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McDoom, Omar Shahabudin - In: Journal of Conflict Resolution 58 (2014) 5, pp. 865-893

community that experienced violence during Rwanda's 1994 genocide, I show that individual participation in the violence was …

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Managing Threat, Cost, and Incentive to Kill: The Short- and Long-Term Effects of Intervention in Mass Killings

Kathman, Jacob D.; Wood, Reed M. - In: Journal of Conflict Resolution 55 (2011) 5, pp. 735-760

How do third-party interventions affect the severity of mass killings? The authors theorize that episodes of mass killing are the consequence of two factors: (1) the threat perceptions of the perpetrators and (2) the cost of implementing genocidal policies relative to other alternatives. To...

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To Kill or to Protect

Colaresi, Michael; Carey, Sabine C. - In: Journal of Conflict Resolution 52 (2008) 1, pp. 39-67

Contemporary studies of genocide have found military capabilities to be inconsistent predictors of state …. We hypothesize that unconstrained leaders are more likely to use their putative security forces to initiate genocide and … remain in power. An analysis of state failures that lead to genocide robustly supports the idea that the effect of increased …

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Testing the Double-Genocide Thesis for Central and Southern Rwanda

Verwimp, Philip - In: Journal of Conflict Resolution 47 (2003) 4, pp. 423-442

Results of a research project with household-level data on the demographic impact of genocide and civil war in Rwanda … household survey project before the genocide. The absolute number of Hutu killed in the sample is half of the number of Tutsi …

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Shared Human Rights Norms and Military Conflict

Peterson, Timothy M.; Graham, Leah - In: Journal of Conflict Resolution 55 (2011) 2, pp. 248-273

The normative transfer thesis posits that systematic discrimination, inequality, and repression are indicative of violent norms within states, which extend to the realm of foreign policy. In this article, the authors contend that the pacifying influence of similarity conditions the impact of...

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The Impact of Human Rights Organizations on Naming and Shaming Campaigns

Meernik, James; Aloisi, Rosa; Sowell, Marsha; Nichols, … - In: Journal of Conflict Resolution 56 (2012) 2, pp. 233-256

Given the myriad of human rights abuses that occur globally and daily, why are some nations on the receiving end of a substantial amount of international opprobrium, while others receive far less attention and condemnation? The authors contend that the increasing presence of human rights...

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TĂBUŞCĂ, SILVIA MARIA - In: Contemporary Legal Institutions 4 (2012) 1, pp. 127-130

The present paper, intended to be a book review, criticaly analises some aspects related to the status and rights of indigenous peoples in Nigeria as they have beed presented by Olugbenga Ademodi in his book. „The Rights and Status of Indigenous Peoples in Nigeria”1examines whether...

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LEGAL PROTECTION OFWOMEN'S RIGHTS INEUROPEAN AND INTERNATIONAL CONTEXT

ANTONESCU, MĂDĂLINA VIRGINIA - In: Contemporary Legal Institutions 4 (2012) 1, pp. 131-142

At present, there are many international and European legal norms regarding the matter of women’s rights, endowed with compulsory juridical value for ratifying states. In this quality, Romanian state has specific legal obligations concerning the protection of women’s rights, from the...

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Assessing Risk and Opportunity in Conflict Studies

Poe, Steven C.; Rost, Nicolas; Carey, Sabine C. - In: Journal of Conflict Resolution 50 (2006) 4, pp. 484-507

Over the past two decades, substantial progress has been made toward a theoretical understanding of why physical integrity abuses are committed. Unfortunately, these theoretical developments have been devoid of much practical application. In this article, the authors explore the feasibility of...

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Opportunity, Democracy, and the Exchange of Political Violence

Bohara, Alok K.; Mitchell, Neil J.; Nepal, Mani - In: Journal of Conflict Resolution 50 (2006) 1, pp. 108-128

With more than 12,000 deaths in nine years, a homegrown Maoist insurgency, reinforced by ethnic and socioeconomic cleavages, has resulted in high levels of political violence and human rights violations in Nepal. With fresh district-level data and drawing on theoretical insights from both the...

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