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Measuring State Compliance With The Right To Education Using Indicators: A Case Study Of Colombia’S Obligations Under The Icescr, Sital Kalantry, Jocelyn Getgen, Steven A. Koh
Measuring State Compliance With The Right To Education Using Indicators: A Case Study Of Colombia’S Obligations Under The Icescr, Sital Kalantry, Jocelyn Getgen, Steven A. Koh
Sital Kalantry
The right to education is often referred to as a “multiplier right” because its enjoyment enhances other human rights. It is enumerated in several international instruments, but it is codified in greatest detail in the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR). Despite its importance, the right to education has received limited attention from scholars, practitioners, and international and regional human rights bodies as compared to other economic, social and cultural rights (ECSRs). In this Article, we propose a methodology that utilizes indicators to measure treaty compliance with the right to education. Indicators are essential to measuring compliance …
Combating Terrorism With The Alien Terrorist Removal Court, Jonathan Yu
Combating Terrorism With The Alien Terrorist Removal Court, Jonathan Yu
Jonathan Yu
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"To Kill A Cleric?: The Al-Awlaki Case And The Chaplaincy Exception Under The Laws Of War", K Benson
"To Kill A Cleric?: The Al-Awlaki Case And The Chaplaincy Exception Under The Laws Of War", K Benson
K Benson
Anwar al-Awlaki was the first American citizen to be targeted for extrajudicial assassination by the Obama administration. While scholarly attention has focused on legality of his killing under domestic law, his status as a chaplain under International Humanitarian Law (IHL) has gone unexamined. The possibility that Anwar al-Awlaki may have been a protected person as a chaplain has profound ramifications for the legality of his killing and for the conduct of the war on terror more generally. As the definition of a "Chaplain" under IHL is under-developed at best and vague at worst, ideologues such as Mr. al-Awlaki operate in …
The U.N. Security Council Ad Hoc Rwanda Tribunal: International Justice, Or Judicially-Constructed “Victor’S Impunity”?, C. Peter Erlinder
The U.N. Security Council Ad Hoc Rwanda Tribunal: International Justice, Or Judicially-Constructed “Victor’S Impunity”?, C. Peter Erlinder
C. Peter Erlinder
ABSTRACT The U.N. Security Council Ad Hoc Rwanda Tribunal: International Justice, or Juridically-Constructed “Victor’s Impunity”? Prof. Peter Erlinder [1] ________________________ “…if the Japanese had won the war, those of us who planned the fire-bombing of Tokyo would have been the war criminals….” [2] Robert S. McNamara, U.S. Secretary of State “…and so it goes…” [3] Billy Pilgrim (alter ego of an American prisoner of war, held in the cellar of a Dresden abattoir, who survived firebombing by his own troops, author Kurt Vonnegut Jr.) Introduction Unlike the postWW- II Tribunals, the U.N. Security Council tribunals for the former Yugoslavia [10] …
Human Rights, Sovereignty And The Final Status Of Kosovo, Bartram Brown
Human Rights, Sovereignty And The Final Status Of Kosovo, Bartram Brown
Bartram Brown
No abstract provided.
Barely Borders: Issues Of International Law, Bartram Brown
Barely Borders: Issues Of International Law, Bartram Brown
Bartram Brown
No abstract provided.
Intervention, Self-Determination, Democracy And The Residual Responsibilities Of The Occupying Power In Iraq, Bartram Brown
Intervention, Self-Determination, Democracy And The Residual Responsibilities Of The Occupying Power In Iraq, Bartram Brown
Bartram Brown
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Humanitarian Intervention At A Crossroads, Bartram Brown
Humanitarian Intervention At A Crossroads, Bartram Brown
Bartram Brown
No abstract provided.
The Protection Of Human Rights In Disintegrating States: A New Challenge, Bartram Brown
The Protection Of Human Rights In Disintegrating States: A New Challenge, Bartram Brown
Bartram Brown
No abstract provided.