The tribunal was set up to deal with acts of torture for which members of the medical or legal profession are alleged to be responsible. The tribunal is independent, international and permanent. It consists of five to nine members, a majority of whom must be doctors. A member who is a national of the country which is alleged to be responsible for the acts of torture shall step down from his/her...

This paper discusses a new National Science Foundation-funded project that will examine the dynamics of third-party international mediation using statistical time-series analyses of political event data. Third-party mediation was attempted in over half of the conflicts in the post-WWII period and it is likely that the use of mediation has increased following the end of the Cold War. Surprisingl...

Abstract When an iconic pop star dies, agency regarding that artist's persona and work is distributed in ways transform the significance reveal much about societies which artist participated. This article examines Macedonian singer Toše Proeski, celebrated throughout former Yugoslavia who died 2007 at age 26. For Macedonians people Yugoslavia, represented ideals of a moral alternative to corrup...