Together with Par Engstrom (UCL Institute of the Americas), I am currently in Latin America conducting fieldwork on torture prevention in the region. Specifically, our research is concerned with the question of what factors contribute to reducing the risk of torture and other ill-treatment across weakly institutionalized democratic settings in Latin America.
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Transitional Justice In Peru (Rebecca K. Root) – Review
I have published a review of Rebecca K. Root’s compelling book on Transitional Justice in Peru in the Journal of Latin American Studies. The review can be read here.
The study of transitional justice is now firmly established in a large scholarly and policy literature. However, while much attention has been paid to emblematic country cases, such as Argentina, or the extraordinary development of international criminal tribunals other experiments with transitional justice have received less attention.
Perhaps more than most, Peru merits careful consideration for what it can tell us about both the scholarship and practice of transitional justice. This is the task Rebecca K. Root sets out to achieve in her compelling and richly-detailed account of transitional justice in Peru.
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Lifestyle diseases make global health promotion more difficult than ever
Dr Sarah Hawkes at UCL Institute of Global Health and I have published an article on global health governance and non-communicable diseases in The Conversation.
Susan Sell on Private Authority in Global Health
Professor Susan Sell joined us at the UCL Institute of Global Governance (IGG) on 10 June to talk about private authority in global health governance.
In our conversation, Susan reflects on the opportunities and challenges which confront public health advocates and the potential for global public law to more effectively hold private actors accountable for health outcomes.
Why the moral case for the living wage is not enough
I have published an article in the Guardian on the living wage with Rory Sullivan. This was based on a lively debate we hosted at UCL Institute of Global Governance on 3 April. The article can be found here.
