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Imagining the Diasporic Link: The Franco-Algerian Media Dialogues on the 2005 ‘Emeutes’ in France

By Irina Mihalache — March 26th, 2008
Both France and Algeria have been struggling with the memory of colonialism, adopting various strategies of collective remembering.



Imagining the Diasporic Link: The Franco-Algerian Media Dialogues on the 2005 ‘Emeutes’ in France

By Irina Mihalache — March 22nd, 2008
In October and November 2005, the emeutes (riots) in the Parisian banlieues re-stated the existing social conflicts between second and third immigrants from former North African French colonies and the French state. These instances of violence brought to life memories of colonialism and of the …



International Human Rights Protection in the Citizenship Gap: The Case of Migrant Sex Workers

By Christine Hughes — November 30th, 2007
The Convention to Protect All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families has been heralded as a significant international achievement in the protection of migrant workers. Antoine Pecoud and Paul de Guchteneire assert that it represents “the most comprehensive international treaty protecting migrants’ rights …