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The Duty To Prevent Genocide Under International Law: Naming And Shaming As A Measure Of Prevention, Björn Schiffbauer
The Duty To Prevent Genocide Under International Law: Naming And Shaming As A Measure Of Prevention, Björn Schiffbauer
Genocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal
In contrast to prosecuting and punishing committed acts of genocide, the Genocide Convention is silent as to means of preventing future acts. Today it is generally accepted that the duty to prevent is legally binding, but there is still uncertainty in international law about its specific content. This article seeks to fill this gap in the light of the object and purpose of the Genocide Convention. It provides a minimum requirement approach, i.e. indispensable State actions to comply with their duty to prevent: naming and shaming situations of genocide as what they are. Even situations from times before the Genocide …
Keynote Address: The Recent Evolution Of The International Law Of Armed Conflict: Confusions, Constraints, And Challenges, Dr. Yoram Dinstein
Keynote Address: The Recent Evolution Of The International Law Of Armed Conflict: Confusions, Constraints, And Challenges, Dr. Yoram Dinstein
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
The distinct honor conferred on me touches my heart, but I promise you that it will not go to my head. I realize that basically I am honored because I have reached an advanced age. Nevertheless, perhaps that age enables me to fully appreciate the trajectory of legal progress made in the past few decades. I was asked by the organizers of this conference to look back to my formative years and share with you insights as regards international law and the law of armed conflict (LOAC). Doing so, what comes first to mind is the unprecedented, immense growth of …
Understanding Serious Bodily Or Mental Harm As An Act Of Genocide, Nema Milaninia
Understanding Serious Bodily Or Mental Harm As An Act Of Genocide, Nema Milaninia
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
What is genocide? The typical answer immediately brings to mind incidents of large-scale killings like those in World War II, Rwanda, and Srebrenica. The same images, however, create an incomplete and potentially misleading picture of the crime. Genocide is a far broader concept than mass executions. The crime was deliberately designed to capture the variant and innumerable ways individuals or organizations might try to destroy racial, ethnic, religious, or national groups. And while certain acts, like rape and other acts of sexual violence, never formed part of the crime's initial understanding, these acts are now accepted as tools of destruction …
Deconstructing The Epistemic Challenges To Mass Atrocity Prosecutions, Nancy Amoury Combs
Deconstructing The Epistemic Challenges To Mass Atrocity Prosecutions, Nancy Amoury Combs
Washington and Lee Law Review
Mass atrocity prosecutions are credited with advancing a host of praiseworthy objectives. They are believed to impose much-needed retribution, deter future atrocities, and affirm the rule of law in previously lawless societies. However, mass atrocity prosecutions will accomplish none of these laudable ends unless they are able to find accurate facts. Convicting the appropriate individuals of the appropriate crimes is a necessary and foundational condition for the success of mass atrocity prosecutions. But it is a condition that is frequently difficult to meet, as mass atrocity prosecutions are often bedeviled by pervasive and invidious obstacles to accurate fact-finding. This Article …
The Cost Of Territoriality: Jus Cogens Claims Against Corporations, Ursula Tracy Doyle
The Cost Of Territoriality: Jus Cogens Claims Against Corporations, Ursula Tracy Doyle
Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law
The article considers the apparent disjunction between the Court's effective limitation of liability for the U.S. corporation and expansive liability for the natural person for similar crimes. Topics include Jus Cogens claims against corporations; court cases Jesner v. Arab Bank, PLC and Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co. on the same; and Alien Tort Statute on the same.
Tearing Down The Wall Between Refugee And Gang-Based-Asylum Seekers: Why The United States Should Reconsider Its Stance On Central-American Gang-Based Asylum Claims, Katelyn Masetta- Alvarez
Tearing Down The Wall Between Refugee And Gang-Based-Asylum Seekers: Why The United States Should Reconsider Its Stance On Central-American Gang-Based Asylum Claims, Katelyn Masetta- Alvarez
Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law
Gang violence is plaguing El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras. Murder, sexual violence, and other major human rights violations committed by gang members has forced countless people to seek protection in surrounding countries...