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Protecting The Cultural And Natural Heritage: Finding Common Ground, Lakshman Guruswamy, Jason C. Roberts, Catina Drywater
Protecting The Cultural And Natural Heritage: Finding Common Ground, Lakshman Guruswamy, Jason C. Roberts, Catina Drywater
Buffalo Environmental Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Linking Human Rights, Rights Of Indigenous People And The Environment, Sevine Ercmann
Linking Human Rights, Rights Of Indigenous People And The Environment, Sevine Ercmann
Buffalo Environmental Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Environmentalism, Human Rights And Indigenous Peoples: A Tale Of Converging And Diverging Interests, S. James Anaya
Environmentalism, Human Rights And Indigenous Peoples: A Tale Of Converging And Diverging Interests, S. James Anaya
Buffalo Environmental Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Human Rights, Environment & Community: A Workshop: Presentation By Neil A.F. Popovic, Neil A.F. Popovic
Human Rights, Environment & Community: A Workshop: Presentation By Neil A.F. Popovic, Neil A.F. Popovic
Buffalo Environmental Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Let's Plead For Justice And Pray For Healing, Irene Chu
Let's Plead For Justice And Pray For Healing, Irene Chu
Buffalo Women's Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Women's Human Rights And "Honor Killings" In Islamic Cultures, Yolanda Asamoah-Wade
Women's Human Rights And "Honor Killings" In Islamic Cultures, Yolanda Asamoah-Wade
Buffalo Women's Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Law-Ing The Harmonic Familial Relationship: Development Of An Indigenous Feminist Legal Political Discourse On Child Domestic Abuse, Andy Man Chung Chiu, Vera Moon Hing Lam
Law-Ing The Harmonic Familial Relationship: Development Of An Indigenous Feminist Legal Political Discourse On Child Domestic Abuse, Andy Man Chung Chiu, Vera Moon Hing Lam
Buffalo Women's Law Journal
No abstract provided.
The Past, Present, And Future Of International Trafficking In Women For Prostitution, Michelle O. P. Dunbar
The Past, Present, And Future Of International Trafficking In Women For Prostitution, Michelle O. P. Dunbar
Buffalo Women's Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Limitations On Religious Rights: Problematizing Religious Freedom In The African Context, Makau Wa Mutua
Limitations On Religious Rights: Problematizing Religious Freedom In The African Context, Makau Wa Mutua
Buffalo Human Rights Law Review
No abstract provided.
The Principle Of Non-Refoulement: Article 3 Of The Convention Against Torture And Other Cruel, Inhuman Or Degrading Treatment Or Punishment In Comparison With The Non-Refoulement Provisions Of Other International Human Rights Treaties, David Weissbrodt, Isabel Hörtreiter
The Principle Of Non-Refoulement: Article 3 Of The Convention Against Torture And Other Cruel, Inhuman Or Degrading Treatment Or Punishment In Comparison With The Non-Refoulement Provisions Of Other International Human Rights Treaties, David Weissbrodt, Isabel Hörtreiter
Buffalo Human Rights Law Review
No abstract provided.
Good Governance As A Counter Insurgency Agenda To Oppositional And Transformative Social Projects In International Law, James Thuo Gathii
Good Governance As A Counter Insurgency Agenda To Oppositional And Transformative Social Projects In International Law, James Thuo Gathii
Buffalo Human Rights Law Review
No abstract provided.
The War Over Children's Rights: And Justice For All? Equalizing The Rights Of Children, Rochelle D. Jackson
The War Over Children's Rights: And Justice For All? Equalizing The Rights Of Children, Rochelle D. Jackson
Buffalo Human Rights Law Review
No abstract provided.
Religious Human Rights In Global Perspective, Isabel Marcus
Religious Human Rights In Global Perspective, Isabel Marcus
Buffalo Human Rights Law Review
Book review of Johan van der Vyver & John Witte, Jr.'s Religious human Rights in Global Perspective
Out Of America: A Black Man Confronts Africa, Kim L. Robinson
Out Of America: A Black Man Confronts Africa, Kim L. Robinson
Buffalo Human Rights Law Review
No abstract provided.
Capitalism And Human Rights, Rhoda E. Howard
Capitalism And Human Rights, Rhoda E. Howard
Buffalo Human Rights Law Review
Book review of Amnesty International and Pax Christi International's Multinational Enterprises and Human Rights: a Report, G.B. Madison's The Political Economy of Civil Society and Human Rights & William H. Meyer's Human Rights and International Political Economy in Third World Nations
The African Human Rights Court: A Two-Legged Stool?, Makau Mutua
The African Human Rights Court: A Two-Legged Stool?, Makau Mutua
Journal Articles
This article examines the African continental human rights system that is built on the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights. It pays particular attention to the deficits of that system and argues that the establishment of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights – a judicial body meant to strengthen the protection of human rights in Africa – falls far short. It exposes the normative and structural shortcomings that render the court virtually meaningless. It concludes that the court serves very little purpose except to address the enormous human rights challenges facing Africa.
Cultural Relativism And Cultural Imperialism In Human Rights Law, Guyora Binder
Cultural Relativism And Cultural Imperialism In Human Rights Law, Guyora Binder
Journal Articles
The "Universalism-Cultural Relativism" debate proceeds on the assumption that international human rights law requires the identification of fundamental principles of justice that transcend culture, society, and politics. Thus, the debate presumes that to assert the cultural relativity of justice is to deny the legitimacy of international human rights law. This comment challenges this presumed linkage between international human rights law and universally valid criteria of justice. Human rights standards are obviously culturally relative, and human rights law is obviously a Western institution. But so are the kind of states that human rights law sets out to restrain. The nation-state ideal …