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Author: Thomas Obel Hansen

07 Oct

Rethinking Atrocity Justice: From Western Exceptionalism to True Universalism

[Thomas Obel Hansen is a senior lecturer in law and member of the Transitional Justice Institute (TJI) at Ulster University (UK). He is currently writing the book, Judging the Powerful in Global Accountability Regimes (forthcoming Routledge).] Building on arguments developed for a research article soon coming up with University of Pennsylvania Journal of International Law, this post explains why the dominant...

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