Punishment

Punishment is, according to some, the imposition of an undesirable or unpleasant outcome upon a group or individual, meted out by an authority—in contexts ranging from child discipline to criminal law—as a response and deterrent to a particular action or behavior that is deemed undesirable or unacceptable. It is, however, possible to distinguish between various different understandings of what punishment is.The reasoning for punishment may be to condition a child to avoid self-endangerment, to impose social conformity (in particular, in the contexts of compulsory education or military discipline), to defend norms, to protect against future harms (in particular, those from …

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DDN: Dundurn Press · 23 April 2024 English

At the end of World War II, a young Japanese Canadian would stand trial and face execution for having committed war crimes and betraying his country.One of the most bizarre …

Patterson, who had only one arm, playing cards. For punishment, Inouye forced him to lift seventy- pound building A U L Treturn of British institutions and the punishment of war criminals had to be conducted in a thorough for it was the camp commandant who ordered the punishment. Power also felt that it was another interpreter Kempeitai. Instead they ad- ministered a minimal punishment of five lashes to each Dutch POW. For his part


Office of the Ombudsperson, Province of British Columbia · 23 April 2024 English

Report on the implementation of recommendations from Alone: The prolonged and repeated isolation of youth in custody 3 From the Ombudsperson The main difference between the ministry’s I am calling …

Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, UN General Assembly Official Records, 63rd Session Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (2008); Craig Haney, “Mental Health Issues in Confinement”; Diane Kelsall, “Cruel and Unusual Punishment: Solitary Confinement in Canadian Prisons,” Canadian


OCUFA: Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations · 16 April 2024 English

However, the Bill is silent on the root causes of the student mental health crisis, hate and racism, and the affordability crisis in postsecondary education. [...] To effectively address student …

to engage in respectful debate without risking punishment for teaching and research that does not align


CLD: Centre for Law and Democracy · 11 April 2024 English

5 The right to freedom of expression is also found in the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights,6 to which the Republic of Congo is also a State party.7 …

honour is an offence but does not provide for any punishment. Article 191 proscribes offending the President and Communication Republic and provides for a punishment of a fine of CFA Francs 300,000 to 3,000,000 and bodies are also offences and prescribe as punishment a fine between CFA Francs 300,000 to 3,000,000 shake national morale. This article imposes a punishment of a fine of CFA Francs 300,000 to 3,000,000 philosophical movement, Article 199 imposes a heightened punishment of one year’s imprisonment and a fine of CFA


CHRC: Canadian Human Rights Commission · 10 April 2024

After the Commission referred the complaint to the Tribunal, CSIS, the Complainant and the Commission settled the matter without a Tribunal hearing. [...] The Commission argued that the evidence supported …

Forms of Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment) at the Federal, Provincial and Territorial Human Forms of Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (OPCAT). Ratification means that Canada would Forms of Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (OPCAT). As mentioned elsewhere in this Annual


UMP: University of Manitoba Press · 5 April 2024 English

Mixing recipes, maps, archival records, biographies, and full-colour photographs with fascinating stories, mmm... Manitoba showcases the province’s diverse foodways and industries from on board the Manitoba Food History Truck.

Japanese, Chinaman or other Oriental person.”82 Punishment upon conviction was to be a fine of up to one


UAP: University of Alberta Press · 4 April 2024 English

Fresh, funny, and imbued with infectious energy, Northerny tells a much-needed and compelling story of growing up and living in the North. Here are no tidy tales of aurora borealis …

the strap,” and “Nuh, they outlawed corporal punishment,” and “I heard one kid still got it.” We got


CHRC: Canadian Human Rights Commission · 28 March 2024 English

Submission to the Committee on the Rights of the Child on the occasion of its consideration of Canada’s 5th-6th Periodic Reports Canadian Human Rights Commission Submission to the Committee on …

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National Association of Women and the Law · 28 March 2024

Today, a critical indicator of the law’s relationship with Indigenous women is mass incarceration, where Indigenous women make up a mere four percent of Canada’s female population but fifty percent …

over-incarceration of Indigenous women in Canada” (2022) 24:4 Punishment & Society 529 at 535. 2 report, which emphasizes


National Association of Women and the Law · 28 March 2024 English

GOLDEN RULES The landmark case of R v Golden (“Golden”) largely set the rules for strips searches incident to arrest to prevent s.8 Charter violations.1 Per Golden, strip searches are …

may be subjected to a more intrusive search as punishment. One case even reported being left semi-naked


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