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Introduction, William W. Bishop, Jr.
Introduction, William W. Bishop, Jr.
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
This issue of the Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law is a symposium devoted to human rights aspects of the Helsinki Final Act. The Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe was convened in Helsinki July 3, 1973. After sessions there and in Geneva, all European states, both Western and Eastern (except Albania), took part, as did also the United States and Canada. On August 1, 1975, the Final Act of the Conference was signed at Helsinki by thirty-five nations. Its provisions had been laboriously arrived at by consensus rather than by voting. Early pressures for such a conference had come …
The Place Of Helsinki On The Long Road To Human Rights, Vojin Dimitrijevic
The Place Of Helsinki On The Long Road To Human Rights, Vojin Dimitrijevic
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
The ten principles enumerated in the Helsinki Final Act mark the beginning of a process that could improve relations among the signatory States. Such rapprochement would create a more favorable climate for fuller realization of human rights or values by every person living in their territories. In the other direction, Principles VI and VIII try to define the societal preconditions for amelioration of interstate relations. The term "progress" implies gradual development to be assessed at certain intervals. The assessment can hardly be unanimous; thus, the fact that government representatives in Belgrade parted without substantive agreement was not in itself a …
United States Compliance With The Helsinki Final Act: The Treatment Of Aliens, David Carliner
United States Compliance With The Helsinki Final Act: The Treatment Of Aliens, David Carliner
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
A casualty, sorely if not fatally wounded, of the Soviet armed intervention in Afghanistan is the once widely-touted Final Act of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe concluded in Helsinki on August 1, 1975. The Conference was originally proposed by the Soviet Union in the 1950's in order to promote its perceived security interest in Europe and to legitimize its territorial boundaries in Eastern Europe. Though initially opposed to the idea, the United States finally supported it in 1972 as a means of promoting the "security that would come from an expansion of cooperation between East and West …
Prisoners Of War As Instruments Of Foreign Policy, Walton K. Richardson
Prisoners Of War As Instruments Of Foreign Policy, Walton K. Richardson
International Law Studies
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International Law, The Oas And The Dominican Crisis, Charles G. Fenwick
International Law, The Oas And The Dominican Crisis, Charles G. Fenwick
International Law Studies
No abstract provided.
Prisoners Of War And The Code Of Conduct, William P. Lyons
Prisoners Of War And The Code Of Conduct, William P. Lyons
International Law Studies
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Prisoner And War Negotiations: The Korean Experience And Lesson, Harry P. Ball
Prisoner And War Negotiations: The Korean Experience And Lesson, Harry P. Ball
International Law Studies
No abstract provided.
International Law And Basic Human Rights, Louis B. Sohn
International Law And Basic Human Rights, Louis B. Sohn
International Law Studies
No abstract provided.
Combat Restraints, Howard S. Levie
The Approach Of The Helsinki Declaration To Human Rights, Antonio Cassese
The Approach Of The Helsinki Declaration To Human Rights, Antonio Cassese
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
The purpose of this paper is to outline briefly the basic attitude toward human rights evidenced in the Helsinki Declaration. By way of introduction, I shall describe summarily how perceptions of human rights have evolved in the United Nations since the adoption of the Charter in 1945. It is in this context that the novelty of the Helsinki exercise can be viewed and assessed.
There are many ways of analyzing and appraising United Nations action in the field of human rights over the years. This complex phenomenon can be divided into various stages, according to prevailing political philosophy. Three phases …
Table Of Contents: The Use Of Force, Human Rights, And General International Legal Issues
Table Of Contents: The Use Of Force, Human Rights, And General International Legal Issues
International Law Studies
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Yamashita, Nuremberg And Vietnam: Command Responsibility Reappraised, Franklin A. Hart
Yamashita, Nuremberg And Vietnam: Command Responsibility Reappraised, Franklin A. Hart
International Law Studies
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U.S. Navy Regulations, International Law, And The Organization Of American States, Theodore K. Woods Jr.
U.S. Navy Regulations, International Law, And The Organization Of American States, Theodore K. Woods Jr.
International Law Studies
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