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A Vicious Cycle: United States’ Failure To Protect Immigrant Women’S Reproductive Rights At The Irwin County Detention Center, Lizet Palomera Torres
A Vicious Cycle: United States’ Failure To Protect Immigrant Women’S Reproductive Rights At The Irwin County Detention Center, Lizet Palomera Torres
Golden Gate University Law Review
The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE) detained Jane Doe #15, an immigrant woman, at the Irwin County Detention Center (ICDC) in Georgia. During Jane’s time at ICDC, Doctor Mahendra Amin hastily examined her because she was experiencing severe pain in her pelvic area. Abandoning established professional and legal protocols for diagnosis and treatment, the medical staff scheduled Jane for surgery. Jane did not know what to expect from the surgery or what the medical personnel would do. After the surgery, the staff at ICDC neglected Jane’s care. She could not get out of bed on her own; …
An Attempt To Evade Liability: Australia's Role In Detention Center Abuse And The Refoulement Of Sri Lankan Asylum Seekers In The Context Of The Convention Against Torture, Carson Masters
Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law
No abstract provided.
Rehabilitation In Article 14 Of The Convention Against Torture And Other Cruel, Inhuman, Or Degrading Treatment Or Punishment, Claudio Grossman, Nora Sevaass, Felice Gaer
Rehabilitation In Article 14 Of The Convention Against Torture And Other Cruel, Inhuman, Or Degrading Treatment Or Punishment, Claudio Grossman, Nora Sevaass, Felice Gaer
Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals
Persons exposed to torture have suffered serious attacks on their lives, relationships, health, and sense of dignity. The torture they experienced will remain a part of them even if they manage to move ahead and work through the pain. The destructive power of torture affects life on so many levels: mind and body, values and relationships, and the capacity for work and leisure. Providing opportunities to reconstruct lives after torture should be a priority in the international effort to prevent and prohibit torture. International recognition of the right to redress, including rehabilitation for all victims of torture and other cruel, …
Rehabilitation In Article 14 Of The Convention Against Torture And Other Cruel, Inhuman, Or Degrading Treatment Or Punishment, Claudio M. Grossman, Nora Sevaass, Felice Gaer
Rehabilitation In Article 14 Of The Convention Against Torture And Other Cruel, Inhuman, Or Degrading Treatment Or Punishment, Claudio M. Grossman, Nora Sevaass, Felice Gaer
Claudio M. Grossman
Immigrating While Trans: The Disproportionate Impact Of The Prostitution Ground Of Inadmissibility And Other Provisions Of The Immigration And Nationality Act On Transgender Women, Luis Medina
The Scholar: St. Mary's Law Review on Race and Social Justice
Abstract forthcoming.
Judge Posner's Road Map For Convention Against Torture Claims When Central American Governments Cannot Protect Citizens Against Gang Violence, Steven H. Schulman
Judge Posner's Road Map For Convention Against Torture Claims When Central American Governments Cannot Protect Citizens Against Gang Violence, Steven H. Schulman
The Scholar: St. Mary's Law Review on Race and Social Justice
Abstract forthcoming.
The Politics Of Ratification: The Potential For United States Adoption And Enforcement Of The Convention Against Torture, The Covenants On Civil And Political Rights And Economic, Social And Cultural Rights, Winston P. Nagan
Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law
No abstract provided.
The Effect Of Treaties And Other Formal International Acts On The Customary Law Of Human Rights, Arthur M. Weisburd
The Effect Of Treaties And Other Formal International Acts On The Customary Law Of Human Rights, Arthur M. Weisburd
Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law
No abstract provided.
Letting The Cat Out Of The Bag: Providing A Civil Right Of Action For Torture Committed By U.S. Officials Abroad, An Obligation Of The Convention Against Torture?, Leland H. Kynes
Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law
No abstract provided.
Coaltion Operations: A Canadian Perspective, Kenneth W. Watkin
Coaltion Operations: A Canadian Perspective, Kenneth W. Watkin
International Law Studies
No abstract provided.
Starting From Here, Ashley R. Deeks