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Carla Ferstman
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Human rights expert/academic | Director Essex Human Rights Centre https://www.essex.ac.uk/people/ferst81809/carla-ferstman | Recent Books: Conceptualising Arbitrary Detention: Power, Punishment & Control; Int'l Organizations & the Fight for Accountability
But giving Iran's continuing practice of state hostage-taking to secure prisoner swaps of Iranians convicted by foreign courts (eg Hamid Nouri; Assadollah Assadi and others), any effective resort to universal jurisdiction is predicated on a global commitment to end state hostage taking
March 19, 2025 at 9:52 AM