Amnesty

Author : Esi Edugyan
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2013-10-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781443433495

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Half-Blood Blues by Esi Edugyan Pdf

The brilliant, bestselling, Giller Prize–winning novel Esi Edugyan’s Half-Blood Blues took the literary world by storm when it was first published, captivating readers and reviewers with its audacity, power, and sheer brilliance. The novel won or was nominated for every literary prize in Canada—and many international ones, too, including the prestigious Man Booker Prize. It was hailed as one of the best books of the year by Oprah, The Globe and Mail, Amazon, The San Francisco Chronicle and The Vancouver Sun, and it was named a New York Times Editor’s Choice. From the smoky bars of pre-war Berlin to the salons of Paris, the narrator of Half-Blood Blues, musician Sid Griffiths, leads the reader through a fascinating, little-known world and into the heart of his own guilty conscience. The bestselling, award-winning Half-Blood Blues is an entrancing, electric story about jazz, race, love and loyalty, and the sacrifices we ask of ourselves—and demand of others—in the name of art.

Author : Aravind Adiga
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2020-02-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781982127312

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Amnesty by Aravind Adiga Pdf

An “urgent and significant book [that] speaks to our times” (The New York Times Book Review) from the bestselling, Man Booker Prize–winning author of The White Tiger and Selection Day about a young illegal immigrant who must decide whether to report crucial information about a murder—and thereby risk deportation. Danny—formerly Dhananjaya Rajaratnam—is an illegal immigrant in Sydney, Australia, denied refugee status after he fled from Sri Lanka. Working as a cleaner, living out of a grocery storeroom, for three years he’s been trying to create a new identity for himself. And now, with his beloved vegan girlfriend, Sonja, with his hidden accent and highlights in his hair, he is as close as he has ever come to living a normal life. But then one morning, Danny learns a female client of his has been murdered. The deed was done with a knife, at a creek he’d been to with her before; and a jacket was left at the scene, which he believes belongs to another of his clients—a doctor with whom Danny knows the woman was having an affair. Suddenly Danny is confronted with a choice: Come forward with his knowledge about the crime and risk being deported? Or say nothing, and let justice go undone? Over the course of this day, evaluating the weight of his past, his dreams for the future, and the unpredictable, often absurd reality of living invisibly and undocumented, he must wrestle with his conscience and decide if a person without rights still has responsibilities. “Searing and inventive,” Amnesty is a timeless and universal story that succeeds at “illuminating the courage of displaced peoples and the cruelties of those who conspire against them” (Star Tribune, Minneapolis).

Author : Amnesty International,Angelina Jolie,Geraldine Van Bueren
Publisher : Zest Books ™
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2021-09-17
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781728449685

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Know Your Rights and Claim Them by Amnesty International,Angelina Jolie,Geraldine Van Bueren Pdf

A timely look at children's rights, the young activists who fought for them, and how readers can do the same by Amnesty International, Angelina Jolie, and Geraldine Van Bueren

Author : Ann M. Schneider
Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Press
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2021-10-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9780822988526

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Amnesty in Brazil by Ann M. Schneider Pdf

In 1895, forty-seven rebel military officers contested the terms of a law that granted them amnesty but blocked their immediate return to the armed forces. During the century that followed, numerous other Brazilians who similarly faced repercussions for political opposition or outright rebellion subsequently made claims to forms of recompense through amnesty. By 2010, tens of thousands of Brazilians had sought reparations, referred to as amnesty, for repression suffered during the Cold War–era dictatorship. This book examines the evolution of amnesty in Brazil and describes when and how it functioned as an institution synonymous with restitution. Ann M. Schneider is concerned with the politics of conciliation and reflects on this history of Brazil in the context of broader debates about transitional justice. She argues that the adjudication of entitlements granted in amnesty laws marked points of intersection between prevailing and profoundly conservative politics with moments and trends that galvanized the demand for and the expansion of rights, showing that amnesty in Brazil has been both surprisingly democratizing and yet stubbornly undemocratic.

Author : Lara Elena Donnelly
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2019-04-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781250173614

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Amnesty by Lara Elena Donnelly Pdf

Donnelly’s Amnesty completes the Nebula and LAMBDA Award-nominated Amberlough Dossier glam spy thriller trilogy that Publishers Weekly describes as "Impressive...as heartbreaking as it is satisfying.” (starred review) In Amberlough City, out of the ASHES of revolution, a TRAITOR returns, a political CAMPAIGN comes to a roaring head, and the people demand JUSTICE for crimes past. As a nation struggles to rebuild, who can escape retribution? Amnesty is a smart, decadent, heart-pounding conclusion to Lara Elena Donnelly’s widely-praised glam spy trilogy that will have readers enthralled until the very end. The Amberlough Dossier #1: Amberlough #2: Armistice #3: Amnesty At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Author : Francesca Lessa,Leigh A. Payne
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 457 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2012-05-28
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781107025004

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Amnesty in the Age of Human Rights Accountability by Francesca Lessa,Leigh A. Payne Pdf

This edited volume brings together well-established and emerging scholars of transitional justice to discuss the persistence of amnesty in the age of human rights accountability. The volume attempts to reframe debates, moving beyond the limited approaches of 'truth versus justice' or 'stability versus accountability' in which many of these issues have been cast in the existing scholarship. The theoretical and empirical contributions in this book offer new ways of understanding and tackling the enduring persistence of amnesty in the age of accountability. In addition to cross-national studies, the volume encompasses eleven country cases of amnesty for past human rights violations: Argentina, Brazil, Cambodia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Indonesia, Rwanda, South Africa, Spain, Uganda and Uruguay. The volume goes beyond merely describing these case studies, but also considers what we learn from them in terms of overcoming impunity and promoting accountability to contribute to improvements in human rights and democracy.

Author : Josepha Close
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2019-05-16
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781351180214

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Amnesty, Serious Crimes and International Law by Josepha Close Pdf

Amnesty, Serious Crimes and International Law examines the permissibility of amnesties for serious crimes in the contemporary international order. In the last few decades, there has been a growing tendency to consider that amnesties are prohibited in respect of certain grave crimes. However, the question remains controversial as there is no explicit treaty ban and general amnesties continue to be frequently issued in post-conflict and transitional contexts. The first part of the book explores the use of amnesties from antiquity to the present day. It reviews amnesty traditions in ancient societies and provides a global picture of modern amnesties. In parallel, it traces the development of the accountability paradigm underpinning the current prohibitive stance on amnesties. The second part assesses the position of modern international law on amnesties. It comprehensively analyses the main arguments supporting the existence of a general amnesty ban, including the duty to prosecute international crimes, the right to redress of victims of human rights violations, international standards and trends in state practice, and the mandate of international criminal courts. The book argues that, while international legal or policy requirements restrict the freedom of states to extend amnesty in respect of serious crimes, or the effectiveness of amnesty measures in preventing the prosecution of such crimes, these restrictions do not add up to an absolute and universal prohibition.

Author : Jonathan Power
Publisher : UPNE
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1555534872

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Like Water on Stone by Jonathan Power Pdf

Published in Amnesty International's 40th anniversary year, this objective history tells how the controversial yet highly influential organization put human rights on the international agenda.

Author : Jael Richardson
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2021-01-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781443457835

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Gutter Child by Jael Richardson Pdf

NATIONAL BESTSELLER Finalist for the Amazon Canada First Novel Award Cityline Book Club Pick “A deep, unflinching yet loving look at injustice and power.” —Chatelaine “A powerful and unforgettable novel” (Quill and Quire, starred review) about a young woman who must find the courage to secure her freedom and determine her own future Set in an imagined world in which the most vulnerable are forced to buy their freedom by working off their debt to society, Gutter Child uncovers a nation divided into the privileged Mainland and the policed Gutter. As part of a social experiment led by the Mainland government, Elimina Dubois is one of just one hundred babies taken from the Gutter and raised in the land of opportunity. But when her Mainland mother dies, Elimina finds herself alone, a teenager forced into an unfamiliar life of servitude, unsure of who she is and where she belongs. Sent to an academy with new rules and expectations, Elimina befriends children who are making their own way through the Gutter System in whatever way they know how. But when her life takes yet another unexpected turn, Elimina will discover that what she needs more than anything may not be the freedom she longed for after all. Gutter Child reveals one young woman’s journey through a fractured world of heartbreaking disadvantages and shocking injustices. As a modern heroine in an altered but all-too-recognizable reality, Elimina must find the strength within herself to forge her future in defiance of a system that tries to shape her destiny.

Author : Amnesty International
Publisher : Frances Lincoln Children's Bks
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2011-10-25
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 184780151X

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We Are All Born Free Mini Edition by Amnesty International Pdf

Now in a mini edition! The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was signed on 10th December 1948. It was compiled after World War Two to declare and protect the rights of all people from all countries. This beautiful collection, published 60 years on, celebrates each declaration with an illustration by an internationally-renowned artist or illustrator and is the perfect gift for children and adults alike. Published in association with Amnesty International, with a foreword by David Tennant and John Boyne. Includes art work contributions from Axel Scheffler, Peter Sis, Satoshi Kitamura, Alan Lee, Polly Dunbar, Jackie Morris, Debi Gliori, Chris Riddell, Catherine and Laurence Anholt and many more!

Author : Faustin Z. Ntoubandi
Publisher : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789004162310

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Amnesty for Crimes Against Humanity Under International Law by Faustin Z. Ntoubandi Pdf

Drawing on crystallizing trends in State's practice in respect of amnesty, this book provides a comprehensive legal framework within which grants of amnesty can be reconciled with the duty to prosecute core crimes under international law.

Author : Erik Doxtader,Charles Villa-Vicencio
Publisher : New Africa Books
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Amnesty
ISBN : 0864866151

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The Provocations of Amnesty by Erik Doxtader,Charles Villa-Vicencio Pdf

South Africa's amnesty was a unique experiment. A path that lay 'between a Nuremberg option and total amnesia, ' the amnesty process was designed in the heat of a remarkable and complex transition to constitutional democracy

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties, and the Administration of Justice
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 926 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Amnesty
ISBN : UOM:39015082029227

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Amnesty by United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties, and the Administration of Justice Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 928 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105045453631

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Amnesty by United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary Pdf

Author : J. Power
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 129 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2013-10-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781483286013

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Amnesty International by J. Power Pdf

Traces the history of Amnesty International from its beginnings in 1961, describing the difficulties and disappointments, how the organization works, and its special campaigns. Includes case studies focusing on the Soviet Union, China, Africa, Brazil and South America and first hand information on current activities in Guatemala, El Salvador and Nicaragua. The book is illustrated by photographs from Amnesty's archives