The system of international criminal justice was established in response to gross human rights violations committed during World War II. Despite its development over the past seven decades, challenges and critiques remain unresolved or have subsequently emerged, particularly in the context of the International Criminal Court (ICC). Key issues include amnesties, immunities, controversial acquittals, non-cooperation, interpretative fragmentation, and cultural clashes. Criticism emerged as a rea...

When fellow countrymen win a medal at an international sports event the whole spectrum of positive and negative emotions is expressed, by athletes, spectators, even by the strongest sports-critics and sports-indifferent people. There are winners and losers, fans for and against, sadness and disillusionment, abuse and injustice, grief and pain but there is also fair play, empathy, integrity, joy and optimism. In this essay, I write about abuses, dangers and challenges in sport, what causes the...

In voorgaande studies wees Jan Strybol er op dat de beeldhouwkunst in Noord-Nigeria - in tegenstelling tot wat doorgaans aangenomen wordt - een grote bloei kende. Houtsculpturen trof men zowat overal aan, met uitzondering van een gedeelte van het Hoge Noorden. In deze studie onderzoekt de auteur vooreerst de sculpturale tradities van een aantal volkeren in Centraal-Nigeria, meer bepaald van het Jos-Plateau en van de vallei van de Midden-Benue tot aan het brongebied van de Taraba-rivier. Deze ...

What is computational art? How does it involve us in unprecedented aesthetic relationships, making us part of works and even transfor­ming them? This book looks at how computation causes an ontolo­gical shift that turns dynamics, causality, and cognition into central components of art, artistic practices, and aesthetics. Computational art is more conceptual than perceptual; it is performative, experien­tial, situated, experimental, creative, and intersubjective. Computa­tional art is unst...

Little Kingdom by the Sea, a celebration of Dutch cultural heritage

Memories are our most precious possession and often come to life through something small. Therein lies the power of a souvenir too. On October 7, KLM added her newest Delft blue house no. 103 to the expanding collection. The world-class miniatures are modeled after historic (canal)houses and landmark buildings from all over the Kingdom of the Netherlands. They are filled with history; the stories will enrich you with knowledg...

There are many publications dealing with the political career of Ruhollah Khomeini (1902–1989), who transformed the political landscape of Iran and the Middle East after the Islamic Revolution of 1979. Most of the research conducted in the West is on Khomeini’s political strategies, while the influential role of mysticism in all facets of his life is ignored. This book is the first study examining Khomeini’s poetry, mysticism and the reception of his poetry both in Iran and the West. It...

De talrijke lezingen van Hazrat Inayat Khan (1882-1927), de grote Indiase mysticus, filosoof en musicus vertegenwoordigen een belangrijke bijdrage aan de filosofische tradities van het soefisme.

Deel III en deel IV vormen de laatste twee uitgaven van de volledig nieuwe transcripties van alle lezingen in de periode 1922-1926, uitgaande van de oorspronkelijk in steno genoteerde verslagen. Zodoende worden in deze serie uitgaven de lezingen van Hazrat Inayat Khan gepresenteerd zoals ze feitelijk ...