Lutz Oette
Biographic Data
| ID | 4091922 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lutz Oette |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lutz |
| FAMILY NAME | Oette |
| SIGNATURE | OETTE L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of London |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9209-6211 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 28 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Interrogating Argentina’s Experience of Prosecuting Torture and Ill-Treatment
Human rights non-governmental organizations played a critical role in the struggle for accountability for crimes against humanity committed by Argentina’s military dictatorship (1976–83). Notably, this impetus has also been brought to bear in focusing on prosecuting torture and ill-treatment committed in a democratically governed Argentina. Over the last two decades, legislative and institutional reforms, and the work of key actors, such as the P…
The Transformation of the Prohibition of Torture in International Law
The book analyses the nature, significance, and implications of the transformation of the prohibition of torture and other cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment in international law. It demonstrates how this fundamental human rights norm has withstood challenges in the ‘war on terror’, albeit with ambivalent outcomes. In parallel, multidisciplinary scholarship, practice in the field, and jurisprudence have developed the conceptual …
Introduction: Refugees, Returnees and Internally Displaced Persons in Africa
On 10 September 2019, the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) Convention Governing the Specific Aspects of Refugee Problems in Africa (OAU Refugee Convention) turned 50, while on 23 October 2019 the African Union (AU) Convention for the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons in Africa (Kampala Convention) turned 10. It is against this backdrop that the designation by the AU Assembly of Heads of State and Government of 2019 as t…
Introduction: Covid-19 and the Law in Africa
Following its arrival in African countries in February 2020, COVID-19 has severely tested fragile health systems and economies. Since then, it has taken a heavy toll on individual lives and collective wellbeing. In late February 2021, "all 47 countries [in the World Health Organization (WHO) African region] had reported a total of 2,789,965 confirmed cases and 71,204 deaths with case fatality rate of 2.6%". 1 With limited availability of vaccines…
The Prohibition of Torture and Persons Living in Poverty: From the Margins to the Centre
Torture of persons living in poverty has traditionally been at the margins of human rights interventions that have primarily focused on political and conflict related torture. This article examines the extent to which the evolving practice of human rights bodies and organisations evidences an emerging paradigm shift. It finds that a combination of a growing body of empirical research, novel approaches by human rights organisations and the work of…
The African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance: Past, Present and Future
This article traces a genealogy of the African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance (ACDEG) and examines the charter's overall implementation. While there has always been a struggle between competing views of how to ensure more or less continental accountability for norms related to democratic governance in Africa, enforcement by the African Union (AU) has definitively become more robust since the ACDEG's adoption. The article argues th…
Introduction: The African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance at 10
On various continents, intergovernmental organizations resort to legal engineering in order to promote democratic governance in their member states. Those legal efforts operate in a fluctuating political and societal environment, which they seek to transform but which, in turn, shapes the authority, the effectiveness and even the very nature of the legal instruments. As this Special Issue shows, this process of mutual influencing between law and …
The African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance: Trends, Challenges and Perspectives
This introduction to the Special Focus argues that more thorough and nuanced understandings of the past accomplishments and failures of the African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance (ACDEG) are needed. The article contends that detailed accounts focusing on the practices of diverse actors and institutions within the ACDEG's multi-level governance framework and their - sometimes - frictional relations are necessary to develop appropri…
Migration Control à la Khartoum: EU External Engagement and Human Rights Protection in the Horn of Africa
This article examines the European Union–Horn of Africa Migration Route Initiative (the Khartoum Process), which is primarily aimed at combating human trafficking and smuggling in the region. It probes this partnership model in the field of external migration control from a human rights and refugee law perspective. Instead of being based on a human rights approach, the Khartoum Process has relied on a managerial, project-based approach to the com…
International Human Rights Law and Practice
Human rights law is a complex but compelling subject that fascinates, but often confuses, students. International Human Rights Law and Practice explores the subject from a theoretical and practical perspective, guiding students to a rich understanding of the law. The second edition has been fully revised and updated, including two new chapters on children's rights and international criminal law, and new sections on a variety of topics, including …
Austerity and the Limits of Policy-Induced Suffering: What Role for the Prohibition of Torture and Other Ill-Treatment
Austerity measures have raised multiple human rights concerns. However, limited attention has been paid to their conformity with civil and political rights, particularly the absolute prohibition of torture and other ill-treatment. In the United Kingdom, a punitive approach has characterized many welfare reforms, particularly a system of conditionality for claimants followed by sanctions in case of non-compliance. This has resulted in adverse cons…
International Human Rights Law and Practice
Human rights law is a complex but compelling subject that fascinates students but also confuses them. This innovative textbook explores human rights law from a theoretical and practical perspective. Case studies and interviews with specialist practitioners, NGO activists and policy-makers show how theory is applied in real life. The up-to-date coverage includes introductions to important emerging fields such as globalisation, poverty and advocacy…
Implementing the prohibition of torture: The contribution and limits of national legislation and jurisprudence
Legislative reforms and litigation frequently form the focus of strategic interventions by lawyers and civil society. This is reflected in the recent proliferation of anti-torture bills/laws and evolving jurisprudence on the prohibition of torture. The article examines these developments and demonstrates the contribution that these approaches and interventions can make in strengthening the normative framework and promoting accountability and just…
Peace and Justice, or Neither: The Repercussions of the al-Bashir Case for International Criminal Justice in Africa and Beyond
The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) application for an arrest warrant against Sudan’s President al-Bashir has brought to the fore the tensions inherent in the distinctive roles of the UN Security Council and the ICC in furthering peace and justice. The al-Bashir case raises important questions about the legality and policy aspects of a deferral pursuant to Article 16 of the Rome Statute. The decision by the African Union, p…
A Decade of Sanctions against Iraq: Never Again! The End of Unlimited Sanctions in the Recent Practice of the UN Security Council
The inclusion of time limits signals a significant change in the recent sanctions practice of the Security Council. This change ties in with the ongoing debate about the reform of the Council's sanctions policy. The article traces the emergence of time limits by examining the constellation of the 'reverse veto' which triggered a shift in the sanctions policy of France, China and the Russian Federation. After a brief assessment of the legality of …
Drugs Importation and the Bifurcation of Risk: Capitalization, Cut Outs and Organized Crime
Qualitative research was conducted with 15 persons convicted of serious offences in connection with drugs importation into the UK, and with 10 informants of Her Majesty's Customs and Excise, with appropriate safeguards.1 Objectives included an assessment of smugglers' (planners' and organizers') perceptions about ‘risk’ and how they attempted to reduce risk. Two conceptually distinct forms of risk were identified. Strategic risk is the risk to th…
Migration Control à la Khartoum: EU External Engagement and Human Rights Protection in the Horn of Africa
This article examines the European Union–Horn of Africa Migration Route Initiative (the Khartoum Process), which is primarily aimed at combating human trafficking and smuggling in the region. It probes this partnership model in the field of external migration control from a human rights and refugee law perspective. Instead of being based on a human rights approach, the Khartoum Process has relied on a managerial, project-based approach to the com…
Drugs Importation and the Bifurcation of Risk: Capitalization, Cut Outs and Organized Crime
Qualitative research was conducted with 15 persons convicted of serious offences in connection with drugs importation into the UK, and with 10 informants of Her Majesty's Customs and Excise, with appropriate safeguards.1 Objectives included an assessment of smugglers' (planners' and organizers') perceptions about ‘risk’ and how they attempted to reduce risk. Two conceptually distinct forms of risk were identified. Strategic risk is the risk to th…
Peace and Justice, or Neither: The Repercussions of the al-Bashir Case for International Criminal Justice in Africa and Beyond
The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) application for an arrest warrant against Sudan’s President al-Bashir has brought to the fore the tensions inherent in the distinctive roles of the UN Security Council and the ICC in furthering peace and justice. The al-Bashir case raises important questions about the legality and policy aspects of a deferral pursuant to Article 16 of the Rome Statute. The decision by the African Union, p…
Implementing the prohibition of torture: The contribution and limits of national legislation and jurisprudence
Legislative reforms and litigation frequently form the focus of strategic interventions by lawyers and civil society. This is reflected in the recent proliferation of anti-torture bills/laws and evolving jurisprudence on the prohibition of torture. The article examines these developments and demonstrates the contribution that these approaches and interventions can make in strengthening the normative framework and promoting accountability and just…
A Decade of Sanctions against Iraq: Never Again! The End of Unlimited Sanctions in the Recent Practice of the UN Security Council
The inclusion of time limits signals a significant change in the recent sanctions practice of the Security Council. This change ties in with the ongoing debate about the reform of the Council's sanctions policy. The article traces the emergence of time limits by examining the constellation of the 'reverse veto' which triggered a shift in the sanctions policy of France, China and the Russian Federation. After a brief assessment of the legality of …
The Prohibition of Torture and Persons Living in Poverty: From the Margins to the Centre
Torture of persons living in poverty has traditionally been at the margins of human rights interventions that have primarily focused on political and conflict related torture. This article examines the extent to which the evolving practice of human rights bodies and organisations evidences an emerging paradigm shift. It finds that a combination of a growing body of empirical research, novel approaches by human rights organisations and the work of…
The African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance: Trends, Challenges and Perspectives
This introduction to the Special Focus argues that more thorough and nuanced understandings of the past accomplishments and failures of the African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance (ACDEG) are needed. The article contends that detailed accounts focusing on the practices of diverse actors and institutions within the ACDEG's multi-level governance framework and their - sometimes - frictional relations are necessary to develop appropri…
Drugs Importation and the Bifurcation of Risk: Capitalization, Cut Outs and Organized Crime
Qualitative research was conducted with 15 persons convicted of serious offences in connection with drugs importation into the UK, and with 10 informants of Her Majesty's Customs and Excise, with appropriate safeguards.1 Objectives included an assessment of smugglers' (planners' and organizers') perceptions about ‘risk’ and how they attempted to reduce risk. Two conceptually distinct forms of risk were identified. Strategic risk is the risk to th…
A Decade of Sanctions against Iraq: Never Again! The End of Unlimited Sanctions in the Recent Practice of the UN Security Council
The inclusion of time limits signals a significant change in the recent sanctions practice of the Security Council. This change ties in with the ongoing debate about the reform of the Council's sanctions policy. The article traces the emergence of time limits by examining the constellation of the 'reverse veto' which triggered a shift in the sanctions policy of France, China and the Russian Federation. After a brief assessment of the legality of …
Peace and Justice, or Neither: The Repercussions of the al-Bashir Case for International Criminal Justice in Africa and Beyond
The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) application for an arrest warrant against Sudan’s President al-Bashir has brought to the fore the tensions inherent in the distinctive roles of the UN Security Council and the ICC in furthering peace and justice. The al-Bashir case raises important questions about the legality and policy aspects of a deferral pursuant to Article 16 of the Rome Statute. The decision by the African Union, p…
Implementing the prohibition of torture: The contribution and limits of national legislation and jurisprudence
Legislative reforms and litigation frequently form the focus of strategic interventions by lawyers and civil society. This is reflected in the recent proliferation of anti-torture bills/laws and evolving jurisprudence on the prohibition of torture. The article examines these developments and demonstrates the contribution that these approaches and interventions can make in strengthening the normative framework and promoting accountability and just…
International Human Rights Law and Practice
Human rights law is a complex but compelling subject that fascinates students but also confuses them. This innovative textbook explores human rights law from a theoretical and practical perspective. Case studies and interviews with specialist practitioners, NGO activists and policy-makers show how theory is applied in real life. The up-to-date coverage includes introductions to important emerging fields such as globalisation, poverty and advocacy…
Austerity and the Limits of Policy-Induced Suffering: What Role for the Prohibition of Torture and Other Ill-Treatment
Austerity measures have raised multiple human rights concerns. However, limited attention has been paid to their conformity with civil and political rights, particularly the absolute prohibition of torture and other ill-treatment. In the United Kingdom, a punitive approach has characterized many welfare reforms, particularly a system of conditionality for claimants followed by sanctions in case of non-compliance. This has resulted in adverse cons…
International Human Rights Law and Practice
Human rights law is a complex but compelling subject that fascinates, but often confuses, students. International Human Rights Law and Practice explores the subject from a theoretical and practical perspective, guiding students to a rich understanding of the law. The second edition has been fully revised and updated, including two new chapters on children's rights and international criminal law, and new sections on a variety of topics, including …
Migration Control à la Khartoum: EU External Engagement and Human Rights Protection in the Horn of Africa
This article examines the European Union–Horn of Africa Migration Route Initiative (the Khartoum Process), which is primarily aimed at combating human trafficking and smuggling in the region. It probes this partnership model in the field of external migration control from a human rights and refugee law perspective. Instead of being based on a human rights approach, the Khartoum Process has relied on a managerial, project-based approach to the com…
The African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance: Past, Present and Future
This article traces a genealogy of the African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance (ACDEG) and examines the charter's overall implementation. While there has always been a struggle between competing views of how to ensure more or less continental accountability for norms related to democratic governance in Africa, enforcement by the African Union (AU) has definitively become more robust since the ACDEG's adoption. The article argues th…
Introduction: The African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance at 10
On various continents, intergovernmental organizations resort to legal engineering in order to promote democratic governance in their member states. Those legal efforts operate in a fluctuating political and societal environment, which they seek to transform but which, in turn, shapes the authority, the effectiveness and even the very nature of the legal instruments. As this Special Issue shows, this process of mutual influencing between law and …
The African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance: Trends, Challenges and Perspectives
This introduction to the Special Focus argues that more thorough and nuanced understandings of the past accomplishments and failures of the African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance (ACDEG) are needed. The article contends that detailed accounts focusing on the practices of diverse actors and institutions within the ACDEG's multi-level governance framework and their - sometimes - frictional relations are necessary to develop appropri…
Introduction: Refugees, Returnees and Internally Displaced Persons in Africa
On 10 September 2019, the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) Convention Governing the Specific Aspects of Refugee Problems in Africa (OAU Refugee Convention) turned 50, while on 23 October 2019 the African Union (AU) Convention for the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons in Africa (Kampala Convention) turned 10. It is against this backdrop that the designation by the AU Assembly of Heads of State and Government of 2019 as t…
Introduction: Covid-19 and the Law in Africa
Following its arrival in African countries in February 2020, COVID-19 has severely tested fragile health systems and economies. Since then, it has taken a heavy toll on individual lives and collective wellbeing. In late February 2021, "all 47 countries [in the World Health Organization (WHO) African region] had reported a total of 2,789,965 confirmed cases and 71,204 deaths with case fatality rate of 2.6%". 1 With limited availability of vaccines…
The Prohibition of Torture and Persons Living in Poverty: From the Margins to the Centre
Torture of persons living in poverty has traditionally been at the margins of human rights interventions that have primarily focused on political and conflict related torture. This article examines the extent to which the evolving practice of human rights bodies and organisations evidences an emerging paradigm shift. It finds that a combination of a growing body of empirical research, novel approaches by human rights organisations and the work of…
The Transformation of the Prohibition of Torture in International Law
The book analyses the nature, significance, and implications of the transformation of the prohibition of torture and other cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment in international law. It demonstrates how this fundamental human rights norm has withstood challenges in the ‘war on terror’, albeit with ambivalent outcomes. In parallel, multidisciplinary scholarship, practice in the field, and jurisprudence have developed the conceptual …
Interrogating Argentina’s Experience of Prosecuting Torture and Ill-Treatment
Human rights non-governmental organizations played a critical role in the struggle for accountability for crimes against humanity committed by Argentina’s military dictatorship (1976–83). Notably, this impetus has also been brought to bear in focusing on prosecuting torture and ill-treatment committed in a democratically governed Argentina. Over the last two decades, legislative and institutional reforms, and the work of key actors, such as the P…
Political science (15 works) · Law (11 works) · Sociology (11 works) · Human rights (8 works) · Global Peace and Security Dynamics (7 works) · Law (7 works) · Politics (5 works) · Torture (5 works) · Criminology (4 works) · Economics (4 works)