Transnational litigation against the mandatory death penalty and anti-sodomy laws

A new Commonwealth human rights strategy

Datos Bibliográficos

ID12677390
AutoresAndrew Novak (0000-0002-7049-1015, George Mason University, autor de correspondencia)
Año2020
Volumen59
Número2
Páginas149-168
Fecha de publicación2020-12-23
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaCommonwealth and Comparative Politics (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1466-2043 • E-ISSN: 1743-9094
EditorialTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/14662043.2020.1852678
OpenAlexW3117241686
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas29

In the Commonwealth, courts engage in transnational judicial dialogue on death penalty abolition and decriminalisation of homosexuality. Strategic litigation uses similarities in colonial-era laws and constitutional provisions to persuade courts to adopt new norms. The London-based Death Penalty Project and Human Dignity Trust have explicit Commonwealth litigation strategies against the mandatory death penalty and anti-sodomy laws, respectively. These organisations' expertise in comparative and international law assists local partners. This article interrogates this litigation according to the ‘boomerang’ strategy of norm diffusion and critical models. A general Commonwealth human rights litigation strategy can alter state behaviour and ensure norm compliance

Commonwealth · Dignity · Homosexuality · Human rights · Norm (philosophy · Political science · Sociology · Sodomy · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Gender, Security, and Conflict · Law · Torture, Ethics, and Law