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2012

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Remarks At The Launching Of The Anti-Trafficking Review, Anne T. Gallagher Jun 2012

Remarks At The Launching Of The Anti-Trafficking Review, Anne T. Gallagher

Anne T Gallagher

Remarks delivered by Dr Anne Gallagher, Guest Editor, at the launch of the new journal: Anti-Trafficking Review.


There Is But One Sword That Defends The Rights Of Man- Bringing Lgbt Rights Out Of The Closet, Jonathan M. Bhagan Jun 2012

There Is But One Sword That Defends The Rights Of Man- Bringing Lgbt Rights Out Of The Closet, Jonathan M. Bhagan

Jonathan m Bhagan

Introduction. International norms of human rights are a powerful force for interpreting, protecting and growing rights on the domestic plane. Courts throughout the Commonwealth already look to international norms to flesh out rights, whether they are found in the constitutional jurisprudence of other common law states in Treaties or Treaty based case law. While some schools of jurisprudence claim that International and Domestic law are two separate spheres , throughout the paper it will be shown that judges have consistently looked to foreign and International Law as inspiration and support for their decisions in key human rights cases. This trend …


Martina Vandenberg, Review Of "The International Law Of Human Trafficking", Anne T. Gallagher Jan 2012

Martina Vandenberg, Review Of "The International Law Of Human Trafficking", Anne T. Gallagher

Anne T Gallagher

American Journal of International Law (2012): Review of Anne T. Gallagher, "The International Law of Human Trafficking", by Martina Vandenberg


Superpower Responsibility For State Recognition: Charting A Course For Nagorno-Karabakh, Amit Chhabra Jan 2012

Superpower Responsibility For State Recognition: Charting A Course For Nagorno-Karabakh, Amit Chhabra

Amit Chhabra

Nations routinely refrain from intervening in one another’s domestic affairs out of mutual respect for territorial integrity and international comity. On this basis, the international community has since 1994 determined to not recognize the Nagorno-Karabakh region (NKR) as independent from the Republic of Azerbaijan, with the understanding that this view might change if an OSCE -sponsored negotiation effort determines that NKR should gain de jure independence rather than obtain a semi-autonomous status within Azerbaijan. By contrast, some of the world’s leading powers have quickly recognized or dismissed similar independence struggles, where doing so was guided by their own strategic interests …