Seen, N. Koedam
Current Biology·2005·400 citations
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View paper →A statistical analysis and comparison of historical earthquake and tsunami disasters in Japan and Indonesia
Novia Budi Parwanto, Tatsuo Oyama
International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction·2014·47 citations
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