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Unsettling Human Rights Clinical Pedagogy And Practice In Settler Colonial Contexts, Jocelyn Getgen Kestenbaum, Caroline Bishop Laporte Jan 2023

Unsettling Human Rights Clinical Pedagogy And Practice In Settler Colonial Contexts, Jocelyn Getgen Kestenbaum, Caroline Bishop Laporte

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

In settler colonial contexts, law and educational institutions operate as structures of oppression, extraction, erasure, disempowerment, and continuing violence against colonized peoples. Consequently, clinical legal advocacy often can reinforce coloniality—the logic that perpetuates structural violence against individuals and groups resisting colonization and struggling for survival as peoples. Critical legal theory, including Third World Approaches to International Law (“TWAIL”), has long exposed colonial laws and practices that entrench discriminatory, racialized power structures and prevent transformative international human rights advocacy. Understanding and responding to these critiques can assist in decolonizing international human rights clinical law teaching and practice but is insufficient in …


Bridging The Enforcement Gap? Evaluating The Inquiry Procedure Of The Cedaw Optional Protocol, Catherine O'Rourke Jan 2019

Bridging The Enforcement Gap? Evaluating The Inquiry Procedure Of The Cedaw Optional Protocol, Catherine O'Rourke

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

Considerable optimism accompanied the adoption of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) Optional Protocol. However, one of the Optional Protocol’s two enforcement measures, the inquiry procedure, appeared to languish for fourteen years and has, to date, resulted in only four inquiry reports. The article evaluates the inquiry procedure, finding largely unmet expectations in addressing CEDAW’s structural weaknesses, countering the privileging of civil and political rights, and redressing state noncompliance with CEDAW, but significant potential nonetheless. The findings of this Article vindicate the enduring salience of foundational feminist critiques of human rights. The Conclusion …


Far From Now-Settled: The Supreme Court's Decision In Lozano V. Montoya Alvarez As A Violation Of Substantive And Procedural Due Process Under The International Child Abduction Remedies Act, Cassandra Erler Jan 2018

Far From Now-Settled: The Supreme Court's Decision In Lozano V. Montoya Alvarez As A Violation Of Substantive And Procedural Due Process Under The International Child Abduction Remedies Act, Cassandra Erler

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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Particularized Social Groups And Categorical Imperatives In Refugee Law: State Failures To Recognize Gender And The Legal Reception Of Gender Persecution Claims In Canada, The United Kingdom, And The United States, Melanie Randall Jan 2015

Particularized Social Groups And Categorical Imperatives In Refugee Law: State Failures To Recognize Gender And The Legal Reception Of Gender Persecution Claims In Canada, The United Kingdom, And The United States, Melanie Randall

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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National Report: Uruguay , Walter Howard Apr 2012

National Report: Uruguay , Walter Howard

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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National Report: United Kingdom, Kenneth Mck. Norrie Apr 2012

National Report: United Kingdom, Kenneth Mck. Norrie

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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National Report: Turkey, Başak Başoğlu, Candan Yasan Apr 2012

National Report: Turkey, Başak Başoğlu, Candan Yasan

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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National Report: Switzerland, Annelot Peters Apr 2012

National Report: Switzerland, Annelot Peters

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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National Report: Spain, Carlos Martínez De Aguirre Aldaz, Pedro De Pablo Contreras Apr 2012

National Report: Spain, Carlos Martínez De Aguirre Aldaz, Pedro De Pablo Contreras

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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National Report: The Republic Of South Africa, François Du Toit Apr 2012

National Report: The Republic Of South Africa, François Du Toit

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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National Report: Norway , Torstein Frantzen Apr 2012

National Report: Norway , Torstein Frantzen

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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National Report: Japan, Teiko Tamaki Apr 2012

National Report: Japan, Teiko Tamaki

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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National Report: New Zealand, Kenneth Mck. Norrie Apr 2012

National Report: New Zealand, Kenneth Mck. Norrie

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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National Report: Ireland, Aisling Parkes Apr 2012

National Report: Ireland, Aisling Parkes

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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National Report: Italy, Virginia Zambrano Apr 2012

National Report: Italy, Virginia Zambrano

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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National Report: Hungary, Zsolt Körtvélyesi, András L. Pap Apr 2012

National Report: Hungary, Zsolt Körtvélyesi, András L. Pap

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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National Report: Greece, Alexander G. Fessas Apr 2012

National Report: Greece, Alexander G. Fessas

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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National Report: Germany, Jens M. Scherpe Apr 2012

National Report: Germany, Jens M. Scherpe

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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National Report: France, Hugues Fulchiron Apr 2012

National Report: France, Hugues Fulchiron

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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National Report: Denmark, Christina G. Jeppesen De Boer, Annette Kronborg Apr 2012

National Report: Denmark, Christina G. Jeppesen De Boer, Annette Kronborg

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.


National Report: Colombia, Universidad De Los Andes Public Interest Law Group Apr 2012

National Report: Colombia, Universidad De Los Andes Public Interest Law Group

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.


Women And Reproduction: From Control To Autonomy? The Case Of Chile, Lidia B. Casas May 2011

Women And Reproduction: From Control To Autonomy? The Case Of Chile, Lidia B. Casas

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.


International Criminal Court's Protection Of Women: The Hands Of Justice At Work, Tina R. Karkera May 2011

International Criminal Court's Protection Of Women: The Hands Of Justice At Work, Tina R. Karkera

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.


Using The Law To Support Work/Life Issues:The Australian Experience, Juliet Bourke May 2011

Using The Law To Support Work/Life Issues:The Australian Experience, Juliet Bourke

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.


International And Regional Standards For Protecting Victims Of Domestic Violence, Andreea Vesa May 2011

International And Regional Standards For Protecting Victims Of Domestic Violence, Andreea Vesa

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.


Behind The Wedding Veil: Child Marriage As A Form Of Trafficking In Girls, Elizabeth Warner May 2011

Behind The Wedding Veil: Child Marriage As A Form Of Trafficking In Girls, Elizabeth Warner

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.


Obligation Ignored: Why International Law Requires The United States To Provide Adequate Civil Legal Aid, What The United States Is Doing Instead, And How Legal Empowerment Can Help, Zachary H. Zarnow Jan 2011

Obligation Ignored: Why International Law Requires The United States To Provide Adequate Civil Legal Aid, What The United States Is Doing Instead, And How Legal Empowerment Can Help, Zachary H. Zarnow

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.


Same-Sex Marriage, Same-Sex Cohabitation, And Same-Sex Families Around The World: Why “Same” Is So Different?, Macarena Saez Jan 2011

Same-Sex Marriage, Same-Sex Cohabitation, And Same-Sex Families Around The World: Why “Same” Is So Different?, Macarena Saez

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.


National Report: Canada, Marie-France Bureau Jan 2011

National Report: Canada, Marie-France Bureau

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.


National Report: Belgium, Frederik Swennen, Yves-Henri Leleu Jan 2011

National Report: Belgium, Frederik Swennen, Yves-Henri Leleu

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.