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The Uphill Battle To Hold Us Corporations Accountable For Abuses Abroad, Lauren Carasik
The Uphill Battle To Hold Us Corporations Accountable For Abuses Abroad, Lauren Carasik
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Obama Continues Bush’S Policies In Venezuela, Lauren Carasik
Obama Continues Bush’S Policies In Venezuela, Lauren Carasik
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The Us Should Respect Venezuela’S Democracy, Lauren Carasik
The Us Should Respect Venezuela’S Democracy, Lauren Carasik
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The United States’ Position On The Extraterritorial Application Of Human Rights Obligations: Now Is The Time For Change, Beth Van Schaack
The United States’ Position On The Extraterritorial Application Of Human Rights Obligations: Now Is The Time For Change, Beth Van Schaack
International Law Studies
This article contends that in the upcoming Human Rights Committee proceedings, the U.S. should abandon the categorical argument that its human rights obligations do not apply extraterritorially in favor of a more nuanced approach that reflects the majority position reached by the range of human rights treaty bodies and courts as well as the legal framework applicable to our coalition partners and other allies. The U.S. failure to acknowledge limited, well-established, and principled exceptions to a strictly territorial application of its human rights obligations ultimately undermines the legitimacy of other, more efficacious, arguments at its disposal—such as its position on …