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Water, Water, Nowhere: Adapting Water Rights For A Changing Climate, Caleb Hall Aug 2017

Water, Water, Nowhere: Adapting Water Rights For A Changing Climate, Caleb Hall

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


Ridding Pes Systems Of The “Pay To Pollute” Principle: Pes Optimization Strategies, Kelly Carlson Aug 2017

Ridding Pes Systems Of The “Pay To Pollute” Principle: Pes Optimization Strategies, Kelly Carlson

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


Indoor Aquaponics In Abandoned Buildings: A Potential Solution To Food Deserts, Lisa Tomlinson Aug 2017

Indoor Aquaponics In Abandoned Buildings: A Potential Solution To Food Deserts, Lisa Tomlinson

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


Investing In Resiliency: Prioritizing Water Systems And Investing In Green Infrastructure, Caitlin Cutchin Aug 2017

Investing In Resiliency: Prioritizing Water Systems And Investing In Green Infrastructure, Caitlin Cutchin

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


You Probably Shouldn’T Build There: Watershed-Based Land Use Strategies For Mitigating Global Climate Change In New Jersey’S Freshwater Systems, Matthew Knoblauch Aug 2017

You Probably Shouldn’T Build There: Watershed-Based Land Use Strategies For Mitigating Global Climate Change In New Jersey’S Freshwater Systems, Matthew Knoblauch

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


About Sdlp Aug 2017

About Sdlp

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


Europe & Central Asia Coverage, Human Rights Brief Apr 2017

Europe & Central Asia Coverage, Human Rights Brief

Human Rights Brief Spring 2017 Regional Coverage

No abstract provided.


Sub-Saharan Africa Coverage, Human Rights Brief Apr 2017

Sub-Saharan Africa Coverage, Human Rights Brief

Human Rights Brief Spring 2017 Regional Coverage

No abstract provided.


International Coverage, Human Rights Brief Apr 2017

International Coverage, Human Rights Brief

Human Rights Brief Spring 2017 Regional Coverage

No abstract provided.


Asia & Oceania Coverage, Human Rights Brief Apr 2017

Asia & Oceania Coverage, Human Rights Brief

Human Rights Brief Spring 2017 Regional Coverage

No abstract provided.


Middle East & North Africa Coverage, Human Rights Brief Apr 2017

Middle East & North Africa Coverage, Human Rights Brief

Human Rights Brief Spring 2017 Regional Coverage

No abstract provided.


Americas Coverage, Human Rights Brief Apr 2017

Americas Coverage, Human Rights Brief

Human Rights Brief Spring 2017 Regional Coverage

No abstract provided.


Using Global Migration Law To Prevent Human Trafficking, Janie Chuang Jan 2017

Using Global Migration Law To Prevent Human Trafficking, Janie Chuang

Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals

Our understanding of human trafficking has changed significantly since 2000, when the international community adopted the first modern antitrafficking treaty-the UN Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children (Trafficking Protocol).' Policy attention has expanded beyond a near-exclusive focus on sex trafficking to bring long-overdue attention to nonsexual labor trafficking. That attention has helped surface how the lack of international laws and institutions pertaining to labor migration can enable-if not encourage -the exploitation of migrant workers. Many migrant workers throughout the world labor under conditions that do not qualify as trafficking yet suffer significant rights …


Using A Shield As A Sword: Are International Organizations Abusing Their Immunity?, Daniel D. Bradlow Jan 2017

Using A Shield As A Sword: Are International Organizations Abusing Their Immunity?, Daniel D. Bradlow

Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals

The starting point for this paper is that IOs are as subjects of international law. Since IOs do not control territory or a population and so always operate within the jurisdiction of one of their member states, they are vulnerable to interference by their member states. In order to mitigate this risk, IOs have been granted qualified immunity, usually referred to as functional immunity, from the jurisdiction of their member states. For most of the twentieth century, this grant of functional immunity made sense for two reasons.

First, the founding states envisaged that IOs would have limited capacity to act …


Academy On Human Rights And Humanitarian Law Articles And Essays On Extractive Industries And Human Rights: Introduction, Claudia Martin, Diego Rodriguez-Pnzon Jan 2017

Academy On Human Rights And Humanitarian Law Articles And Essays On Extractive Industries And Human Rights: Introduction, Claudia Martin, Diego Rodriguez-Pnzon

Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals

We are delighted to present this year's publication of the Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, which includes the three best essays in English and in Spanish recognized in the 2016 Human Rights Essay Award competition. It is satisfying to think that this competition allowed a number of participants an opportunity to expound their thoughts on so many important topics and areas of the world. We hope these participants are able to use their articles as mechanisms for change.


Blog: Justice Requires Enforcement, Especially For The Gravest Acts Of Torture Conducted By The United States In The Aftermath Of 9/11, Saadia Khan Jan 2017

Blog: Justice Requires Enforcement, Especially For The Gravest Acts Of Torture Conducted By The United States In The Aftermath Of 9/11, Saadia Khan

The Modern American

No abstract provided.


Criminal Prosecution Of Un Peacekeepers: When Defenders Of Peace Incite Further Conflict Through Their Own Misconduct, Shayna Ann Giles Jan 2017

Criminal Prosecution Of Un Peacekeepers: When Defenders Of Peace Incite Further Conflict Through Their Own Misconduct, Shayna Ann Giles

American University International Law Review

No abstract provided.


Extractive Industries And Human Rights, Claudia Martin, Diego Rodriguez-Pinzon Jan 2017

Extractive Industries And Human Rights, Claudia Martin, Diego Rodriguez-Pinzon

Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals

No abstract provided.


We Have Lost A Sense Of Purpose About Eliminating Torture, Juan E. Mendez Jan 2017

We Have Lost A Sense Of Purpose About Eliminating Torture, Juan E. Mendez

Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals

No abstract provided.


Issues Concerning Enforcement And Dispute Resolution, Sean Flynn Jan 2017

Issues Concerning Enforcement And Dispute Resolution, Sean Flynn

Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals

No abstract provided.


Human Rights Hero: Abner J. Mikva, Stephen Wermiel Jan 2017

Human Rights Hero: Abner J. Mikva, Stephen Wermiel

Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals

No abstract provided.


Building Prevention To Protect: The Inter-American Human Rights System, Diego Rodriguez-Pinzon Jan 2017

Building Prevention To Protect: The Inter-American Human Rights System, Diego Rodriguez-Pinzon

Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals

No abstract provided.