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Mass Displacement Of Destitute People: A Trigger For Non-Refoulement Protection?, Bernardo De Souza Dantas Fico, Leticia Machado Haertel
Mass Displacement Of Destitute People: A Trigger For Non-Refoulement Protection?, Bernardo De Souza Dantas Fico, Leticia Machado Haertel
Biennial Conference: The Social Practice of Human Rights
This paper focuses on two problems around the mass displacement of people in extreme poverty: the characterization of such people as refugees and the application of the non-refoulement principle to mass displacements.
Extreme poverty is causal to grave human rights violations such as deprivation of water, of food, and of an adequate standard of living. These circumstances may reach a degree in which life in a country is unbearable — forcing people to move in order to enhance their likelihood of survival.
The classic understanding of the non-refoulement obligation, as enshrined in the 1951 Refugee Convention, forbids states from returning …
Child Brides, Brydon Koch, Alexis Steffanni, Carly Catalanello, Michelle Gamberdella
Child Brides, Brydon Koch, Alexis Steffanni, Carly Catalanello, Michelle Gamberdella
The Research and Scholarship Symposium (2013-2019)
The goal of this presentation is to take a look into the human rights violation of child marriage happening in countries all over the world. For the purpose of this presentation, we will focus on four countries where child marriages are extremely prevalent: India, Niger, Bangladesh, and Yemen. First, we will begin with a brief history and background of child brides and statistics related to this population. Second, we will discuss the four countries (as stated above) where this is a major problem, and why the rates of child brides are especially high within each country. Third, we will consider …
Transitional Justice, The Role Of The Judiciary And Rupture Of Democracy In Brazil In 2016, Jose Carlos Moreira Da Silva Filho
Transitional Justice, The Role Of The Judiciary And Rupture Of Democracy In Brazil In 2016, Jose Carlos Moreira Da Silva Filho
Distinguished Speaker Series
In comparison to the other countries in Latin America that suffered under civilian-military national security dictatorships in the second half of the 20th century, Brazil presented two peculiarities that had an enormous influence on the characteristics of the democratic regime that began in 1988: its amnesty law was enacted while the authoritarian regime was still in power, and throughout the period of the dictatorship, it promoted a broad and intensive process of judicialization of the political repression. I believe these aspects will influence and interact in a notable way with the new coup d’état process that began in Brazil in …
Morning Session: Conference Report, Christian N. Okeke
Morning Session: Conference Report, Christian N. Okeke
Fulbright Symposium
Conference Report: Professor Dr. Christian Nwachukwu Okeke; “Reflections on International Law in an Era of Changes and Confusion.”