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Deconstructing The Epistemic Challenges To Mass Atrocity Prosecutions, Nancy Amoury Combs Jan 2018

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 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

No abstract provided.


Tainted Provenance: When, If Ever, Should Torture Evidence Be Admissible?, Michael P. Scharf Jan 2008

Tainted Provenance: When, If Ever, Should Torture Evidence Be Admissible?, Michael P. Scharf

Washington and Lee Law Review

This Article examines whether there should be exceptions to the international exclusionary rule for evidence obtained by torture, and if so, how those exceptions should be crafted to avoid abuse. Rather than explore the question in the hotly debated milieu of terrorist prosecutions, this Article analyzes and critiques three possible exceptions to the torture evidence exclusionary rule in the context of whether the newly established U.N. Cambodia Genocide Tribunal should admit evidence of the Khmer Rouge command structure that came from interrogation sessions at the infamous Tuol Sleng torture facility: (1) that the exclusionary rule should not apply to evidence …


Young, Illegal, And Unaccompanied: One Step Short Of Legal Protection, Raya Jarawan Sep 2007

Young, Illegal, And Unaccompanied: One Step Short Of Legal Protection, Raya Jarawan

Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice

No abstract provided.


"Tools For Success": The Trips Agreement And The Human Right To Essential Medicines, Melissa Mcclellan Sep 2005

"Tools For Success": The Trips Agreement And The Human Right To Essential Medicines, Melissa Mcclellan

Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice

No abstract provided.


International And Transracial Adoptions: Toward A Global Critical Race Feminist Practice?, Bernie D. Jones Apr 2004

International And Transracial Adoptions: Toward A Global Critical Race Feminist Practice?, Bernie D. Jones

Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice

No abstract provided.


Imputing War Crimes In The War On Terrorism: The U.S., Northern Alliance, And 'Container Crimes', Ahmed S. Younis Apr 2003

Imputing War Crimes In The War On Terrorism: The U.S., Northern Alliance, And 'Container Crimes', Ahmed S. Younis

Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice

No abstract provided.


The Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act: A Case Study In The Legality Of Economic Sanctions Sep 1987

The Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act: A Case Study In The Legality Of Economic Sanctions

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.


Legality Of Economic Sanctions Underinternational Law: The Case Of Nicaragua, J. Curtis Henderson Jan 1986

Legality Of Economic Sanctions Underinternational Law: The Case Of Nicaragua, J. Curtis Henderson

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Impact Of Technological Changes On International Law, Louis B. Sohn Mar 1973

The Impact Of Technological Changes On International Law, Louis B. Sohn

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Relation Of Theories Of Jurisprudence To International Politics And Law, Anthony D'Amato Sep 1970

The Relation Of Theories Of Jurisprudence To International Politics And Law, Anthony D'Amato

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.


Vietnam And International Law, Lawyers Committee On American Policy Towards Vietnam, Eliot D. Hawkins Mar 1968

Vietnam And International Law, Lawyers Committee On American Policy Towards Vietnam, Eliot D. Hawkins

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.


World Order Based On Law, John J. Parker Sep 1951

World Order Based On Law, John J. Parker

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.