Sabine Höhn
Biographic Data
| ID | 225535 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sabine Höhn |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sabine |
| FAMILY NAME | Höhn |
| SIGNATURE | HÖHN S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Edinburgh |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
New Start or False Start? The ICC and Electoral Violence in Kenya
This article investigates how far the International Criminal Court (ICC) trial of post-election violence in Kenya represented a new start for Kenyan politics, for international criminal justice in Africa, and for the international response to democratic violence more broadly. For the first time an international criminal court investigated violence associated with the democratic process. The prosecution of instigators of violence was not only a de…
The Object of Activism: Documents and Daily Life in Namibian NGOs
Documents play a key role in the life of every NGO: donor reports, constitutions, membership databases, and promotional leaflets not only represent organizational action, but also have become a major form of civic activism themselves. In Namibia, NGOs are particularly pressed to show impact vis‐à‐vis a strong developmental state and an efficient private sector. “To document” has thus become a major preoccupation in their daily routine. This artic…
Accounts and accountability: Global norms and codes of conduct in Namibian advocacy NGOs
Global norms like accountability, transparency and good governance have long shaped political practice in postcolonial states. Especially, non-governmental organisations have used discourses of accountability to demand a say in public debates in the name of the people. This article analyses how discourses about accountability have shaped shared beliefs within and between NGOs in Namibia where the state has traditionally made strong claims to be t…
International justice and reconciliation in Namibia: The ICC submission and public memory
The article analyses the impact of international justice on the debate about public memory and visions of reconciliation in Namibia. Focusing on a recent submission to the International Criminal Court, it shows how domestic actors used international justice to advance their claims for reconciliation and it thus challenges the common assumption that reconciliation is an entirely domestic process. The article discusses how the ICC submission indivi…
International justice and reconciliation in Namibia: The ICC submission and public memory
The article analyses the impact of international justice on the debate about public memory and visions of reconciliation in Namibia. Focusing on a recent submission to the International Criminal Court, it shows how domestic actors used international justice to advance their claims for reconciliation and it thus challenges the common assumption that reconciliation is an entirely domestic process. The article discusses how the ICC submission indivi…
International justice and reconciliation in Namibia: The ICC submission and public memory
The article analyses the impact of international justice on the debate about public memory and visions of reconciliation in Namibia. Focusing on a recent submission to the International Criminal Court, it shows how domestic actors used international justice to advance their claims for reconciliation and it thus challenges the common assumption that reconciliation is an entirely domestic process. The article discusses how the ICC submission indivi…
Accounts and accountability: Global norms and codes of conduct in Namibian advocacy NGOs
Global norms like accountability, transparency and good governance have long shaped political practice in postcolonial states. Especially, non-governmental organisations have used discourses of accountability to demand a say in public debates in the name of the people. This article analyses how discourses about accountability have shaped shared beliefs within and between NGOs in Namibia where the state has traditionally made strong claims to be t…
The Object of Activism: Documents and Daily Life in Namibian NGOs
Documents play a key role in the life of every NGO: donor reports, constitutions, membership databases, and promotional leaflets not only represent organizational action, but also have become a major form of civic activism themselves. In Namibia, NGOs are particularly pressed to show impact vis‐à‐vis a strong developmental state and an efficient private sector. “To document” has thus become a major preoccupation in their daily routine. This artic…
New Start or False Start? The ICC and Electoral Violence in Kenya
This article investigates how far the International Criminal Court (ICC) trial of post-election violence in Kenya represented a new start for Kenyan politics, for international criminal justice in Africa, and for the international response to democratic violence more broadly. For the first time an international criminal court investigated violence associated with the democratic process. The prosecution of instigators of violence was not only a de…
Law (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Accountability (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Public relations (2 works) · Tourism, Volunteerism, and Development (2 works) · African history and culture studies (1 works) · African studies and sociopolitical issues (1 works) · Anthropology (1 works)