25th Annual Law and Society Conference of Australia & New Zealand.: Recent submissions
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The Khmer Rouge Tribunal: Justice for Genocide in Cambodia?
Published 2008-12-11After 30 years a tribunal has finally been established to try those responsible for the mass human rights violations perpetrated against the Cambodian people by the former Khmer Rouge regime. Popularly known as the Khmer ...Conference paper -
The Globalisation Paradox and the Implementation of International Human Rights: the Function of Transnational Networks in Combating Human Trafficking in the ASEAN Region
Published 2008-12-10In A New World Order, Anne-Marie Slaughter describes the “globalisation paradox” as “the need for global institutions to solve collective problems that can only be addressed on a global scale” juxtaposed with “the infeasibility ...Conference paper -
Different Routes to Relationship Recognition Reform: A Comparative Discussion of South Africa and Australia
Published 2008-12-11Relationship recognition has profound implications for the dignity, equality and property rights of disadvantaged groups. The paper will consider the often intertwined interests of women and gay men and lesbians in ...Conference paper -
The Poetics and Politics of Past Injuries: Claiming in Reparations Law and in Toni Morrison's novel Beloved
Published 2008-12-10Why is there such a discrepancy between legal time and historical time? Or rather, whose historical time is tacitly represented and silently justified in legal representations? Whose interests are served by the law’s ...Conference paper -
'Human Rights Politics & Transitional Justice'
Published 2008-12-11This paper explores transitional justice as a way to bring an end to violence and consolidate peace. It approaches transitional justice as an expression of the ‘never again’ consensus to prevent or prosecute crimes against ...Conference paper