tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3675132248635598219.post1239393356959090107..comments2023-10-24T03:25:20.290-07:00Comments on The Vreelander: Dictatorships, torture, and human rights treaties: The Bad Ass TheoryJames Vreelandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01113052147413479136noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3675132248635598219.post-65614746275628564622017-10-25T15:14:16.705-07:002017-10-25T15:14:16.705-07:00My name is.Mrs.Juliet Quin. I live in Canada and i...My name is.Mrs.Juliet Quin. I live in Canada and i am a happy woman today? and i told my self that any lender that rescue my family from our poor situation, i will refer any person that is looking for loan to him, he gave me happiness to me and my family, i was in need of a loan of $ 73,000.00 to start my life all over as i am a single mother with 3 kids I met this honest and GOD fearing man loan lender that help me with a loan of $ 73,000.00 Canada Dollar, he is a GOD fearing man, if you are in need of loan and you will pay back the loan please contact him tell him that is Mrs.Juliet Quin that refer you to him. Contact Dr Purva Pius via email: reply to email {urgentloan22@gmail.com}Loan Offerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13741189946157661152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3675132248635598219.post-79998585772253060242010-02-17T07:47:30.023-08:002010-02-17T07:47:30.023-08:00A correction: the ITR operates in Arusha. Only app...A correction: the ITR operates in Arusha. Only appeals are heard in The Hague.Matthiashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09466641291398176421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3675132248635598219.post-15170919143809950022010-02-17T07:45:52.483-08:002010-02-17T07:45:52.483-08:00Interesting hypothesis. I wonder, however, if the ...Interesting hypothesis. I wonder, however, if the 'signaling effect' of ratifying the CAT is a truly a powerful incentive for the dictator. <br /><br />For one, I'm not sure that fear of prosecution weighs heavily in the heads of dictators. Depending on the domestic political context, being prosecuted abroad might be far better than the national alternatives of lynching or summary execution (an issue that was quite evident in the difference of treatment between Rwandans brought before gacaca courts and those brought before the ITR in The Hague).<br /><br />But most importantly, it is not altogether clear that by ratifying the CAT, a dictator is increasing chances of being prosecuted for torture. As you argue, as long as he holds power, it is unlikely that a domestic prosecution could take place. But ratifying the CAT might not be necessary for other states -- who have ratified the CAT -- to exercise universal jurisdiction as soon as the dictator steps outside his country. The Pinochet case is important on two different grounds: one is that regardless of whether Chile had ratified the CAT (which it had), the crime of torture was punishable in Spain, and therefore the UK could be required to extradite Pinochet; the second is that immunity of heads-of-state do not cover acts such as torture. Whether this would still be applied with respect to an acting head of state is subject to some controversy.<br /><br />In a nutshell: (i) it is not so much home country ratification of the CAT that matters for prosecution, but the likeliness that the dictator might be indicted and captured abroad (by countries that exercise universal jurisdiction); and, (ii) given the alternatives facing a dictator risking falling out of power, ratifying the CAT might seem a rather meek signal of determination to stay in power.Matthiashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09466641291398176421noreply@blogger.com