POL114H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Extraordinary Rendition, Money Laundering, Enhanced Interrogation Techniques
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Police v. military: traditionally seen as a domestic police matter of criminal prosecution in u. s. , canada, western europe. Proceeds of o. c. estimated at . 5 trillion (drugs alone billion), arms trade, human trafficking piracy, Money laundering: bcci, hsbc (laundered money for colombian and. Mexican drug cartels, groups affiliated with al queda . Threat to government: afghanistan produces >90% of opium and heroin; Blood diamonds, coltan, gold etc blurring line between oc, terrorism, revolutionary organizations (farc) Wwii and the holocaust: lemkin and the un genocide convention > r2p (responsibility to protect) Universal declaration of human rights (not international law) ic on civil and political rights & ic on economic, social and cultural rights = Un convention on torture (as treaty is il) Jus cogens: universally agreed standards and protections from more extreme human rights violations: torture, extrajudicial execution exit independently of codification as il. Human rights v. sovereign states (imposed or freely accepted?)
