Human Rights Accountability, Academia

The Case of Ariel Sharon and the Fate of Universal Jurisdiction
John Borneman, ed., Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies, Monograph Series Number 2, Princeton University, 2004.

Chapter 4, Laurie King-Irani
King-Irani’s purpose:
“I want to discover whether it is possible for international justice to have a local address. I also wonder if it is possible—or advisable—for anthropologists to undertake advocacy and activism on behalf of marginalized groups whose rights have been violated by the powerful.” (p. 71)

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Chapter 5, Dan Rabinowitz
Purpose (p. 105):
“My argument below is that an ongoing demand to indict Sharon in an international forum for his responsibility in Sabra and Shatila is of great significance for Israeli society and for future relations with the Palestinians...”
1. To reframe Israel's collective memory.
2. To demilitarize the Israeli mind.

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