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Voiceless Victims: Sex Slavery And Trafficking Of African Women In Western Europe, Melanie R. Wallace
Voiceless Victims: Sex Slavery And Trafficking Of African Women In Western Europe, Melanie R. Wallace
Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law
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Is The United Nations Endorsing Human Rights Violations?: An Analysis Of The United Nations' Combating Defamation Of Religions Resolutions And Pakistan's Blasphemy Laws, Rebecca J. Dobras
Is The United Nations Endorsing Human Rights Violations?: An Analysis Of The United Nations' Combating Defamation Of Religions Resolutions And Pakistan's Blasphemy Laws, Rebecca J. Dobras
Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law
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A Comparative Study Of Social And Economic Rights Of Asylum Seekers And Refugees In The United States And The United Kingdom, Bobana Ugarkovic
A Comparative Study Of Social And Economic Rights Of Asylum Seekers And Refugees In The United States And The United Kingdom, Bobana Ugarkovic
Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law
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Restrictions On Humanitarian Aid In Darfur: The Role Of The International Criminal Court, Mominah Usmani
Restrictions On Humanitarian Aid In Darfur: The Role Of The International Criminal Court, Mominah Usmani
Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law
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Official, National, Common Or Unifying: Do Words Giving Legal Status To Language Diminish Linguistic Human Rights?, Paul C. Hale
Official, National, Common Or Unifying: Do Words Giving Legal Status To Language Diminish Linguistic Human Rights?, Paul C. Hale
Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law
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Going Overboard: The Criminalization Of Seafarers In Violation Of Their Human Rights, Regional And Domestic Law's Conflict With Unclos And Marpol, And The Need For Reform, Megan K. Reid
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Following an oil spill, swift and aggressive measures are often taken to ensure that the public demand for justice is fulfilled. Unfortunately, seafarers are often placed in the post-incident spotlight, regardless of whether the incident involved operational error. During the 2002 Prestige accident, an oil spill formed off the coast of Spain in the middle of a raging storm. Spanish authorities denied the ship access to a calm harbor, which would have allowed the captain and crew to mitigate the environmental harm.
Part I of this article will review the Prestige oil spill, where criminal liability was imposed on the …