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Climate Change And The Specter Of Statelessness, Mark P. Nevitt
Climate Change And The Specter Of Statelessness, Mark P. Nevitt
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What happens when climate change extinguishes entire nations? Neither international nor environmental law has provided a satisfactory answer to this weighty question. Climate change-induced flooding, storm surge, and sea level rise threaten the territorial integrity and habitability of several small island developing states, raising the specter of statelessness. We know that climate catastrophe is coming, but we have failed to take the necessary steps to safeguard several developing nations. This Article argues that innovative legal and policy solutions are needed today to prevent nation extinction tomorrow. I focus on two potential international governance solutions: the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate …
Is Climate Change A Threat To International Peace And Security?, Mark P. Nevitt
Is Climate Change A Threat To International Peace And Security?, Mark P. Nevitt
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This article argues that climate change’s destabilizing impacts require us to look at existing international governance tools at our disposal with fresh eyes. As such, Council climate action cannot and should not be dismissed out-of-hand. As conflicts rise, migration explodes, and nations are extinguished, how long can the Council remain on the climate sidelines? Hence, my call for a re-conceptualized “Council 3.0” to meet the climate security challenges this century.
This article proceeds as follows. In Part II, I describe and analyze the current state of climate science and the climate-security threats facing the world. This includes an analysis of …
Examining The Practice Of Developing Human Rights Indicators To Facilitate Accountability For The Human Right To Water And Sanitation, Benjamin Mason Meier, Jocelyn Getgen Kestenbaum, Georgia Lyn Kayser, Urooj Quezon Amjad, Jamie Bartram
Examining The Practice Of Developing Human Rights Indicators To Facilitate Accountability For The Human Right To Water And Sanitation, Benjamin Mason Meier, Jocelyn Getgen Kestenbaum, Georgia Lyn Kayser, Urooj Quezon Amjad, Jamie Bartram
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Flowing from the evolution of international legal obligations for water and sanitation, human rights practice has shifted to address state accountability for a human right to water and sanitation through the development of human rights indicators. This policy note focuses on efforts to develop indicators for state reporting to human rights treaty bodies, with human rights norms framing national reports and treaty bodies employing indicators to monitor the progressive realization of the human right to water and sanitation. In supporting evidence-based treaty monitoring through the United Nations (UN), both the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and the UN Special …
The End Of The Beginning - A Comprehensive Look At The U.N.'S Business And Human Rights Agenda From A Bystander Perspective, Jena Martin
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With the endorsement of the Guiding Principles regarding the issue of business and human rights, an important chapter has come to a close. Beginning with the then U.N. Secretary-General's "global compact" speech in 1999, the international legal framework for business and human rights has undergone tremendous change and progress. Yet, for all these developments, there has been no exhaustive examination in the legal academy of all of these events; certainly, there is no one piece that discusses or analyzes all the major instruments that have been proposed and endorsed by the U.N. on the subject of business and its relationship …
Satellite Transponders And Free Expression, Monroe Price
Satellite Transponders And Free Expression, Monroe Price
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The Evolution Of The United Nations Position On Terrorism: From Exempting National Liberation Movements To Criminalizing Terrorism Wherever And By Whomever Committed, Malvina Halberstam
The Evolution Of The United Nations Position On Terrorism: From Exempting National Liberation Movements To Criminalizing Terrorism Wherever And By Whomever Committed, Malvina Halberstam
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Into The Star Chamber: Does The United States Engage In The Use Of Torture Or Similar Illegal Practices In The War On Terror, Jeffrey F. Addicott
Into The Star Chamber: Does The United States Engage In The Use Of Torture Or Similar Illegal Practices In The War On Terror, Jeffrey F. Addicott
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Because of the dangers presented by al-Qaeda style terrorism, the United States has crafted a variety of robust anti-terrorism responses. One of the more controversial of these is the indefinite detention of suspected enemy combatants, and the associated question as to whether the United States can and does employ torture.
Many prominent voices, such as Professor Alan Dershowitz, have advocated a judicial exception allowing torture as an interrogation tool in special instances, but the United States has struggled to find an appropriate balance between civil liberties and security concerns. To succeed in the War on Terror, the U.S. cannot allow …
The Myth That Israel's Presence In Judea And Samaria Is Comparable To Iraq's Presence In Kuwait, Malvina Halberstam
The Myth That Israel's Presence In Judea And Samaria Is Comparable To Iraq's Presence In Kuwait, Malvina Halberstam
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The United States Of America, Champion Of The Rule Of Law Or The New World Order?, Jeffrey F. Addicott
The United States Of America, Champion Of The Rule Of Law Or The New World Order?, Jeffrey F. Addicott
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The New World Order was to herald in a new era in international affairs. It was to be an era of collective security sponsored and reinforced by the United Nations. In reality, however, the natural desire to enlarge the New World Order has quickly met with failure.
As the failures of the New World Order mount, the phrase loses its power. No peace movement has ever been premised on maintaining a strong and viable military, and no proponent of the New World Order can ever hope to be immune from the wishful thinking of those who demand the dismantling of …
The Status Of The Diplomatic Bag: A Proposed United States Position, Jeffrey F. Addicott
The Status Of The Diplomatic Bag: A Proposed United States Position, Jeffrey F. Addicott
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The protections afforded diplomats, diplomatic missions, and diplomatic bags have been misused to sponsor or commit various criminal acts. This strikes at the heart of traditional concepts of international diplomatic relations. Use of the diplomatic bag to import and export prohibited or illegal items is particularly concerning, and the most disconcerting abuses are those that use the diplomatic bag to facilitate acts of terrorism.
All malum in se acts that abuse this diplomatic shield are objectionable. As such, it is necessary to examine the current legal status of the diplomatic bag and recent international efforts to re-examine that status. Conflicts …
Use Of Force Against Terrorist Bases: Introduction, Malvina Halberstam
Use Of Force Against Terrorist Bases: Introduction, Malvina Halberstam
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Terrorism, Malvina Halberstam
Recognition, Use Of Force, And The Legal Effect Of United Nations Resolutions Under The Revised Restatement Of The Foreign Relations Law Of The United States, Malvina Halberstam
Recognition, Use Of Force, And The Legal Effect Of United Nations Resolutions Under The Revised Restatement Of The Foreign Relations Law Of The United States, Malvina Halberstam
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