Other Books Received
| Published date | 01 December 1995 |
| Date | 01 December 1995 |
| DOI | http://doi.org/10.1177/016934419501300416 |
| Subject Matter | Other Books Received |
Documentation
Torture: human rights, medical ethics and the case
of
Israel. -c:.
Ruchama (eds.). - Association ofIsraeli-Palestinian Physicians
f<:>~
~
.rdon,
Neve;
Marton,
Jersey: Zed, 1995. - xv, 206 p.
l3Iuman
Rights. - New
ISBN: 1
856493148
This
book
is part
of
an ongoing campaign against the systematj
~
Israel and the Occupied Territories. It presents the major
is:S4
~ractice
of
tOrture in
Conference on the International Struggle against Torture and
th~
~s
dealt with at the
Tel
Aviv
in June 1993, concerning the medical dimensions
and
~
~
-ase
of
Israel, held in
practised by Israeli security forces, and the complicity
of
som~
~~sequences
of
torture
analysis and evidence are supplemented by action-oriented
re,~
l:~raeIi
physicians. Its
international campaign against torture, the role that codes
of
medi~
~.l"::lunendations
for an
use
of
the legal system within Israel itself.
q!
ethics can play, and
Truth and reconciliation :obstacles and opportunities for
humQ~
.
Daan. -Amsterdam:
Amnesty
International Dutch Section,
1995
rights. -Bronkhorst
ISBN: 90 6463
1042
. -
173
p. '
Over
recent years many governments and private organizations wC>rl .
in various ways to account for human rights abuses from the
receQt:
QVvlde
have attempted
are countries which have found themselves in a process
of
tr-at"}
~ast.
Generally these
dictatorship to democracy. This book is about these efforts, their-
<:l>
sIl:ion,
a
move
from
results. It outlines
what
governments have done in the fields
of
.
eVe]opment
and
their
prosecution and remedial measures, and why they have undertake,
......
Illvestigation,
judicial
~
..
th'
prompted by non-governmental groups. IS process -usually
Women's
rights:
human rights. -Yotopoulos-Marangopoulos,
A..l"
Marangopoulos Foundation for Human Rights, 1994. - 359 p.
ICe
(ed.). - Athens:
ISBN: 960-05-0592-6
Gender equality has been internationally recognized as a
human
rig}
.
are still inequalities. The contributions in this volume can be
divid
1t,
nevertheless there
those dealing with general feminist theory or problems and
thOSe
ed
in two categories:
issues. like women and employment, women in places
of
power
an
addressing
particular
dlinguistic sexism.
Other
books
received
Aut dedere aut judicare :the duty to extradite or prosecute
iJ?
Bassiouni, M. international law. _
Cherif;
Wise. Edward M. - Dordrecht: Martinus Nijhoff, 1995. -
x.'
ISBN: 0-7923-3349-7
IV,
340 p.
Law enforcement and human rights in Nigeria. -Innocent, Chuk\V
Akin. - Civil Liberties Organisation. - Lagos: CLO, 1995. - 192 P.
an1a:
Ibidapo-Obe,
Patterns
of
abuse
of
women's rights :in employment and police
Akumadu, Theresa. - Civil Liberties Organisation. - Lagos:
CLa
~~~todY
z:n
Nigeria. _
ISBN: 978-32188-3-2 ' 5. - VI, 70 p.
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