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The Silenced
'A gargantuan, memorable story, a film in the making, ready for global success' – La Repubblica, Italy 'A powerful and heart-breaking story about sacrifice and courage' – Le Monde, France Argentina,1978. President Jorge Rafael Videla's military dictatorship reigns with an iron fist, regularly kidnapping, torturing and murdering political activists and opponents and their families at secret concentration camps. The country is locked in a spiral of fear and chaos – and are soon to host the World Cup. As the cacophony of protest against Videla's government rises, his regime's drive to 'disappear' these troublesome elements accelerates before they can embarrass him in front of the world's ...
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CIA Above the Law?
Two investigations by the Parliamentary Assembly into the High Value Detainee (HVD) program set up by the U.S. administration after the attacks of September 11 revealed numerous serious human rights violations. It was only able to function through the cooperation of certain Council of Europe member states, despite the fact that they are bound by European human rights onventions. The European Commission for Democracy through Law includes its expert legal opinion on general international legal principles and the responsibility that Council of Europe member states would incur if they, either deliberately or by negligence, failed to meet their obligations.--Publisher's description.
Extraordinary Rendition
Volume 108 of Terrorism: Commentary on Security Documents tackles the contentious issue that appears in the volume's title: "Extraordinary Rendition". Although many commentators and publications have focused on the U.S. policy of such troubling transfers, little focus has been devoted to the reaction to this policy by the rest of the world. In this volume, new General Co-Editor Aziz Huq both presents the key documents demonstrating that reaction and comments authoritatively on what those documents mean for the future of torture-based international transfers. For ease of research, Huq has divided the volume into two sections: the first deals with U.N. and E.U. responses to the U.S. policy, including a case before the U.N. Committee Against Torture, and the second section tours the reports and cases on rendition that have arisen from national jurisdictions, specifically Italy, Sweden, the U.K., ireland, and Canada.
Mar del Plata
Bazat pe o poveste adevarata, romanul lui Claudio Fava defineste prietenia, solidaritatea, sacrificiul si libertatea in Argentina asuprita de discretionarul Videla. Jucatorii echipei de rugby din Mar del Plata reprezinta poporul oricarui regim dictatorial. Fava aduce in prim-plan teme inca dezbatute in procese pentru crime impotriva umanitatii. ,,O poveste puternica si sfasietoare despre sacrificiu si curaj." (Le Monde)
International Legal Dimension of Terrorism
Includes annex: The Huelva Declaration for an Alliance of Civilizations against Terrorism.
Mafia
Antonio Salvo was a mafioso, but he did not traffic in narcotics, he did not run weapons, he did not kill anyone and he did not take part in the 'ordinary' mafia activities. Salvo was a business man, one of the wealthiest business men in Sicily. He took an interest in all important lines of business and had close political connections at the highest levels in Rome. He represented another, but not less important side of the mafia. He was a central part of the far-reaching network of economic and political interests that dominated Sicily through decades. This book analyses the economic and political activities of the mafia on the basis of the latest source material and explains how the mafia has succeeded in surviving, protecting, and flourishing in post-war Italy.
Centoventisei
Un vecchio killer in disarmo, una sospettosissima moglie al nono mese di gravidanza, un balordo che vuole farsi mafioso. Accade tutto in una notte d'estate palermitana, con l'aria ferma e la città svuotata. Attorno al furto di una centoventisei si accende un crescendo di presentimenti, equivoci, rivelazioni, fughe. Sullo sfondo, l'ombra densa e a tratti grottesca di Cosa Nostra e dei suoi progetti di morte. Finché la notte si spegne in un'alba limpida e imprevedibile. Claudio Fava ed Ezio Abbate scrivono un racconto di fulminante efficacia in cui, senza mai citarla, alludono ai preparativi della strage di via D'Amelio del '92. Prendono distanza dalla cronaca degli eventi, ma mettono in scena tre personaggi nella cui vita e nella cui personalità vediamo il mondo di chi è nato sotto la mafia ed è abituato a ragionare e ad agire secondo lo schema "ubbidisco o muoio, uccido o vengo ucciso".
Upholding the Prohibition of Torture
This volume deals with the right of any individual not to be subjected to torture. Although almost universally prohibited, torture still manifests itself in the conduct of several States around the world, including Member States of the Council of Europe. The European Court of Human Rights has, since its inception, entered numerous findings of torture. Mindful of the urgency of the effectiveness of the international legal prohibition of torture, this book examines and critically appraises the practice of the European Court on torture. Through the analysis of leading cases and the legal issues ensuing from them, the book explores the contribution of the European Court to the clarification of t...
State Crime in the Global Age
State Crime in the Global Age brings together original writings from leading scholars in the field to explore the many ways that the use and abuse of state power results in grave social harms that outweigh, by far, the consequences of ordinary street crime. The topics covered include the crimes of empire, illegal war, the bombing of civilians, state sanctioned torture, state sacrifice of human lives, and judicial wrongdoing. The book breaks new ground through its examination of the ways globalization has intensified potentials for state crime, as well as bringing novel theoretical understandings of the state to the study of state crime, and exploring strategies for confronting state crime. This book, while containing much that is of interest to scholars of state crime, is designed to be accessible to students and others who are concerned with the ways individuals, social groups, and whole nations are victimized by the misuse of state power.
