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  1. 21. ACCOUNTABLE OR NOT ACCOUNTABLE? : SOCIAL WORKERS’ VIEWS ON MENTALLY DISORDERED PERSONS’ LEGAL STATUS

    University essay from Avdelningen för socialt arbete och psykologi

    Author : Linda Verngren; [2013]
    Keywords : Accountability; criminal responsibility; mentally disordered offenders; labeling; stigma;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis was to describe how mentally disordered offenders would be affected by reintroducing the accountability requirement within Swedish legislation, based on social workers’ preconceptions. Mental illness creates a number of issues within criminal justice systems. READ MORE

  3. 22. National Ownership and International Standards Independence and Impartiality of Hybrid Courts: The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Hanna Bertelman; [2009]
    Keywords : Folkrätt; Processrätt; Straffrätt; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The ICTY and the ICTR were established in the 1990s to determine individual accountability for mass atrocities. The tribunals have had a great impact on the development of international criminal law, yet their effects in the concerned societies have been disputed. READ MORE

  4. 23. The Implementation of Transitional Justice in Post Conflict Situations: Case Study of Aceh and Papua

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Ranyta Yusran; [2008]
    Keywords : International Human Rights Law; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Armed conflict, either internationally or internally, has caused great sufferings to the victims and society as a whole. It constitutes a situation where the rule of law is absent and human rights are no longer respected. READ MORE

  5. 24. Operation Murambatsvina and Crimes Against Humanity-Exploring the Prospect of Accountability

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Mänskliga rättigheter

    Author : Henrik Olsson Selerud; [2007]
    Keywords : Crimes Against Humanity; Murambatsvina; Zimbabwe; International Criminal Court; Human rights; Mänskliga rättigheter; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : In May of 2005 the government of Zimbabwe initiated an eviction campaign called Operation Murambatsvina which rendered approximately 700,000 Zimbabweans homeless. The international community condemned the action and a UN Special Envoy was sent to assess the scope and extent of the Operation. READ MORE

  6. 25. Mad or Bad- Criminal Responsibility and Mental Disorder

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Caroline Rosengren; [2005]
    Keywords : Allmän rättslära; Komparativ rätt; Straffrätt; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : This thesis is a comparative analysis of five cases, in which criminal responsibility and mental disorder were in issue. Andrea Yates drowned her five children. John W. Hinckley Jr shot and injured President Ronald Reagan. READ MORE