This article focuses on the issue of domestic violence in Muslim societies in the Middle East,
Africa, and Asia. The analytical framework is comparative, emphasizing four factors and the …

The Israel-Palestine conflict is one of the world's most polarizing confrontations. Its current
phase, Israel's “temporary” occupation of the West Bank, Gaza, and East Jerusalem, turned …

This paper examines the practice of naming events, actions, places and people by the
participants in the Palestine-Israel conflict. It explores the way colonialism and the national …

Torture is absolutely prohibited and constitutes one of the core crimes under international
law. There is a substantial body of sociolegal literature that addresses torture's illegality. But …

This article examines the issue of state compliance with universal human rights norms,
focusing on a social constructivist model suggested by Thomas Risse, Stephen Ropp, and …

This article reviews the social scientific literature on the causes of and prevention of torture,
analyzes its successes and failures, and proposes a way forward. Many researchers have …

Noëlle NR Quénivet has constructed a valuable tool for navigating the morass of sexual
offences and international law. Using Bosnia-Herzegovina a jumping off point, she proceeds …

This book examines the historical genealogy of the torture taboo. The dissonance between
the absolute prohibition against torture and its widespread violation raises important …

Almost a decade after the horrific events of September 11 it is timely to reflect on some of the
lessons learned from the global 'war on terror'. The evolution of a more sophisticated …

Utopia, a term first coined by Sir Thomas More in the sixteenth century, referred to a place of
unattainable social perfection. But the appeal of a concept that embraces rather than mocks …