Torture under Police Remand in Bangladesh: A Culture of Impunity for Gross Violations of Human Rights

2003 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-27 ◽  
Author(s):  
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Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Culture Of Impunity

Human Rights Class Action against Corporations in Nigeria

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 273-327
Author(s):  
Kalu Kingsley Anele
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
General Class ◽  
The United States ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Class Action ◽  
Legal Regime ◽  
Efficient Procedure ◽  
Human Rights Abuses ◽  
Culture Of Impunity ◽  
Action Procedure

Though Nigeria is inundated with human rights abuses, there is no procedure that could effectively accommodate a large number of victims in one litigation beside class action. Class litigation is limited in scope in Nigeria; hence, it cannot be applied in human rights cases. This has culminated in a culture of impunity by corporations in the country. This paper uses the class action legal regime in the United States to argue that the statutory introduction of a general class litigation regime will adequately address human rights violations in Nigeria. The author submits that beyond the legislative introduction of a general class action legal framework in Nigeria; judges should exercise their wide discretion as envisaged by the Nigerian constitution in civil matters to adjudicate human rights class litigations. Also, there is need to enlighten Nigerians of their human rights and an efficient procedure to address their violations: class action procedure.

scholarly journals Journalism under duress in Asia-Pacific: A decade of resistance

2018 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 12-32
Author(s):  
David Robie
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Asia Pacific ◽  
Media Freedom ◽  
West Papua ◽  
Critical Media ◽  
Culture Of Impunity

Auckland University of Technology’s Pacific Media Centre marked its tenth anniversary with a wide-ranging public seminar discussing two of the region’s most critical media freedom crises. The ‘Journalism Under Duress in Asia-Pacific’ seminar in November 2017 examined media freedom and human rights in the Philippines and in Indonesia’s Papua region, generally known as West Papua. The introduction to the PMC seminar, later presented at a Reporters Without Borders summit for Asia-Pacific freedom advocates and activist journalists in Paris in July 2018 examined the culture of impunity over crimes against journalists and journalism safety as a major factor undermining media freedom in the region.

The Philippine President as Tortfeasor-in-Chief: Establishing Civil Liability for Constitutional Negligence

2009 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 1-54 ◽  
Author(s):  
Florin Ternal Hilbay
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
International Law ◽  
Civil Liability ◽  
The United States ◽  
Class Action ◽  
Information Ecology ◽  
Colonial Era ◽  
Culture Of Impunity

AbstractThis article analyzes the liability of the Philippine President for the tort of constitutional negligence in relation to the murders and forced disappearances of leftists, journalists, and other dissidents. It uses the international law doctrine of command responsibility as a form of attribution that may be used, by analogy, to hold the President accountable for a culture of impunity. The article describes the role of the President as the regulator of a human rights-conducive information ecology and argues that massive human rights violations meant to silence dissidents are a source of liability for which a class action suit is an available remedy. Finally, it looks at the concept of presidential immunity from suit from a comparative perspective and argues that the continued application of restrictive immunity rules established during the American colonial era is misplaced considering the universalist design of the present Philippine Constitution and developments in immunity jurisprudence in the United States.

Rights enforcement in the African Human Rights Court: Restrictiveness, progressivity and resistance

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 15-43
Author(s):  
Lilian Chenwi
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Regional Integration ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
Great Promise ◽  
Political Systems ◽  
The Face ◽  
Executive Action ◽  
Judicial Scrutiny ◽  
Culture Of Impunity ◽  
State Resistance

Africa is characterised by, inter alia, oppressive political systems, a culture of impunity of those who govern, and the use of state sovereignty mantra in the face of gross and systematic rights violations. Yet, African states have, through the establishment of the African Human Rights Court, created an avenue for judicial scrutiny of their laws and executive action that affect human rights. While the Court holds great promise in relation to fighting impunity and the provision of effective remedies for rights violations, ensuring respect for human rights, and fostering Africa’s quest for good governance, development and regional integration, it operates amidst state resistance and other complexities, which threaten its effectiveness and existence. This article considers whether, against this background, the Court has shown restrictiveness or progressivity in its enforcement of rights.

Human Rights and Law

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ramesh Kumar Tiwari
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights
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