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Mugged Twice?: Payment Of Ransom On The High Seas, Lawrence Rutkowski, Bruce G. Paulsen, Jonathan D. Stoian Dec 2010

Mugged Twice?: Payment Of Ransom On The High Seas, Lawrence Rutkowski, Bruce G. Paulsen, Jonathan D. Stoian

American University Law Review

No abstract provided.


No Shortcuts On Human Rights: Bail And The International Criminal Trial, Caroline L. Davidson Jan 2010

No Shortcuts On Human Rights: Bail And The International Criminal Trial, Caroline L. Davidson

American University Law Review

No abstract provided.


Are Hate Speech Provisions Anti-Democratic?: An International Perspective , Robin Edger Jan 2010

Are Hate Speech Provisions Anti-Democratic?: An International Perspective , Robin Edger

American University International Law Review

No abstract provided.


Significance Of The Fujimori Trial, Juan E. Méndez Jan 2010

Significance Of The Fujimori Trial, Juan E. Méndez

American University International Law Review

No abstract provided.


Statement By The Chairperson Of The Committee Against Torture To The 64th Session Of The General Assembly, Claudio Grossman Jan 2010

Statement By The Chairperson Of The Committee Against Torture To The 64th Session Of The General Assembly, Claudio Grossman

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.


Interview: José De Jesús Orozco-Henríquez, Commissioner At The Inter-American Commission On Human Rights, Human Rights Brief Jan 2010

Interview: José De Jesús Orozco-Henríquez, Commissioner At The Inter-American Commission On Human Rights, Human Rights Brief

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.


Conference: She Can Do No Wrong: Recent Failures In America's Immigration Courts To Provide Women Asylum From Honor Crimes Abroad, Shira T. Shapiro Jan 2010

Conference: She Can Do No Wrong: Recent Failures In America's Immigration Courts To Provide Women Asylum From Honor Crimes Abroad, Shira T. Shapiro

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.


Prospective Parents And The Children's Rights Convention, Carter Dillard Jan 2010

Prospective Parents And The Children's Rights Convention, Carter Dillard

American University International Law Review

This Article addresses the novel question of whether states parties can successfully implement the Children’s Rights Convention by placing legal obligations on prospective parents, thereby influencing not just a child’s environment, but also the procreation of that child. First, the Article takes a unique version of the child-centered perspective, one that recognizes that as we move back in time in the direction of and even before a child’s birth, our obligations to the child grow because our actions become ever more influential. The perspective also takes into account current moral theories of parental obligation to prospective children. The Article then …


Multilateral Development Banks And The Human Right Responsibility , Leonardo A. Crippa Jan 2010

Multilateral Development Banks And The Human Right Responsibility , Leonardo A. Crippa

American University International Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Judgment Against Fujimori For Human Rights Violations, Aimee Sullivan Jan 2010

The Judgment Against Fujimori For Human Rights Violations, Aimee Sullivan

American University International Law Review

No abstract provided.


Implicaciones Jurídicas Del Desarrollo Del Derecho De Acceso A La Información Pública En El Marco Del Derecho A La Libertad De Expresión Y Los Derechos Humanos , Gracielo Romero Silvera Jan 2010

Implicaciones Jurídicas Del Desarrollo Del Derecho De Acceso A La Información Pública En El Marco Del Derecho A La Libertad De Expresión Y Los Derechos Humanos , Gracielo Romero Silvera

American University International Law Review

No abstract provided.


Freedom Of Expression And The Right To Reputation: Human Rights In Conflict, Stijn Smet Jan 2010

Freedom Of Expression And The Right To Reputation: Human Rights In Conflict, Stijn Smet

American University International Law Review

No abstract provided.


Inter-American System, Claudia Martin Jan 2010

Inter-American System, Claudia Martin

Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals

No abstract provided.


Introductory Note To The Supreme Court Of The United States: Noriega V. Pastrana, Kenneth Anderson Jan 2010

Introductory Note To The Supreme Court Of The United States: Noriega V. Pastrana, Kenneth Anderson

Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals

No abstract provided.


Climate Change And The Regional Human Rights Systems, Megan Chapman Jan 2010

Climate Change And The Regional Human Rights Systems, Megan Chapman

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


Prevention And Complementarity In The International Criminal Court: A Positive Approach, Katharine A. Marshall Jan 2010

Prevention And Complementarity In The International Criminal Court: A Positive Approach, Katharine A. Marshall

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.


International Legal Updates , Evan Wilson, Tracey Begley, Caitlin Shay, Shubra Ohri, Annamaria Racota, Bhavani Raveendran, Ri Yoo, Aileen Thomson Jan 2010

International Legal Updates , Evan Wilson, Tracey Begley, Caitlin Shay, Shubra Ohri, Annamaria Racota, Bhavani Raveendran, Ri Yoo, Aileen Thomson

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.


The Need For Debt Relief: How Debt Servicing Leads To Violations Of State Obligations Under The Icescr, Noel G. Villaroman Jan 2010

The Need For Debt Relief: How Debt Servicing Leads To Violations Of State Obligations Under The Icescr, Noel G. Villaroman

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.


The Right To Life Is The Right To Food: People’S Union For Civil Liberties V. Union Of India & Others, Lauren Birchfield, Jessica Corsi Jan 2010

The Right To Life Is The Right To Food: People’S Union For Civil Liberties V. Union Of India & Others, Lauren Birchfield, Jessica Corsi

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.


The Right To Education: A Multi-Faceted Strategy For Litigating Before The Inter-American Commission On Human Rights, Marselha Gonçalves Margerin Jan 2010

The Right To Education: A Multi-Faceted Strategy For Litigating Before The Inter-American Commission On Human Rights, Marselha Gonçalves Margerin

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.


When Is The Past Not The Past? Reflections On Customary Law Under South Africa’S Constitutional Dispensation, Sanele Sibanda Jan 2010

When Is The Past Not The Past? Reflections On Customary Law Under South Africa’S Constitutional Dispensation, Sanele Sibanda

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.


Creating The Human Rights Bar In Israel: 25 Years Of The U.S.-Israel Civil Liberties Law Fellowship, Maria Lokshin, Gidon Bromberg, Hassan Jabareen, Banna Shugri Badarne, Karine Elharrar Jan 2010

Creating The Human Rights Bar In Israel: 25 Years Of The U.S.-Israel Civil Liberties Law Fellowship, Maria Lokshin, Gidon Bromberg, Hassan Jabareen, Banna Shugri Badarne, Karine Elharrar

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.


International Legal Updates, Evan Wilson, Tracey Begley, Caitlin Shay, Shubra Ohri, Annamaria Racota, Bhavani Raveendran, Ri Yoo, Aileen Thomson Jan 2010

International Legal Updates, Evan Wilson, Tracey Begley, Caitlin Shay, Shubra Ohri, Annamaria Racota, Bhavani Raveendran, Ri Yoo, Aileen Thomson

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.


Updates From The International And Internationalized Criminal Courts, Anna Maitland, Shahroo Yazdani, Cyrena Khoury, Paul Rinefierd, Chris Valvardi, John Coleman Jan 2010

Updates From The International And Internationalized Criminal Courts, Anna Maitland, Shahroo Yazdani, Cyrena Khoury, Paul Rinefierd, Chris Valvardi, John Coleman

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.


Updates From The Regional Human Rights Systems , Andrew W. Maki, Whitney Hayes, Daniela X. Cornejo, Michèle Morel, Charles Abbott, Santiago Vázquez Jan 2010

Updates From The Regional Human Rights Systems , Andrew W. Maki, Whitney Hayes, Daniela X. Cornejo, Michèle Morel, Charles Abbott, Santiago Vázquez

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.


United Nations And Ngo Updates, Zach Zarnow, Doug Keillor Jan 2010

United Nations And Ngo Updates, Zach Zarnow, Doug Keillor

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.


Panel Iii: Interpretation And Implementation Of The Convention Against Torture Article 22 (Petitions), Luis Gallegos, Barbara Jackman, Francisco Quintana, Julia Hall, Ann Jordan Jan 2010

Panel Iii: Interpretation And Implementation Of The Convention Against Torture Article 22 (Petitions), Luis Gallegos, Barbara Jackman, Francisco Quintana, Julia Hall, Ann Jordan

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.


Ten Years After The Palermo Protocol: Where Are Protections For Human Trafficking?, Kelly Hyland Heinrich Jan 2010

Ten Years After The Palermo Protocol: Where Are Protections For Human Trafficking?, Kelly Hyland Heinrich

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.


Seeking Justice In Lago Agrio And Beyond: An Argument For Joint Responsibility Of Host States And Foreign Investors Before The Regional Human Rights Systems, Megan S. Chapman Jan 2010

Seeking Justice In Lago Agrio And Beyond: An Argument For Joint Responsibility Of Host States And Foreign Investors Before The Regional Human Rights Systems, Megan S. Chapman

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.


Special Coverage Of The 140th Period Of Sessions Of The Inter-American Commission On Human Rights, Sarah Mazzochi, Jess Portmess, Alexandra Haney Jan 2010

Special Coverage Of The 140th Period Of Sessions Of The Inter-American Commission On Human Rights, Sarah Mazzochi, Jess Portmess, Alexandra Haney

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.