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Full-Text Articles in Human Rights Law
Finding Safe Harbor: Protection, Prosecution, And State Strategies To Address Prostituted Minors, Darren Geist
Finding Safe Harbor: Protection, Prosecution, And State Strategies To Address Prostituted Minors, Darren Geist
Legislation and Policy Brief
The common policy of treating sexually exploited minors as criminals represents a fundamental failing of the justice system. Prostituted minors should not be treated as delinquents requiring discipline but rather as severely traumatized and abused victims requiring specialized services and counseling. Yet, in most states, prostituted minors are re-traumatized through arrest, prosecution, and detention instead of receiving specialized services. Besides being unjust, this policy is counter-productive. Arresting, prosecuting, and detaining minors hinders law enforcement efforts to go after the real criminals – the pimps and the johns, and misses an important opportunity to rescue minors from a system of commercial …
Saving Their Own Souls: How Rluipa Failed To Deliver On Its Promises, Sarah Gerwig-Moore
Saving Their Own Souls: How Rluipa Failed To Deliver On Its Promises, Sarah Gerwig-Moore
Legislation and Policy Brief
In the summer of 2001, as a graduate student in law and theology, I began work on a master’s thesis that examined the predicament of men of faith on San Quentin’s Condemned Row. I was working in the California Appellate Project—mostly assisting with direct appeals and state habeas petitions on behalf of men under a death sentence—when a colleague guided me into theological conversations with some of our clients. On Condemned Row, they waited—up to five years to be assigned a court-appointed appellate attorney, on judges’ rulings, and to find whether the legal system would ultimately exact the penalty it …
Climate Change, Intellectual Property, And The Scope Of Human Rights Obligations, Kavita Kapur
Climate Change, Intellectual Property, And The Scope Of Human Rights Obligations, Kavita Kapur
Sustainable Development Law & Policy
No abstract provided.
Implementing Legal Capacity Under Article 12 Of The Un Convention On The Rights Of Persons With Disabilities: The Difficult Road From Guardianship To Supported Decision-Making, Robert D. Dinerstein
Implementing Legal Capacity Under Article 12 Of The Un Convention On The Rights Of Persons With Disabilities: The Difficult Road From Guardianship To Supported Decision-Making, Robert D. Dinerstein
Human Rights Brief
No abstract provided.
When Treatment Is Torture: Protecting People With Disabilities Detained In Institutions, Eric Rosenthal, Laurie Ahern
When Treatment Is Torture: Protecting People With Disabilities Detained In Institutions, Eric Rosenthal, Laurie Ahern
Human Rights Brief
No abstract provided.
Coverage Of The 146th Period Of Sessions Of The Inter-American Commission On Human Rights, Christina M. Fetterhoff, Michelle Flash, Matthew Lopas, Anna Naimark, Marie Soueid
Coverage Of The 146th Period Of Sessions Of The Inter-American Commission On Human Rights, Christina M. Fetterhoff, Michelle Flash, Matthew Lopas, Anna Naimark, Marie Soueid
Human Rights Brief
No abstract provided.
Panel Explores The Future Of Human Rights Lawyering Following The Supreme Court Hearing In Kiobel V. Royal Dutch Petroleum, Michelle Flash, Anna Naimark
Panel Explores The Future Of Human Rights Lawyering Following The Supreme Court Hearing In Kiobel V. Royal Dutch Petroleum, Michelle Flash, Anna Naimark
Human Rights Brief
No abstract provided.
Improving Human Rights In Mexico: Constitutional Reforms, International Standards, And New Requirements For Judges, Víctor Manuel Collí Ek
Improving Human Rights In Mexico: Constitutional Reforms, International Standards, And New Requirements For Judges, Víctor Manuel Collí Ek
Human Rights Brief
No abstract provided.
Center News/Faculty And Staff Updates, Human Rights Brief
Center News/Faculty And Staff Updates, Human Rights Brief
Human Rights Brief
No abstract provided.
Updates From The International And Internationalized Criminal Courts, Claire Grandison, Benjamin Watson, Erin Neff, Sara Harlow, Michelle Flash
Updates From The International And Internationalized Criminal Courts, Claire Grandison, Benjamin Watson, Erin Neff, Sara Harlow, Michelle Flash
Human Rights Brief
No abstract provided.
Transferring Wartime Detainees And Astate’S Responsibility To Prevent Torture, Jonathan Horowitz
Transferring Wartime Detainees And Astate’S Responsibility To Prevent Torture, Jonathan Horowitz
American University National Security Law Brief
No abstract provided.
Academy On Human Rights And Humanitarian Law Articles And Essays Analyzing The Rights Of Children And International Human Rights Law: Introduction, Claudia Martin, Diego Rodriguez-Pinzon
Academy On Human Rights And Humanitarian Law Articles And Essays Analyzing The Rights Of Children And International Human Rights Law: Introduction, Claudia Martin, Diego Rodriguez-Pinzon
American University International Law Review
No abstract provided.
Interpretacion Del Articulo 19 De La Convencion Americana Sobre Derechos Humanos En La Jurisprudencia Contenciosa De La Corte Interamericana De Derechos Humanos: Fueron Superados Los Estandares Establecidos En La Opinion Consultiva N17?, Constanza Argentieri
American University International Law Review
No abstract provided.
Consideraciones Juridicas Sobre Los Derechos De Los Ninos Migrantes, Maria Cristina Rodriguez De Taborda
Consideraciones Juridicas Sobre Los Derechos De Los Ninos Migrantes, Maria Cristina Rodriguez De Taborda
American University International Law Review
No abstract provided.
Thirteenth Annual Grotius Lecture Series: The Global Status Of Human Rights, Amartya Sen
Thirteenth Annual Grotius Lecture Series: The Global Status Of Human Rights, Amartya Sen
American University International Law Review
No abstract provided.
Barricading The Information Superhighway To Stop The Flow Of Traffic: Why International Regulation Of The Internet Is Necessary To Prevent Sex Trafficking, Kendall Vitale
American University International Law Review
No abstract provided.
Fast Track To Collapse: How Zimbabwe's Fast-Track Land Reform Program Violates International Human Rights Protections To Property, Due Process, And Compensation, Caitlin Shay
American University International Law Review
No abstract provided.
Academy On Human Rights And Humanitarian Law Articles And Essays Analyzing The Rights Of Children And International Human Rights Law: Prologue, Claudio Grossman
Academy On Human Rights And Humanitarian Law Articles And Essays Analyzing The Rights Of Children And International Human Rights Law: Prologue, Claudio Grossman
American University International Law Review
No abstract provided.
Implementing The Children's Rights Agenda In Kenya: Taking Stock Of The Progress, Hurdles And Prospects, James Forole Jarso
Implementing The Children's Rights Agenda In Kenya: Taking Stock Of The Progress, Hurdles And Prospects, James Forole Jarso
American University International Law Review
No abstract provided.
Thirteenth Annual Grotius Lecture Response: Amartya Sen’S Vision For Human Rights – And Why He Needs The Law, Kim Lane Scheppele
Thirteenth Annual Grotius Lecture Response: Amartya Sen’S Vision For Human Rights – And Why He Needs The Law, Kim Lane Scheppele
American University International Law Review
No abstract provided.
Incidencia De La Convención Sobre Los Derechos Del Niño En La Precisión Del Lus Cogens Internacional, María Del Rosario Carmona Luque
Incidencia De La Convención Sobre Los Derechos Del Niño En La Precisión Del Lus Cogens Internacional, María Del Rosario Carmona Luque
American University International Law Review
No abstract provided.
The Spectrum For Child Justice In The International Human Rights Framework: From Reclaiming The Delinquent Child To Restorative Justice, Violet Odala
American University International Law Review
No abstract provided.
The Extraterritorial Obligation To Prevent The Use Of Child Soldiers, Tracey B. C. Begley
The Extraterritorial Obligation To Prevent The Use Of Child Soldiers, Tracey B. C. Begley
American University International Law Review
No abstract provided.
Stanev V. Bulgaria: On The Pathway To Freedom, Oliver Lewis
Stanev V. Bulgaria: On The Pathway To Freedom, Oliver Lewis
Human Rights Brief
No abstract provided.
The Convention On The Rights Of Persons With Disabilities In The Post-Lisbon European Union, Jennifer W. Reiss
The Convention On The Rights Of Persons With Disabilities In The Post-Lisbon European Union, Jennifer W. Reiss
Human Rights Brief
No abstract provided.
The Conflict Surrounding Universal Access To Hiv/Aids Medical Treatment In South Africa, Kaila C. Randolph
The Conflict Surrounding Universal Access To Hiv/Aids Medical Treatment In South Africa, Kaila C. Randolph
Human Rights Brief
No abstract provided.
Interview With Oliver Lewis, Executive Director Of The Mental Disability Advocacy Center, Human Rights Brief
Interview With Oliver Lewis, Executive Director Of The Mental Disability Advocacy Center, Human Rights Brief
Human Rights Brief
No abstract provided.
Un Committee Against Torture Chairperson Claudio Grossman's Statement To The Un General Assembly, Claudio Grossman
Un Committee Against Torture Chairperson Claudio Grossman's Statement To The Un General Assembly, Claudio Grossman
Human Rights Brief
No abstract provided.
International Legal Updates, Anna Naimark, Christina Fetterhoff, Kyle Bates, Saralyn Salisbury, Rachael Curtis, Thais-Lyn Trayer
International Legal Updates, Anna Naimark, Christina Fetterhoff, Kyle Bates, Saralyn Salisbury, Rachael Curtis, Thais-Lyn Trayer
Human Rights Brief
No abstract provided.
Updates From The International And Internationalized Criminal Courts, Claire Grandison, Sofia Vivero, Andra Nicolescu, Danielle Dean, Benjamin Watson
Updates From The International And Internationalized Criminal Courts, Claire Grandison, Sofia Vivero, Andra Nicolescu, Danielle Dean, Benjamin Watson
Human Rights Brief
No abstract provided.