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  • Anointment

    Yongho Kim October 27, 2003 Anthropology (248) of Religion Members of the Holiness Church (the Sign Followers) of Eastern Kentucky, West Virginia, and elsewhere in the U.S., maintain that faith alone is not enough to prepare a believer to handle serpents, speak in tongues, heal through prayer, etc. Describe what is required of a believer…

  • Response to the European Convention and the Case of Homosexuality

    Monday, October 27. Group 8: AT, AW, Yongho Kim Response to the European Convention and the Case of Homosexuality The European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms System constitutes a model and a standard of its own in terms of effectiveness in enforcing Human Rights among its members. The Convention was…

  • Gender

    Yongho Kim Anthropology (248) of Religion October 20, 2003 Almost everywhere, religious beliefs and rituals blend with/reflect cultural constructions of gender. Why is this the case? And why is it so widespread that women are most vulnerable to accusations of harming others via their access to supernatural power? Try to analyze these puzzling situations using…

  • ICCPR Mechanism

    CH, JM. Discussion Group 7 What kinds of complaints are brought before the ICCPR? How does it differ from other treaty regimes? One of the components of the ICCPR Human Rights Committee is an optional protocol (ratified by 95 of the 144 states as of March 2000), with a critical provision stating that communications must be…

  • Thought piece on International Roundtable: Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o

    Yongho Kim INTL245 Introduction to Human Rights October 20, 2003 Thought piece on International Roundtable: Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o Ngugi asserts in his paper, When the Margin Becomes the Center: African Identities in a Global Context, that political and economic remedies are not enough in addressing the internal problems in African societies, and that linguistic and…

  • ICCPR

    CH, HM, AP. Group 6 Response The UN currently has 6 treaty organs, which are distinguished from Charter organs in that they are not created under the UN charter, but are mandated by the 6 universal human rights treaties. The ICCPR Human Rights Committee is a treaty organ created by Articles 28-45 of the International…