Oregon Review of International Law : Volume 15, Number 2 (2013)

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    Bras and Ballots: Comparing Women’s Political Participation in Pakistan and Saudi Arabia
    (University of Oregon School of Law, 2014-05-13) Friedhoff, Anna
    This article explores the dichotomy between women’s political participation in Pakistan and Saudi Arabia.
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    Reconfiguring Guatemalan Historical Memory: The Lived Experience of Maya Women at War
    (University of Oregon School of Law, 2014-05-13) Arias, Arturo
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    The Future of Horse Slaughter: What Is Best?
    (University of Oregon School of Law, 2014-05-13) Strader, Erica
    This article explores the history and recent shifts in horse slaughter policy both at home and abroad, and offers a solution centered on compromise. Sound federal regulations and cooperation with nations that process and consume horsemeat is essential to ensure the future of the industry and proper treatment of these animals. While neither side appears ready to budge, each side risks losing their respective policy battles while thousands of unwanted horses continue to suffer.
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    Testimony of Sexual Violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Injustice of Rape: Moral Outrage, Epistemic Injustice, and the Failures of Bearing Witness
    (University of Oregon School of Law, 2014-05-13) Ruffer, Galya
    Whereas prosecutions in international criminal courts have increasingly included charges of rape, the messy realities of justice reveal that many witness testimonies are never heard, convictions are limited, sentences are not served, reparations are not paid and women who bring cases to trial become social outcasts. This research examines the ways in which the norms and vocabularies of international criminal justice concerning sexual violence in genocide and mass conflict mediate localized understandings of witness testimony ultimately affecting the ability of international courts to bear witness to the injustice of rape. The work examines the construction of official narrative as moral outrage regarding rape in international criminal trials versus the injustice of rape within the sociocultural and political context that shapes local perceptions of justice and the dynamics of change. This work argues that official narratives regarding rape in the ICC, ICTY and ICTR have resulted in epistemic injustices in which the testimony of women is often silenced, rejected and ignored through notions of the nature of generalized violence and political engagement. The work concludes by taking up the question of what are the duties to bear witness and how do failures in social and cultural capabilities contribute to the legal ambiguity regarding international understandings of genderbased violence.
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