Week 5: International Crimes and Punishment; Asylum and Persecution

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Week 5 International Crimes and Punishment
Asylum and Persecution

• Created by Dr. Kay Picart and Jeneen Surrency

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Guide Questions
1.What is the legacy of the trials at Nuremberg?
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2.What are the legal characterizations of war
crimes genocide and crimes against humanity
medical/forensic, legal, psychological and
sociological factors? How is the international
human body configured in relation to these?
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3.When does rape constitute a war crime? How is
the raced, classed and aged female body
configured in relation to law?
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Guide Questions
4.How do international law and domestic law
intersect and diverge, in their treatment of the
refugee?
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5.How do domestic violence and female genital
mutilation form the basis for political asylum?
How is the raced and classed female body depicted
in these texts?