Add to ORKGThis chapter examines the Congo reform movement’s use of atrocity photographs in their human rights campaign (c. 1904–13) against Belgian King Leopold, colonial ruler of the Congo Free State. This material analysis shows that human rights are conceived by spectators who, with the aid of the photographic apparatus, are compelled to judge that crimes against humanity are occurring to others. The article also tracks how this judgement has been haunted by the potent wish to undo the suffering witnessed
Corporal punishment of children is widely accepted and often legally practised in many countries, re...
<h1>Civilizing Mission of the Belgians in Congo</h1><p>When Leopold II ruled over Congo it became th...
Bringing theory and practice together, African Cinema and Human Rights argues that moving images hav...
This article examines the Congo reform movement’s use of atrocity photographs in their human rights ...
A section of the controversial 2005 exhibition La Mémoire du Congo at the Musée Royal de l'Afrique C...
A key question in human rights history concerns when human rights originated. Common starting points...
Our goal in this paper is two-fold: we seek to evaluate the development of juvenile justice in Afric...
The British and American Congo Reform Movement (ca. 1890-1913) has been praised extensively for its ...
From the fundamental rights proclaimed in the American and French declarations of independence to th...
This paper analyses images of children in international NGO fundraising campaigns on children and co...
Gives a timeline of events in the history of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and discusses use ...
After the Helsinki Accords, the collapse of the Soviet Union and its empire, and the collapse of sta...
Today the methodologies of the contemporary ethnographer and the photodocumentist run parallel. Nei...
This article re-examines the, well documented, campaign that took place, in the nineteen twenties an...
Photography is a recognized medium to spread information about atrocities and to raise awareness abo...
Corporal punishment of children is widely accepted and often legally practised in many countries, re...
<h1>Civilizing Mission of the Belgians in Congo</h1><p>When Leopold II ruled over Congo it became th...
Bringing theory and practice together, African Cinema and Human Rights argues that moving images hav...
This article examines the Congo reform movement’s use of atrocity photographs in their human rights ...
A section of the controversial 2005 exhibition La Mémoire du Congo at the Musée Royal de l'Afrique C...
A key question in human rights history concerns when human rights originated. Common starting points...
Our goal in this paper is two-fold: we seek to evaluate the development of juvenile justice in Afric...
The British and American Congo Reform Movement (ca. 1890-1913) has been praised extensively for its ...
From the fundamental rights proclaimed in the American and French declarations of independence to th...
This paper analyses images of children in international NGO fundraising campaigns on children and co...
Gives a timeline of events in the history of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and discusses use ...
After the Helsinki Accords, the collapse of the Soviet Union and its empire, and the collapse of sta...
Today the methodologies of the contemporary ethnographer and the photodocumentist run parallel. Nei...
This article re-examines the, well documented, campaign that took place, in the nineteen twenties an...
Photography is a recognized medium to spread information about atrocities and to raise awareness abo...
Corporal punishment of children is widely accepted and often legally practised in many countries, re...
<h1>Civilizing Mission of the Belgians in Congo</h1><p>When Leopold II ruled over Congo it became th...
Bringing theory and practice together, African Cinema and Human Rights argues that moving images hav...