State Responsibility for Genocide: 25 Years After Srebrenica
Aarif Abraham Aarif Abraham

State Responsibility for Genocide: 25 Years After Srebrenica

Text of my speech delivered at the Geoffrey Nice Foundation Master Class in commemoration of the 25 years anniversary of the genocide in Srebrenica, Bosnia Herzegovina. The speech highlights that for the prohibition on genocide to have any meaning at all – not least for victims and survivors of rights’ violations or crimes – humanity must act in concert, through their State representatives, to ensure rights are interpreted, applied and fulfilled without reservation.

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Barbarism Is Beneath Us (Part 3)
Aarif Abraham Aarif Abraham

Barbarism Is Beneath Us (Part 3)

In Part 1 Aarif Abraham introduced the challenges faced by the European Court of Human Rights (Court) with growing authoritarianism, nationalism and intolerance across its 47 Member States. Those broad challenges were linked to three direct threats to the Court; the first of which he considered in Part 2. In Part 3 of 5, below, he considers what are the consequences of resource, political and other constraints.

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Barbarism Is Beneath Us (Part 2)
Aarif Abraham Aarif Abraham

Barbarism Is Beneath Us (Part 2)

In Part 1 Aarif Abraham introduced the challenges faced by the European Court of Human Rights (Court) with growing authoritarianism, nationalism and intolerance across its 47 Member States. Those broad challenges were linked to three direct threats to the Court. In Part 2 of 5, below, he considers the first of these threats relating to the right of individual petition

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