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Exploring The African Regional Human Rights Standards As The Basis For An Enabling Environment For Self-Managed Abortion, Lucia Berro Pizzarossa, Michelle Maziwisa, Ebenezer Durojaye Oct 2023

Exploring The African Regional Human Rights Standards As The Basis For An Enabling Environment For Self-Managed Abortion, Lucia Berro Pizzarossa, Michelle Maziwisa, Ebenezer Durojaye

Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice

Self-managed abortion holds great promise to save lives and promote reproductive autonomy, particularly in Africa. Indeed, the African region records very high numbers of unsafe abortions, and the burden of abortion-related mortality is the highest globally. Abortion remains generally criminalized in violation of numerous internationally and regionally recognized human rights standards. The advent of abortion medicines and the increased grassroots energy geared towards curbing the harms of unsafe abortion evince medical abortion holds great promise for revolutionizing people’s access to high-quality reproductive care. This study discusses regional human rights frameworks, policy, case law, and a few representative domestic legislative frameworks …


Rurality As An Intersecting Axis Of Inequality In The Work Of The U.N. Treaty Bodies, Amanda Lyons Jul 2022

Rurality As An Intersecting Axis Of Inequality In The Work Of The U.N. Treaty Bodies, Amanda Lyons

Washington and Lee Law Review

Rurality intersects with other identities, power dynamics, and structural inequalities—including those related to gender, race, disability, and age—to create unique patterns of human rights deprivations, violations, and challenges in rural spaces. Therefore, accurately assessing human rights and duties in rural spaces requires attention to the dynamics of rurality in a particular context, the unique nature of diverse rural identities and livelihoods, the systemic forces operating in and on those spaces, and the intersections with other forms of structural discrimination and inequality.

Although much of the work of the U.N. treaty bodies has in fact addressed human rights situations in rural …


Rethinking Limited Liability Of Parent Corporations For Foreign Subsidiaries’ Violations Of International Human Rights Law, Gwynne Skinner Sep 2015

Rethinking Limited Liability Of Parent Corporations For Foreign Subsidiaries’ Violations Of International Human Rights Law, Gwynne Skinner

Washington and Lee Law Review

The doctrine of limited liability of shareholders often prevents victims harmed by a corporation’s foreign subsidiary’s violation of international human rights norms from obtaining a remedy when that subsidiary operates in a country that has a weak or ineffective judicial system. This is because victims are often unable to obtain a remedy in these countries, and the doctrine almost always prevents victims from seeking a remedy from the parent corporation. Given this problem, in what situations should parent corporations be liable for the tortious activities of their foreign subsidiaries? This Article discusses the circumstances where imposing liability on parent corporations …


The Sexual Offender Registration And Notification Act: No More Than "Statutory ‘Lip Service’ To Interstate Commerce", Lindsey B. Fetzer Mar 2010

The Sexual Offender Registration And Notification Act: No More Than "Statutory ‘Lip Service’ To Interstate Commerce", Lindsey B. Fetzer

Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice

No abstract provided.


Stereotyping Women In The Health Sector: Lessons From Cedaw, Simone Cusack, Rebecca J. Cook Sep 2009

Stereotyping Women In The Health Sector: Lessons From Cedaw, Simone Cusack, Rebecca J. Cook

Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice

No abstract provided.


Health And Reproductive Rights In The Protocol To The African Charter: Competing Influences And Unsettling Questions, Rachel Rebouché Sep 2009

Health And Reproductive Rights In The Protocol To The African Charter: Competing Influences And Unsettling Questions, Rachel Rebouché

Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice

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"The Distant 'Big' Hospital": Linking Development, Poverty And Reproductive Health-A Gender Mainstreaming Approach, Edith Miguda Sep 2009

"The Distant 'Big' Hospital": Linking Development, Poverty And Reproductive Health-A Gender Mainstreaming Approach, Edith Miguda

Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice

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Realizing Access To Sexual Health Information And Services For Adolescents Through The Protocol To The African Charter On The Rights Of Women, Ebenezer Durojaye Sep 2009

Realizing Access To Sexual Health Information And Services For Adolescents Through The Protocol To The African Charter On The Rights Of Women, Ebenezer Durojaye

Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice

No abstract provided.


The Van Orden And Mccreary County Cases: Closing The Gaps Remaining Between The Established Lines Of Ten Commandments Jurisprudence, Matthew J. Morrison Mar 2007

The Van Orden And Mccreary County Cases: Closing The Gaps Remaining Between The Established Lines Of Ten Commandments Jurisprudence, Matthew J. Morrison

Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice

No abstract provided.


Are You A Terrorist Or An American?:An Analysis Of Immigration Lawpost 9/11: Introduction, Mark A. Drumbl Sep 2006

Are You A Terrorist Or An American?:An Analysis Of Immigration Lawpost 9/11: Introduction, Mark A. Drumbl

Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice

No abstract provided.


Corporate Liability For Overseas Human Rights Abuses: The Alien Tort Statute After Sosa V. Alvarez-Machain, David D. Christensen Jun 2005

Corporate Liability For Overseas Human Rights Abuses: The Alien Tort Statute After Sosa V. Alvarez-Machain, David D. Christensen

Washington and Lee Law Review

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Cognitive Dissonance Theory: A Case Study Of Loving V. Virginia, Bowers V. Hard Wick, And Lawrence V. Texas, Andrea Celina Coleman Apr 2004

Cognitive Dissonance Theory: A Case Study Of Loving V. Virginia, Bowers V. Hard Wick, And Lawrence V. Texas, Andrea Celina Coleman

Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice

No abstract provided.


The Dark Ages Of Islam: Ijtihad, Apostasy, And Human Rights In Contemporary Islamic Jurisprudence, David A. Jordan Apr 2003

The Dark Ages Of Islam: Ijtihad, Apostasy, And Human Rights In Contemporary Islamic Jurisprudence, David A. Jordan

Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice

No abstract provided.


Defining The Agenda: A New Struggle For African-American Women In The Fight For Reproductive Self-Determination, Melanie M. Lee Apr 2000

Defining The Agenda: A New Struggle For African-American Women In The Fight For Reproductive Self-Determination, Melanie M. Lee

Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice

No abstract provided.


New Challenges For The American Lawyer In International Human Rights, Susan L. Karamanian Jun 1998

New Challenges For The American Lawyer In International Human Rights, Susan L. Karamanian

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Future Of International Human Rights: An Introduction To The Conference Papers, Frederic L. Kirgis Jun 1998

The Future Of International Human Rights: An Introduction To The Conference Papers, Frederic L. Kirgis

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.


Challenges To The Future Of Civil And Political Rights, Dinah Shelton Jun 1998

Challenges To The Future Of Civil And Political Rights, Dinah Shelton

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Right Of Self-Determination In The Twenty-First Century, Hurst Hannum Jun 1998

The Right Of Self-Determination In The Twenty-First Century, Hurst Hannum

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.


Human Rights In The United States Courts: The Role Of Lawyers, Steven M. Schneebaum Jun 1998

Human Rights In The United States Courts: The Role Of Lawyers, Steven M. Schneebaum

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.


International Law And Abolition Of The Death Penalty, William A. Schabas Jun 1998

International Law And Abolition Of The Death Penalty, William A. Schabas

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Mid-Life Crisis Of The Universal Declaration Of Human Rights, Hilary Charlesworth Jun 1998

The Mid-Life Crisis Of The Universal Declaration Of Human Rights, Hilary Charlesworth

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Development Of United Nations Mechanisms For The Protection And Promotion Of Human Rights, Elsa Stamatopoulou Jun 1998

The Development Of United Nations Mechanisms For The Protection And Promotion Of Human Rights, Elsa Stamatopoulou

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.


Important Steps And Instructive Models In The Fight To Eliminate Violence Against Women, Elizabeth M. Misiaveg Jun 1995

Important Steps And Instructive Models In The Fight To Eliminate Violence Against Women, Elizabeth M. Misiaveg

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.