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Conflicts Diamonds: U.S. Responsibility And Response, Edward R. Fluet Nov 2005

Conflicts Diamonds: U.S. Responsibility And Response, Edward R. Fluet

San Diego International Law Journal

This Article will examine U.S. and international efforts to combat the trade in conflict diamonds. Specifically, this article will detail their failures and examine the need for U.S. backed legislation to prevent the conflict diamond trade more effectively. This article proceeds as follows: Part I will examine the effect of the conflict diamond trade on those caught in the grip of civil war and terrorism. Part II will analyze international efforts to curtail conflict diamonds trade, specifically examining international support of the Kimberley Process. Part III and IV will examine the United States'efforts to regulate conflict diamonds and the inherent …


Countering Terrorism: From Wigged Judges To Helmeted Soldiers - Legal Perspectives On America's Counter-Terrorism Responses, Jackson Nyamuya Maogoto May 2005

Countering Terrorism: From Wigged Judges To Helmeted Soldiers - Legal Perspectives On America's Counter-Terrorism Responses, Jackson Nyamuya Maogoto

San Diego International Law Journal

This Article aims to evaluate the international legal perspectives attendant to U.S. counter-terrorism measures and policy and the attendant strictures an implications. Part II commences by grappling with the uneasy relationship that legal and political complexities have foisted on the UN's ability to address terrorism and the difficult issue of the definition of terrorism. Within the context of this part, the Article also addresses the two dominant counter-terrorism paradigms-law enforcement and conflict management. Part III oves on to evaluate the law enforcement paradigm which treats terrorism as a crime engaging domestic law enforcement. This part offers a discussion of the …


Hybrid Criminal Tribunals And The Concept Of Ownership: Who Owns The Process? , Phillip Rapoza Jan 2005

Hybrid Criminal Tribunals And The Concept Of Ownership: Who Owns The Process? , Phillip Rapoza

American University International Law Review

No abstract provided.


Terrorists, Warlords, And Thugs , David M. Crane Jan 2005

Terrorists, Warlords, And Thugs , David M. Crane

American University International Law Review

No abstract provided.


United Nations Update, Nicholas Leddy Jan 2005

United Nations Update, Nicholas Leddy

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.


The Millennium Development Goals And Hiv/Aids, J.C. Sylvan Jan 2005

The Millennium Development Goals And Hiv/Aids, J.C. Sylvan

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


New Challenges In An Era Of Global Water Scarcity , David Hunter Jan 2005

New Challenges In An Era Of Global Water Scarcity , David Hunter

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


Re-Establishing The Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate's Reservation Boundaries: Building A Legal Rationale From Current International Law, Angelique A. Eaglewoman Jan 2005

Re-Establishing The Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate's Reservation Boundaries: Building A Legal Rationale From Current International Law, Angelique A. Eaglewoman

American Indian Law Review

No abstract provided.


Neotrusteeship In Bosnia, Lauren Ingram Jan 2005

Neotrusteeship In Bosnia, Lauren Ingram

Human Rights & Human Welfare

The conflict in Bosnia resulted in 4.3 million displaced people, 250,000 estimated casualties, and more than 200,000 wounded including 50,000 children. (Cousens and Carter 25). In 1995, these facts became known to the world when the U.N. Protection Force (UNPROFOR), NATO, and the United States were able to reach a peace agreement with warring factions. As in World War II, Bosnian-Serbians, Bosnian-Croatians, Croatians, Muslim were active combatants. However, unlike World War II, no single governing authority emerged. Instead, the U.N., with key U.S. involvement, had to institute not only peace but also an administration that could uphold that peace. The …


United Nations Update, Nicole Trudeau, Christian De Vos Jan 2005

United Nations Update, Nicole Trudeau, Christian De Vos

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.


United Nations Update, Nicole Trudeau Jan 2005

United Nations Update, Nicole Trudeau

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.