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  1 - Comparative Review of Criminalization of Female Circumcision in African Countries
  Seyed Reza Ehsanpour
  Female genital mutilation, sometimes referred to as female circumcision, is defined by the World Health Organization as "any act, including removing all or parts of the external area of women’s genitals or other injuries to this organ without medical justification." The More

  Female genital mutilation, sometimes referred to as female circumcision, is defined by the World Health Organization as "any act, including removing all or parts of the external area of women’s genitals or other injuries to this organ without medical justification." The female circumcision has a history of over two thousand years. Some historians attribute this to ancient Egypt circa 500 BCE. In regards to circumcision, it has been noted that it may result in loss of sexual urges and preserving chastity, but even with those assumptions the terrible effects cannot be overlooked. Female circumcision is a form of sexual violence recognized by various international organizations such as the United Nations as a harmful act and a violation of women’s rights. Today, at least two hundred million women and girls are affected in 28 African countries and parts of Asia. To counter this evil phenomenon, many African countries have joined international treaties (such as Convention on the Rights of the Child) or regional ones (such as the African Charter of the Rights and Child Welfare); secondly, they have criminalized this exercise and even being an accessory to it. However, traditional customs are a fundamental obstacle to eliminating this wrong behavior in Africa. Manuscript profile
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  2 - G4, an Effort for Permanent Membership in the UN Security Council: Background and Future Trends
  آرمین امینی شمس عظیمی
  During the past two decades, many states and groups of states have offered proposals for structural reforms in the UN Security Council. Some proposals seek to increase the number of permanent members of the Council. The G4 –Germany, Japan, India and Brazil – seems to st More

  During the past two decades, many states and groups of states have offered proposals for structural reforms in the UN Security Council. Some proposals seek to increase the number of permanent members of the Council. The G4 –Germany, Japan, India and Brazil – seems to stand a better chance in this regard. This paper discusses special opportunities for permanent membership of this group in the Security Council while considering challenges facing it. All four countries enjoy comparative advantages in their own geographical regions which give them the chance to seek a permanent seat in the Security Council. On the other hand, they face two kinds of obstacles: regional and international obstacles. For some of these states, overcoming regional obstacles is more difficult than international ones and the opposite is true for others. This research aims to answer this question: What are the opportunities and challenges facing member states of this group in their effort to gain permanent seats in the Security Council? First, the necessity of structural reforms in the Security Council is discussed before analyzing the situation of these states and future outlook of the Council’s structure in the light of the existing situation of the international system Manuscript profile
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  3 - The African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights and Individual Petition Procedure
  Darioush  Ashrafi Amirhossein  Nourbakhsh Meysam  Bagheri Moghadam Ghahremanloo
  The lack of centralised enforcement power distinguishes international law, as a legal order, with national, domestic or even inter-organisational legal systems. The lack of enforcement is evident as a major flaw in international protection of Human Rights. A huge gap ex More

  The lack of centralised enforcement power distinguishes international law, as a legal order, with national, domestic or even inter-organisational legal systems. The lack of enforcement is evident as a major flaw in international protection of Human Rights. A huge gap exists between the the implemented Human Rights norms and those accepted to be enforceable by the international community. In a world marked with myriad of Human Rights abuses, investigating abuses and ensuing prosecution and punishment of violators of Human Rights is now a global concern, especially in Africa where range of civil wars and treatments contrary to Human Rights are witnessed. The individual right to petition and complaint is one of the guarantors in protection of human rights. This article assesses this right at the African Court on Human and People’s Rights based on its constitution, mandate and jurisdiction outlined in its founding document. Manuscript profile
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  4 - The African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights and Individual Petition Procedure
  Darioush  Ashrafi Amirhossein  Nourbakhsh Meysam  Bagheri Moghadam Ghahremanloo
  The lack of centralised enforcement power distinguishes international law, as a legal order, with national, domestic or even inter-organisational legal systems. The lack of enforcement is evident as a major flaw in international protection of Human Rights. A huge gap ex More

  The lack of centralised enforcement power distinguishes international law, as a legal order, with national, domestic or even inter-organisational legal systems. The lack of enforcement is evident as a major flaw in international protection of Human Rights. A huge gap exists between the the implemented Human Rights norms and those accepted to be enforceable by the international community. In a world marked with myriad of Human Rights abuses, investigating abuses and ensuing prosecution and punishment of violators of Human Rights is now a global concern, especially in Africa where range of civil wars and treatments contrary to Human Rights are witnessed. The individual right to petition and complaint is one of the guarantors in protection of human rights. This article assesses this right at the African Court on Human and People’s Rights based on its constitution, mandate and jurisdiction outlined in its founding document. Manuscript profile