The International Criminal Court in Crisis: Is Local Outreach the Route to Stability?

The International Criminal Court is at the forefront of the international transitional justice realm today. Despite its omnipresence, there is a seemingly ceaseless succession of arguments against the Court. As this disapproval abounds, it effectively obscures the specific issues at hand. The strain on the interaction between global and local levels of justice within the scope of the ICC arguably underscores the entire crisis situation. More specifically, there is a seemingly unbridgeable distance, both physical and cultural, between the entity of the ICC and the local communities it purportedly serves. This paper seeks to address the absence of local narratives and genuine two-way discussion by assessing the ICC’s current outreach and community engagement structure. Further, I explore the extent to which the ICC is paralyzed by its evaporating legitimacy and local perceptions of its inaccessibility, and ultimately make recommendations for its future. The Court’s community outreach program needs to be completely rebuilt to incorporate active listening and a long-tem dialogue between the two realms. Meaningful contact builds mutual trust, and without it, any attempt at progress or reconciliation will be feckless. Only when the ICC makes these constructive changes can it emerge from the current turbulence with a positive legacy

Characterization of Mean and Turbulent Flow over Complex Topography under various Inflow and Geometric Configurations

An experimental investigation of flow over a complex topography was undertaken to study the influence of inflow conditions including Reynolds number, upstream roughness, and inflow shear profile on mean and turbulent flow behaviour. Large-scale physical testing was employed over the escarpment of a hill, covering a Reynolds number range of 3.6×104 to 5.2×105. Measurements taken using Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) and Cobra Probes were analyzed in terms of mean and turbulent statistics. Coherent structures were characterized through Proper Orthogonal Decomposition (POD). The results show that the Reynolds number had little effect on the flow behaviour, while the effect of changing upstream roughness was low to moderate. The modified inflow shear profile had a significant impact, greatly increasing turbulent kinetic energy. A sharper escarpment leading edge had the largest impact by far, significantly altering the flow dynamics. The turbulent flow behavior over the sharper escarpment was found to be similar to the classical case of forward-facing step

A Study of the Difficulties Encountered by Beginning Teachers in Certain Selected Negro Schools of Texas

The purpose of this study is to collect the specific difficulties encountered by beginning teachers teaching in certain selected Negro schools of Texas. The solving of this problem is dependent upon finding the answers to the following questions: 1. Can beginning teachers meet with their supervisors and talk over any problems which may hinder the teacher in doing an effective teaching job? 2. What are the problems experienced in the classroom by the beginning teachers with the pupils? 3. Do these teachers feel restricted in their personal activities by community and administrative rules? 4. Are these teachers using professional books as aids in trying to solve their problems? 5. What is the health status of these teachers? 6. Are these teachers adjusting to their teaching loads, co-workers, and administrative procedures within the school? It seemed advisable at the outset to limit this study to the difficulties encountered during the first two years of teaching experience, because those studies surveyed at the time the present study was in process related to difficulties encountered within that period of teaching

A comparison between word analysis and prompting in oral reading.

Thesis (Ed.M.)--Boston Universit

Alternative Methods of Grading One or More Multiple Choice Examinations

This paper describes the use of the standardized score in grading multiple choices examinations by computer. Since standardized scores make no allowance for guessing, it is recommended that the percent of questions known be used instead, and that a student who correctly answers significantly fewer than a predetermined number of questions be given a failing grade