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Opening Speech, Claudio Grossman
Opening Speech, Claudio Grossman
American University Law Review
Good morning and good afternoon, depending on your time zone. It is a great pleasure to introduce this conference on “Sea Level Rise and International Law: Assessing its Impacts on the Americas.” Sea level rise is a pressing global challenge that could generate catastrophic effects, including in the Americas, which are surrounded by four oceans: the Arctic, the Antarctic, the Atlantic, and the Pacific. Several of the countries in the Region could suffer disproportionately from the consequences of this serious phenomenon. The implications for States and people all over the world are devastating, making rising sea levels a matter of …
Rurality As An Intersecting Axis Of Inequality In The Work Of The U.N. Treaty Bodies, Amanda Lyons
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 …
The Un At 75: Success Stories From The Trusteeship System, Mark E. Wojcik
The Un At 75: Success Stories From The Trusteeship System, Mark E. Wojcik
Pace International Law Review
The seventy-fifth anniversary of the United Nations offers an opportunity to review its many contributions to world peace, development, human rights, and the rule of law. Among the purposes stated in its Charter, the United Nations sought “[t]o develop friendly relations among nations based on respect for the principle of equal rights and self-determination of peoples . . . .” The promotion of “self-determination of peoples” fell to the U.N. Trusteeship Council, one of the six organs of the United Nations. The Trusteeship Council suspended its work on November 1, 1994, one month after the Republic of Palau, the last …
Finding International Law In Private Governance: How Codes Of Conduct In The Apparel Industry Refer To International Instruments, Phillip Paiement, Sophie Melchers
Finding International Law In Private Governance: How Codes Of Conduct In The Apparel Industry Refer To International Instruments, Phillip Paiement, Sophie Melchers
Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies
Multinational enterprises increasingly use Codes of Conduct to govern the conditions of labor and production among their suppliers' operations around the globe. These Codes of Conduct, produced unilaterally by companies as well as by multi-stakeholder bodies, often include references to public international law instruments. This article takes a closer look at thirty-eight Codes of Conduct from the global apparel industry and uses social network analysis to identify the patterns in these Codes and how they refer to international legal instruments. Although some international legal instruments stipulate rules that can be directly transposed into the private context of supply chains, this …
Universal Protocol For Investigative Interviewing And Associated Safeguards: Taking Jordan As An Example, Lubna N. Nasser
Universal Protocol For Investigative Interviewing And Associated Safeguards: Taking Jordan As An Example, Lubna N. Nasser
Human Rights Brief
No abstract provided.
A North-South Struggle: Political And Economic Obstacles To Sustainable Development, Imrana Iqbal, Charles Pierson
A North-South Struggle: Political And Economic Obstacles To Sustainable Development, Imrana Iqbal, Charles Pierson
Sustainable Development Law & Policy
No abstract provided.
Legal Status Of Drones Under Loac And International Law, Vivek Sehrawat
Legal Status Of Drones Under Loac And International Law, Vivek Sehrawat
Penn State Journal of Law & International Affairs
No abstract provided.
Chemical Weapons And Other Atrocities: Contrasting Responses To The Syrian Crisis, Tim Mccormack
Chemical Weapons And Other Atrocities: Contrasting Responses To The Syrian Crisis, Tim Mccormack
International Law Studies
Why has the use of chemical weapons in Syria engendered such a substantive multilateral response in stark contrast to almost every other egregious international law violation perpetrated against the civilian population? Various theories have been offered but the explanation has little to do with humanitarian concerns for Syrian victims and is more readily explicable by unusual (in the Syrian context) alignment of U.S. and Russian national interests. Bashar al-Assad was convinced to accede to the Chemical Weapons Convention, to surrender his stockpiles of chemical weapons and to co-operate with international investigators deployed under UN Security Council auspices amid a cacophony …
Complexity Analysis: A Preliminary Step Toward A General Systems Theory Of International Law, James L. Hildebrand
Complexity Analysis: A Preliminary Step Toward A General Systems Theory Of International Law, James L. Hildebrand
Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law
No abstract provided.
Decentering Human Rights From The International Order Of States: The Alignment And Interaction Of Transnational Policy Channels, Radu G. Mares
Decentering Human Rights From The International Order Of States: The Alignment And Interaction Of Transnational Policy Channels, Radu G. Mares
Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies
This article accounts for recent developments in corporate social responsibility, international trade and investment law, international human rights law, development aid, and the laws of home states reaching extraterritorially in order to advance a regulatory perspective on commerce and human rights. While these developments are remarkable, the analysis documents the prevalence of softer strategies and a corresponding scarcity of coercive legalization strategies. The question, then, is how to reason about these recent developments and their genuine potential for human rights protection. The article proposes two elements-a root-cause orientation and the interaction of policy channels-as indispensable for a regulatory and systemic …
One Pillar: Legal Authority And A Social License To Operate In A Global Context, Hans Lindahl
One Pillar: Legal Authority And A Social License To Operate In A Global Context, Hans Lindahl
Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies
The claim that businesses have a social license to operate acquires concrete form in the second pillar of the U.N. Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs) in the fundamental distinction between "compliance with all applicable laws" and "respect for human rights." The aim of this paper is to critically examine the presuppositions that undergird this distinction and to explain how and why moving beyond state-centered thinking about law, in response to violations of human rights by globally operating businesses, requires acknowledging that there is one pillar that embraces states and businesses: the legal obligation to comply with international …
The Responsibility To Protect: Emerging Norm Or Failed Doctrine?, Camila Pupparo
The Responsibility To Protect: Emerging Norm Or Failed Doctrine?, Camila Pupparo
Global Tides
This paper seeks to investigate the current shift from the non-intervention norm towards the “Responsibility to Protect,” commonly abbreviated as “RtoP,” which actually mandates intervention in cases of humanitarian intervention disasters. I will look at the May 2011 application of the R2P doctrine to the humanitarian crisis in Libya and assess whether it was a success or a failure. Many critics of the “Responsibility to Protect” norm consider it to be yet another imperial tool used by the West to pursue national interests, so this paper analyzes this argument in detail, referring to case study examples, particularly in the Middle …
Is The United Nations Endorsing Human Rights Violations?: An Analysis Of The United Nations' Combating Defamation Of Religions Resolutions And Pakistan's Blasphemy Laws, Rebecca J. Dobras
Is The United Nations Endorsing Human Rights Violations?: An Analysis Of The United Nations' Combating Defamation Of Religions Resolutions And Pakistan's Blasphemy Laws, Rebecca J. Dobras
Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law
No abstract provided.
United Nations Human Rights "Entitlements": The Right To Development Analyzed Within The Application Of The Right To Self-Determination, Sara E. Allgood
United Nations Human Rights "Entitlements": The Right To Development Analyzed Within The Application Of The Right To Self-Determination, Sara E. Allgood
Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law
No abstract provided.
No Worldwide Consensus: The United Nations Declaration On Human Cloning, Channah Jarrell
No Worldwide Consensus: The United Nations Declaration On Human Cloning, Channah Jarrell
Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law
No abstract provided.
The Jurisprudence Of Discrimination As Opposed To Simple Inequality In The International Civil Service, Brian D. Patterson
The Jurisprudence Of Discrimination As Opposed To Simple Inequality In The International Civil Service, Brian D. Patterson
Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law
No abstract provided.
"First, Do No Harm": Human Rights And Efforts To Combat Climate Change, Naomi Roht-Arriaza
"First, Do No Harm": Human Rights And Efforts To Combat Climate Change, Naomi Roht-Arriaza
Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law
No abstract provided.
In The Interests Of Justice: Human Rights And The Right To Counsel In Civil Cases, Martha F. Davis
In The Interests Of Justice: Human Rights And The Right To Counsel In Civil Cases, Martha F. Davis
Touro Law Review
This report examines the international human rights treaties binding on the United States as well as other non-binding international human rights documents to ascertain the status of the right to counsel in civil cases, the so-called "Civil Gideon" right. The United Nations treaty monitoring bodies responsible for the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination have both indicated that legal assistance may be required to ensure fairness in civil cases. The Charter of the Organization of American States, to which the United States is a party, goes farther …
Pakistan’S Failed Commitment: How Pakistan's Institutionalized Persecution Of The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Violates The International Covenant On Civil And Political Rights, Qasim Rashid
Richmond Journal of Global Law & Business
The United Nations (“UN”) adopted the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (“ICCPR”) in 1966 and officially implemented it in 1976 to ensure, among other guarantees, that no human is denied his or her right to equal voting, freedom of political association, due process of law, freedom of life, freedom of religion, freedom of speech, and freedom of assembly. The Islamic Republic of Pakistan is among 166 nations that have signed and ratified the ICCPR. Since signing the ICCPR in 2008 and ratifying it in 2010, however, Pakistan has perpetuated state-sanctioned and violent persecution of religious minority groups such …
Detention Operations In Iraq: A View From The Ground, Brian J. Bill
Detention Operations In Iraq: A View From The Ground, Brian J. Bill
International Law Studies
No abstract provided.
The Dominican Republic And The Un Human Rights Treaty System, Luis Pomares
The Dominican Republic And The Un Human Rights Treaty System, Luis Pomares
Journal of Race, Gender, and Ethnicity
No abstract provided.
New Challenges In An Era Of Global Water Scarcity , David Hunter
New Challenges In An Era Of Global Water Scarcity , David Hunter
Sustainable Development Law & Policy
No abstract provided.
International Environmental Law Considerations During Miltary Operations Other Than War, Bruce A. Harlow, Michael E. Mcgregor
International Environmental Law Considerations During Miltary Operations Other Than War, Bruce A. Harlow, Michael E. Mcgregor
International Law Studies
No abstract provided.
Human Rights And Peace-Keeping Operations, Diego Garcia-Sayan
Human Rights And Peace-Keeping Operations, Diego Garcia-Sayan
University of Richmond Law Review
The purposes of the United Nations, as specified in Article 1 of the United Nations Charter, are to "maintain international peace," to promote and encourage "respect for human rights and for fundamental freedoms for all without distinction as to race, sex, language, or religion" and to "achieve international co-operation in solving international problems of an economic, social, cultural or humanitarian character."