AbstractAiding in suicide is no criminal offence under German law. In addition, a constitutional right to a self-determined death exists, including relying on third-party assistance,

where offered. To exercise such a constitutional right, persons require access to effective lethal medication. [...]

AbstractIn this article, we hypothesize that, in the context of international adjudication, judicial reasoning has an equivalent cognitive function to that of masking in the

context of rituals and performance arts. This is because, just like a mask, judicial reasoning comes between the seen—the judgement—and the unseen—the considerations [...]

AbstractBased on in-depth qualitative interviews, we investigate how asylum-seekers in the Netherlands have experienced the shelters where they first arrived. We connect this

experience to what Goffman calls “total institutions”: just like hospitals and prisons, residents are isolated, restricted, and supervised in the asylum shelters [...]

AbstractSpace is foundational to questions of refuge and asylum, but this space is one of conditional hospitality, extended to those deemed worthy of protection by virtue of

their victimhood, while physically and discursively excluding others who share similar life circumstances but are deemed unworthy. [...]

AbstractThis article examines the relations of power experienced by Venezuelan refugees as they pass through various systems of governance on their journeys. These systems,

or constellations of power, include the broken social contract in Venezuela from which refugees are fleeing, the governance imposed by armed groups along the Colombia-Venezuela [...]

AbstractMass influx refers to the large-scale, sudden arrival of people fleeing humanitarian crises across international borders. Such mass movements pose challenges for host

states and are frequently characterised as exceptional situations requiring emergency responses or derogation under international and European Union law. [...]

AbstractThe past decades have seen the development of externalisation policies, with border controls and the administration of asylum systems increasingly taking place outside

a State’s territory. One form of externalisation is extraterritorial processing, whereby States transfer asylum-seekers to another State to process their asylum [...]

AbstractThis article examines the drafting history and the provisions of the Asian–African Legal Consultative Organisation Bangkok Principles on Status and Treatment of Refugees

and considers their current relevance to the ongoing displacement of Rohingya refugees, the overwhelming majority of whom are hosted by South and Southeast Asian [...]

Societies, Vol. 15, Pages 260: Hikikomori 2.0: A Mixed Method Investigation to Reconceptualization the Social Withdrawal in the Digital Age Societies doi: 10.3390/soc15090260

Authors: Vincenzo Esposito Felice Addeo [...]