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Regional Human Rights System, Brittany West, Sydney Pomykata, Whitney Hood Jan 2014

Regional Human Rights System, Brittany West, Sydney Pomykata, Whitney Hood

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.


Criminal Courts And Tribunals, Chris Keeler Jan 2014

Criminal Courts And Tribunals, Chris Keeler

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.


Center News And Faculty Updates, Human Rights Brief Jan 2014

Center News And Faculty Updates, Human Rights Brief

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.


State Obligations To Protect The Lives And Health Of Women After Abortion Or Miscarriage, Angie Mccarthy Jan 2014

State Obligations To Protect The Lives And Health Of Women After Abortion Or Miscarriage, Angie Mccarthy

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.


El Testimonio Ixil Pesa Mas: Reflections On The Guatemalan Genocide Trial One Year Later, Christina M. Fetterhoff Jan 2014

El Testimonio Ixil Pesa Mas: Reflections On The Guatemalan Genocide Trial One Year Later, Christina M. Fetterhoff

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.


Jonathan Crowe & Kylie Weston-Scheuber: Principles Of International Humanitarian Law (Edward Elgar 2013), Chelsea Zimmerman Jan 2014

Jonathan Crowe & Kylie Weston-Scheuber: Principles Of International Humanitarian Law (Edward Elgar 2013), Chelsea Zimmerman

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.


Selected Coverage Of The 150th Session Of The Inter-American Commission On Human Rights, Kendall Niles, David Llanes, Min Jung Kim Jan 2014

Selected Coverage Of The 150th Session Of The Inter-American Commission On Human Rights, Kendall Niles, David Llanes, Min Jung Kim

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.


Judgment Summary: Special Court For Sierra Leone, Patty Walsh Jan 2014

Judgment Summary: Special Court For Sierra Leone, Patty Walsh

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.


Judgment Summary: International Criminal Tribunal For Rwanda, Megan Race Jan 2014

Judgment Summary: International Criminal Tribunal For Rwanda, Megan Race

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.


Regions, Austin Shangraw, Ross Boone, Shereen Kajouee, Angela Chen, Jason Cowin, Whitney-Ann Mulhauser, James Toliver, Ada Lecevic, Min Jung Kim Jan 2014

Regions, Austin Shangraw, Ross Boone, Shereen Kajouee, Angela Chen, Jason Cowin, Whitney-Ann Mulhauser, James Toliver, Ada Lecevic, Min Jung Kim

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.


Regional Human Rights Systems, Brittany West, Sydney Pomykata, Whitney Hood Jan 2014

Regional Human Rights Systems, Brittany West, Sydney Pomykata, Whitney Hood

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.


Center News And Faculty Updates, Human Rights Brief Jan 2014

Center News And Faculty Updates, Human Rights Brief

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.


Problems Faced By Mexican Asylum Seekers In The United States, Anna Cabot Jan 2014

Problems Faced By Mexican Asylum Seekers In The United States, Anna Cabot

Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals

Violence in Mexico rose sharply in response to President Felipe Calder6n's military campaign against drug cartels which began in late 2006. As a consequence, the number of Mexicans who have sought asylum in the United States has grown significantly. In 2013, Mexicans made up the second largest group of defensive asylum seekers (those in removal proceedings) in the United States, behind only China (EOIR 2014b). Yet between 2008 and 2013, the grant rate for Mexican asylum seekers in immigration court fell from 23 percent to nine percent (EOIR 2013, 2014b). This paper examines-from the perspective of an attorney who represented …


Adapting The Law Of Armed Conflict To Autonomous Weapon Systems, Kenneth Anderson, Daniel Reisner, Matthew Waxman Jan 2014

Adapting The Law Of Armed Conflict To Autonomous Weapon Systems, Kenneth Anderson, Daniel Reisner, Matthew Waxman

Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals

As increasingly automated – and in some cases fully autonomous – weapon systems enter the battlefield or become possible, it is important that international norms to regulate them head down a path that is coherent and practical. Contrary to the claims of some advocates, autonomous weapon systems are not inherently illegal or unethical. The technologies involved potentially hold promise for making armed conflict more discriminating and causing less harm on the battlefield. They do pose important challenges, however, with regard to law of armed conflict rules regulating the use of weapons. Those challenges demand international attention and special processes for …


Foreword, The Future Of International Criminal Justice, Claudio Grossman Jan 2014

Foreword, The Future Of International Criminal Justice, Claudio Grossman

Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals

International criminal law attempts to sanction crimes that have a global nature and impact. After World War II, the international community came together to begin addressing important international issues, including preventing future war and non-war related atrocities and crimes. From the International Military Tribunals established in the wake of World War II to the world's first permanent International Criminal Court (ICC), a number of international bodies, treaties, and statutes have been formed in an effort to effectively administer criminal justice on an international level. Yet the administration and application of international criminal justice has faced significant hurdles and there are …


Implementing Human Rights In Closed Environments Through The United Nations Convention Against Torture, Claudio Grossman Jan 2014

Implementing Human Rights In Closed Environments Through The United Nations Convention Against Torture, Claudio Grossman

Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals

Closed environments pose a major challenge to the full and effective implementation of human rights norms and conventions. However, many conventions contain mechanisms that can be used to further advance implementation of human rights in those closed environments. The United Nations Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (the Convention) has several mechanisms in place that play an important role in enforcing and implementing human rights obligations. Along with the creation of a supervisory organ, the Committee against Torture (the Committee), the Convention provides a framework for: State Party reporting and concluding observations (COBs) under …


Human Rights Violations By Peacekeeping Forces In Somalia, Richard Wilson Jan 2014

Human Rights Violations By Peacekeeping Forces In Somalia, Richard Wilson

Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals

Widespread sexual violence is occurring throughout South-Central Somalia, and the perpetrators of this violence are often alleged to be government security forces and military personnel from the African Union Mission for Somalia (AMISOM). Within Somalia, there is little recourse for victims of sexual violence, and human rights practitioners are looking to international options as alternative venues for seeking justice. This article uses the case of peacekeeping troops in Somalia perpetrating human rights violations to explore the liability of peacekeepers and their home states in these situations. It assumes, for purposes of analysis here, that due to their traditional immunities, the …