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Deviance, Aspiration, And The Stories We Tell: Reconciling Mass Atrocity And The Criminal Law, Saira Mohamed

Saira Mohamed

Rethinking Corporate Human Rights Accountability, Pammela Quinn Saunders

Pammela Quinn

The standard account of corporate human rights accountability assumes that corporate entities, rather than individual corporate officers or employees, are the optimal targets of regulatory litigation. This assumption has led human rights advocates to despair over recent court decisions that make it increasingly difficult to bring suit against corporations for human rights violations. In light of these decisions (and similar barriers to suits against corporate entities in some other jurisdictions around the world), human rights advocates find themselves at a crossroads. Will litigants focus on new legal theories or on bringing their claims in new fora which offer better chances …

After Amnesties Are Gone: Latin American National Courts And The New Contours Of The Fight Against Impunity, Naomi Roht-Arriaza

Naomi Roht-Arriaza

Latin America is the one region that, in the wake of massive and systematic violations of human rights, has made inroads into trying these crimes in national courts. After decades in which cases were dismissed on grounds of amnesty, statutes of limitations, or other impediments to trial, these barriers have, in a majority of countries, fallen. This turnaround—while fragile and incomplete—is remarkable. It provides important, and inspirational, lessons for lawyers, judges and advocates in other regions, and for international justice efforts. Cases involving international crimes in the courts of Latin American countries have gone through distinct phases. In the first, …

New Perspectives On European Women’S Legal History, Sara L. Kimble, Marion Rowekamp

Sara L Kimble

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Prosecute, Sue, Or Deport? Transnational Accountability In International Law, Chimene I. Keitner

Chimene I Keitner

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Migrant Smuggling, Anne T. Gallagher Ao

Anne T Gallagher

Justice As Legitimacy In The European Court Of Human Rights, Molly K. Land

Molly K. Land

Using the example of the prisoner voting cases at the European Court of Human Rights, this chapter builds on existing literature regarding the legitimacy of judicial institutions to consider the role of justice with respect to the normative and sociological legitimacy of international human rights courts. The chapter identifies the pursuit of just outcomes as a significant independent influence on the legitimacy of these courts. Doing justice even when it requires expansive lawmaking in order to protect unpopular groups can be an affirmative source of legitimacy for these institutions. Although the legitimacy challenges faced by the European Court of Human …

Of Monsters And Man: Perpetrator Trauma And Mass Atrocity, Saira Mohamed

Saira Mohamed

Human Rights, Environmental Justice, And The North-South Divide, Carmen G. Gonzalez

Carmen G. Gonzalez

Environmental Justice, Human Rights, And The Global South, Carmen G. Gonzalez

Carmen G. Gonzalez

From the Ogoni people devastated by oil drilling in Nigeria to the Inuit and other indigenous populations threatened by climate change, communities disparately burdened by environmental degradation are increasingly framing their demands for environmental justice in the language of environmental human rights. Domestic and international tribunals have concluded that failure to protect the environment violates a variety of human rights (including the rights to life, health, food, water, property, and privacy; the collective rights of indigenous peoples to their ancestral lands and resources; and the right to a healthy environment). Some scholars have questioned the utility of the human rights …

Bridging The North-South Divide: International Environmental Law In The Anthropocene, Carmen G. Gonzalez

Carmen G. Gonzalez

The failure of international law and institutions to address global environmental degradation has significant implications for law and society as the planet’s ecosystems approach irreversible tipping points. According to a recent study published in the journal Science, the global economy has transgressed four of the nine “planetary boundaries” critical to the planet’s self-regulating capacity. Climate change, deforestation, species extinction, and the runoff of phosphorus and nitrogen into regional watersheds and oceans have exceeded safe biophysical thresholds. Scientists refer to the current geologic era of human-induced environmental change as the Anthropocene. These environmental problems are inextricably intertwined with patterns of trade, …

Desarrollo Humano, Economía Y Democracia En Guanajuato, Fernando Barrientos Del Monte (Coordinador)

Fernando Barrientos Del Monte

Dada la relevancia que el trabajo en equipo ha adquirido en la ciencia contemporánea, el estudio de la realidad social en el estado es de gran importancia para comprender los distintos aspectos relacionados con la actividad pública. Guanajuato como su Universidad ha experimentado cambios, acelerados en algunos sectores sobre todo en la economía, de manera lenta en otros, como por ejemplo en el ámbito social y político. Como otras comunidades, los cambios son producto de la combinación de inercias e influencias externas y de elementos endógenos. ¿Cómo identificar esos cambios?; ¿De qué manera valorarlos y evaluarlos?; ¿Cuáles han sido y …

Giving As Governance: Philanthrocapitalism And Modern-Day Slavery Abolitionism, Janie A. Chuang

Janie A Chuang

Social Security, Discrimination And Justification Under The European Convention On Human Rights, Mel Cousins

Mel Cousins

This article considers the current state of the law concerning justification of potentially discriminatory treatment in the area of social security under the European Convention on Human Rights. Over time the UK courts have become familiar with the Convention and have improved their interpretation of human rights law and, in particular, non-discrimination under Article 14 of the Convention. The final step in this process is the consideration of proportionality in relation to the justification of potentially discriminatory provisions. There have been a number of recent important decisions on this issue from the Supreme Court including the Recovery of Medical Costs …

The European Convention On Human Rights, The Un Convention On The Rights Of The Child And The ‘Benefit Cap’ - R (Sg) V Secretary Of State For Work And Pensions [2015] Uksc 16, Mel Cousins

Mel Cousins

This note looks at the recent decision of the UK Supreme Court in the 'benefit cap' case. The Court narrowly rejected the appeal concerning whether the benefit cap was in breach of Article 14 of the European Convention on Human Rights but some judges would have held that the cap was in breach of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.

Corporal Punishment In Ireland And The European Committee On Social Rights, Mel Cousins

Mel Cousins

Education And The Equal Status Acts - Stokes -V- Christian Brothers High School Clonmel, Mel Cousins

Mel Cousins

This case involved a challenge under the Equal Status Act (ESA) to the admissions rules of a Clonmel secondary school which, it was argued, indirectly discriminated against children from the Traveller community. At first instance (before the Equality Tribunal) and on appeal to the Circuit Court it had been held that this rule did have a disproportionate impact on Travellers but the Court and Tribunal differed as to whether this was objectively justified or not. On further appeal to the High Court, McCarthy J. held that there was no disproportionate impact as, adopting a dictionary definition of the term ‘particular’, …

The Right To Freedom From Discrimination: Child Poverty Action Group V Attorney General, Mel Cousins

Mel Cousins

This case comment examines recent jurisprudence concerning the right to freedom from discrimination under the New Zealand Human Rights Act (HRA) and Bill of Rights Act (NZBORA). In particular, it examines the ruling of the Court of Appeal in Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) v Attorney General, and also considers relevant aspects of the decisions in Ministry of Heath v Atkinson and Attorney General v IDEA Services. These three decisions have marked an important step forward in the interpretation of the human rights provisions by the New Zealand courts. Following an introduction to the issues raised in the CPAG case …

Disability Pensions, Property Rights And Legitimate Expectations: Béláné Nagy V. Hungary, Mel Cousins

Mel Cousins

Pension ‘Splitting’, Property Rights, Equality And The Canadian Charter Of Rights - Runchey V. Canada (Attorney General), 2013 Fca 16, Mel Cousins

Mel Cousins

This note discusses the decision of the Federal Court of Appeal in Runchey v. Canada (Attorney General). The case concerned an equality challenge concerning provisions of the Canada Pension Plan (the Plan) under s. 15 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. This was dismissed by the Court. However, the main focus of this note is to point out that it is arguable that the main issue raised in the case (i.e. the loss of pension rights by one spouse without any gain to the other) is not a s. 15 equality issue but rather an unjust deprivation …

The Role Of Non-Governmental Organizations In Advancing International Criminal Justice, Charles Jalloh

Charles C. Jalloh

Desarmar Al Populismo, Un Nuevo Objetivo En La Unión Europea, Luis González Vaqué

Luis González Vaqué

¿De qué manera puede hacer frente el espíritu europeísta al creciente populismo que, en todo el continente, encuentra su principal argumento en el rechazo a la inmigración?

Soy europeísta y optimista (no creo que se pueda ser lo uno sin lo otro), pero he de reconocer que la UE comunica mal, o, utilizando una expresión más post-moderna, se vende mal… A ello contribuyen incluso los representantes políticos de todos los niveles que caen en la tentación de echar las culpas de todo a Bruselas, especialmente cuando lo practican los gobiernos nacionales y los partidos políticos por motivos políticos internos: esta …

Victims Of Human Trafficking In The Asylum Procedure. A Legal Analysis Of The Guarantees For 'Vulnerable Persons' Under The Second Generation Of Eu Asylum Legislation, Vladislava Stoyanova

Vladislava Stoyanova

Victims of human trafficking have been designated as a group of migrants in need of special assistance and protection. As a result, a whole legal framework has been developed revolving around this group. Within Europe, this framework operates on two levels: the Council of Europe and the EU. EU law has added an additional layer of sophistication with its second generation of asylum legislation. The category ‘victims of human trafficking’ has been added to the group of persons considered as ‘vulnerable persons’ who might be in need of special reception conditions and/or special procedural guarantees. The objective of this article …

Introducing The Second Phase Of The Common European Asylum System, Vladislava Stoyanova

Vladislava Stoyanova

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Corporate "Human Rights" To Intellectual Property Protection, J. Janewa Osei Tutu

J. Janewa Osei-Tutu