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AbstractHuman rights have been weaponized and transformed into geopolitical tools to target certain states and not others. The rhetoric of human rights has been distorted by politicians, media, think tanks and the emerging "human rights industry" that serves hegemonic powers and not humanity. This constitutes an affront against human dignity.

In this timely and morally necessary book, Tamara Starblanket gives particular attention to the forced transfer of Indigenous children to institutions whose raison d'être was to indoctrinate and "educate" them away from their culture and heritage so as to erase Indigenous memory and reprogram younger generations as "Canadians." These institutions were notorious for death and disease, torture, forced starvation, forced labour, and sexual predation. The book's structure is well-ordered, the argumentation compelling, but not in phoney "scholarly detachment," instead in conscious compilation and analysis of the evidence, supported by the force of ethics and a commitment to truth and justice, regardless of zeitgeist and political correctness.

In this timely and morally necessary book, Tamara Starblanket gives particular attention to the forced transfer of Indigenous children to institutions whose raison d'être was to indoctrinate and "educate" them away from their culture and heritage so as to erase Indigenous memory and reprogram younger generations as "Canadians." These institutions were notorious for death and disease, torture, forced starvation, forced labour, and sexual predation. The book's structure is well-ordered, the argumentation compelling, but not in phoney "scholarly detachment," instead in conscious compilation and analysis of the evidence, supported by the force of ethics and a commitment to truth and justice, regardless of zeitgeist and political correctness.

Im Jahre 1898, während des Krieges der USA gegen Spanien, besetzten die USA die Bucht von Guantánamo, eine bedeutende Hafenanlage. Gemäß dem sog. Platt-Amendment, das die kubanische Verfassungsgebende Versammlung unter Druck akzeptieren musste (sonst wäre die vierjährige amerikanische Besetzung nicht beendet worden), sollte den Amerikanern eine oder mehrere Stützpunkte zugesprochen werden. Dies geschah im Pachtvertrag vom 23. Februar 1903, wodurch Kuba die Bucht von Guantánamo "for coaling and naval purposes, and for no other purpose" an die USA verpachtete. Bis 1934 bezahlten die USA $ 2.000 pro Jahr. Seit 1938 wurde die Summe auf $ 4.085 erhöht. Jedoch akzeptiert Kuba seit 1959 die amerikanische Präsenz auf kubanischem Boden nicht mehr und löst die Schecks nicht ein. Wie ist die amerikanische Präsenz in Guantánamo heute völkerrechtlich zu beurteilen?

AbstractInternational human rights law abhors a legal black hole. It applies wherever a State exercises its jurisdiction, not only in peacetime but also during armed conflict, as a compliment to humanitarian law. The deprivation of liberty is subject to certain conditions, and even initially lawful detention becomes arbitrary and contrary to law if it is not subject to periodic review. Indefinite detention is incompatible with Article 9 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. While temporary derogation from this provision is allowed in Article 4 of the ICCPR, such derogation is only possible "in time of public emergency which threatens the life of the nation" and "to the extent strictly required by the exigencies of the situation" Persons deprived of their liberty are entitled to a prompt trial or release, and in cases of arbitrary detention, they are entitled to compensation. Neither the war on terror nor restrictive immigration policies justify indefinite detention.