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Papua New Guinea

Kristian Lasslett's Response to the Minister for Mining’s Proposal Read More

Elegy to General McChrystal: Reining in “Kurtz”

by Martha K. Huggins, PhD Read More

State Crime in Rwanda

Hazel Cameron: Political repression and prevention of freedom of speech ensured that Kagame faced no serious opposition in the elections Read More

The Saville Report: A Personal Reflection

"This was a Berlin Wall moment". Bill Rolston's personal reflection on the publication of the Saville Inquiry Report. Read More

You Are Turkish

'You Are Turkish' tells the stories of torture, forced migration and a banned language in Turkey. Read More

About State Crime

The most serious crimes in the modern world, on any reasonable definition, are acts that are largely committed, instigated or condoned by governments and their officials: for example, genocide, war crimes, torture and corruption. However, state crime is under-acknowledged by popular and academic authors. Calling these activities 'crimes' should be uncontroversial as they violate international and/or national criminal law. A purely legalistic definition of state crime, however, is unsatisfactory for at least three reasons.