https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/124375 2026-04-12T21:22:19Z 2026-04-12T21:22:19Z Ando, Salvo https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/124560 2024-07-22T07:58:54Z 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Mediterranean Journal of Human Rights : volume 11 : number 1 Authors: Ando, Salvo Abstract: Table of contents:; - Editorial: Islam and Democracy: Salvo Ando; - The Maltese Crime of Espionage and the Nullum Crimen Sine Lege Certa Maxim: Complementary or Conflicting? Kevin Aquilina; - Couscous Democracy: Transitional Justice in Mohammed VI' s Morocco Abdelilah Bouasria; - The Development of Women Combatant Roles in Contemporary Armed Conflict The Case of Colombia: Caterina Chantal Arena; - Land Rights and Human Rights in Transitional States Ben Chigara; - The Development of Asymmetric Regionalism and the Principle Of Autonomy in the New Constitutional Systems: A Comparative Approach Giancarlo Rolla; - Managing Cultural Diversity in Modern Greek Society: The Impact of Human Rights Education Aristotelis Stamoulas; - Married Couples, Domestic Partnerships and Other Types Of Cohabitation: A Comparative Perspective Filippo Vari; - Islamic Law between Common Law and Civil Law Systems: Whither Human Rights? Luca Pedulla; - The Continuum of Saffron Secularism Anushree Tripathi; - Is Children's Participation A Right or A Favour Hella Turki Ben Cheikh; - Coral Bleaching - Matter of Global Concern Neetika Yadau and T Priyadarshini; - Abstracts in Arabic

2007-01-01T00:00:00Z Andò, Salvo https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/124557 2024-07-12T07:51:41Z 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Editorial : Islam and democracy Authors: Andò, Salvo Abstract: To ask today if Islam is compatible with democracy means to confront a geo-political question before the theoretical one. If we think about incompatibility, we cannot refuse the theory of a "cultural struggle". The option for compatibility contains, however, within itself another question. Is it legitimate to use force in order to favour democratic evolution in Islamic countries? We cannot negate that in the past years this idea had found many followers; its most significant expression is in the politics of Bush junior. Now, however, this trend has been put into crisis by the recent evolution of the international situation. The opinion, put forward by the Bush administration, according to which the diffusion of peace and democracy in the world depends above all on the consolidation of an international order, based on the protection of human rights, guaranteed by the USA (and not by UN, presented, often, as a disarmed prophet) is belied by the facts. A war for "peace and rights" could be declared and won by the United States at any time, but it is far more difficult that a military victory could succeed and guarantee a peaceful solution to the problems that trouble many areas all over the world. Italy believes this, especially after the end of the right-of-centre government. Today Italy is convinced that occupying itself concretely with the Mediterranean is its primary duty. This strategy doesn't imply necessarily a conflict with the USA, but it tends to create strong and autonomous political relationships with the governments of the countries in the area. It is necessary, for a useful dialogue between Islam and the West, to pay attention to the arguments of countries of the southern side of the Mediterranean. [excerpt]

2007-01-01T00:00:00Z Bouasria, Abdelilah https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/124555 2024-07-12T07:44:05Z 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Couscous democracy : transitional justice in Mohammed VI' s Morocco Authors: Bouasria, Abdelilah Abstract: This paper will examine the current state of regime change literature with its fortes and flaws. It will apply this dynamic to the case of Morocco with the Commission of Equity and Reconciliation. It is the fruit of many years of field work and interviews gathered while I worked as a news writer in Radio SAWA, Washington DC. The paper assesses the arguments of two camps regarding the issue of human rights in Morocco: those who think that the country is undergoing its "velvet revolution" and those who inscribe themselves along the pessimistic side repeating the motto "nothing is changing."

2007-01-01T00:00:00Z Chantal Arena, Caterina https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/124553 2024-07-12T07:39:31Z 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: The development of women combatant roles in contemporary armed conflict : the case of Colombia Authors: Chantal Arena, Caterina Abstract: This study focuses on women's involvement in armed conflict, specifically dealing with their roles as agents of political violence. Particularly I analyse the female participation in the armed struggle within the insurgent group "Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia". Feminist theories constitute the theoretical framework of this analysis, in order to discuss the role played by women combatants in Colombia. The central point is to understand the needs of women combatants while taking into account the relationship between their involvement in the armed struggle, the specific goals they achieved in gender equality within the armed . groups, and the role that society could give them during the postconflict reconstruction. Additionally, this study shows that myths of women warriors are used to pull women into the fight. Gender equality issues are instrumental in framing the female participation. Nevertheless within insurgent groups, women face difficulties to challenge sexist stereotypes intrinsic to native culture, which could lead to the female exclusion from peace building process, thus misunderstanding their specific attributes as women and as combatants.

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