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The Impact of the ECtHR Ruling in the Case of Maktouf and Damjanovic v Bosnia and Herzegovina: Transitional Justice in B-H
In July of 2013 the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) issued a ruling in the case Maktouf and Damjanovic vs. Bosnia and Herzegovina, concerning the non-retroactive application of criminal law to war crimes cases, which had tremendous negative consequences on post conflict justice efforts in Bosnia and Herzegovina (B-H).
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Denial in Bahrain? The Links Between Sickle Cell Disease, Detention and Tear Gas.
Since the outbreak of pro-reform protests in Bahrain in early 2011 security forces have deployed an unprecedented amount of tear gas resulting in the deaths of numerous individuals.
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What Are the Lessons of the Badger Culls for Regulatory Theory?
Even those, like myself, who in principle support the culling of wild animals in support of improving the welfare of livestock will be, as I have been, reduced to despair by the DEFRA Independent Expert Panel’s evaluation of the pilot badger culls in parts of Gloucestershire and Somerset which was published last month. DEFRA implemented the culls on the basis that they would be humane and effective, but, though it expresses itself in the most restrained fashion, the Panel shows that everything that was predicted to go wrong with the culls has gone wrong.
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Saving the whales: the ICJ judgment in the Whaling in the Antarctic case
On 31st March 2014, the International Court of Justice delivered its long-awaited judgment in the Whaling in the Antarctic case between Australia and Japan concerning the legality of the whaling activities of the latter in the Southern Ocean.
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The Crimea Crisis: A Case of Occupation, Annexation, Secession or Autonomy?
Dr James Summers examines the international legal position of Russia’s occupation of the Crimean region of the Ukraine and the possible status of the peninsula following from this. On 27 February Russian forces, wearing balaclavas to hide their identity, are believed to have moved beyond Russian naval facilities on the peninsula to take control of public buildings, airports and highways linking it with the rest of the Ukraine.
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R v Ian Watkins and B and P – Female perpetrators of child sexual abuse: no longer a hidden crime?
Dr Siobhan Weare comments on the recent child sexual abuse case involving Lost Prophets singer Ian Watkins and two female co-perpetrators. She suggests that the importance of the case lies in the fact that two women were involved in carrying out the sexual abuse alongside Watkins.
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Kosovo and its highest courts: At the coalface of transitional constitutionalism
The German professor on my right is banging his fist on the desk, making a good point loudly. On my far right is the President of the Kosovo Supreme Court. To my left is the President of the Kosovo Constitutional Court. Judges of both of these two courts are sitting at tables perpendicular to mine, facing each other like opposing quiz teams.
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The welfare principle in action: Best interests and the MMR vaccination - F v F [2013] EWHC 2683 (Fam)
On 12 October 2013 the Family Division of the High Court published a judgment which had been handed down in private on 5 September 2013 concerning an application from a father for a specific issue order under section 8 of the Children Act 1989 requiring that his 15 year old (L) and 11 year old (M) daughters received the MMR vaccination. Dr Sara Fovargue considers the case and its implications.
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Now you see them now you don’t? The battle to block online child sexual abuse images
Siobhan Weare and Suzanne Ost examine the recent blocking of online child sexual abuse images by Google and Microsoft. They agree that although this is clearly a step in the right direction in attempting to combat such abuse, it is one which only scrapes the surface.
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