Tag: Amnesty International
A Tortured Justification For Designing Torture Machines
MayorBob.
Posted to Etcetera on Wed Feb 06, 2008 at 09:35:23 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
Reading the welcome page to the University of Kent's School of Architecture, you get the idea that architecture should serve mankind.
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Does The Method Make Executions More Palatable?
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Posted to Legal on Sat Jan 05, 2008 at 08:27:11 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
In a recent statement to China Daily, the Vice President of China's Supreme People's Court announced that in order to make the execution more humane and efficient lethal injection will replace gunshots as the preferred method of capital punishment in the world's most populous country.
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International Human Rights Norms and Regional International Organizations [Essay]
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Posted to Politics on Sat Oct 06, 2007 at 11:37:42 PM EST (promoted by 1fastdog). RSS.
International support for human rights has been in the news recently due to the crack-down of the Myanmar military junta on pro-democracy protests over the last week. It is often assumed that participation in international organizations, such as the United Nations, or regional groupings, such as the Organization of American States, will help socialize states into obeying human rights norms. In the following essay, I argue that, in fact, international organizations often serve as a cover for human rights abuses to be carried out, and fail in their expected utility as an effective tool for preventing them.
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