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Peace Without Justice, Or Justice Without Peace?, Clair Apodaca
Peace Without Justice, Or Justice Without Peace?, Clair Apodaca
Human Rights & Human Welfare
Peace without justice is an illusion. The use of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate and prosecute human rights violations not only provides restorative justice for those harmed by the wrongdoing but also retributive justice towards the perpetrators. Restorative justice seeks to help heal the wounds of the victims and community by acknowledging and witnessing the pain and suffering of the victim. Retributive justice seeks to punish the offenders. The hope is that retribution will deter or prevent future acts of violence by holding perpetrators accountable for the violations of human rights, genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity. …
December Roundtable: Introduction
December Roundtable: Introduction
Human Rights & Human Welfare
An annotation of:
“The Activist.” Harper's Magazine. November 2008.
Human Rights Or Inhuman Wrongs, Edward Friedman
Human Rights Or Inhuman Wrongs, Edward Friedman
Human Rights & Human Welfare
The project of promoting universally recognized human rights, that is, the commitments of the U.N. General Assembly-ratified Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), is in danger. Military and political intervention, including economic sanctions, to stop genocide and ethnic and other political mass murder is under attack. Apparently the lessons of Hitler’s holocaust, the Turkish genocide of Armenians, Pol Pot’s slaughter of innocents, and the loss of life in Rwanda are being rethought and un-taught. So-called peace is now preferred over prevention. The dead may have died in vain.
Global Ethics And The Role Of Academics, Christien Van Den Anker
Global Ethics And The Role Of Academics, Christien Van Den Anker
Human Rights & Human Welfare
Academics have a social and professional responsibility that stems from their individual duties as global citizens. With their privileged position as lifelong learners they need to assess carefully where they direct their attention for research, their teaching and their exchange of knowledge with the wider public. This means that academic freedom does not only bring a range of rights, it also involves duties to develop and advocate ethical positions on real-life dilemmas and to engage in self-reflection on being in the role of contributing to oppression.
Challenging The International Criminal Court Over Al-Bashir, Emma Gilligan
Challenging The International Criminal Court Over Al-Bashir, Emma Gilligan
Human Rights & Human Welfare
As of late November 2008, we are still awaiting the decision of the U.N. Security Council with regard to the request for the arrest of Sudanese President, Omar al-Bashir for war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide put forward by the International Criminal Court (ICC) in July. With former Presidents Charles Taylor of Liberia and Slobodan Milosevic of Serbia as the only two heads of state formally indicted by the ICC since its inception in 2002, the question remains whether the U.N. Security Council will allow this controversial indictment of al-Bashir by Chief Prosecutor, Luis Moreno-Ocampo or invoke Article 16 …
Alex De Waal's Shuttle Diplomacy, Sarah Stanlick
Alex De Waal's Shuttle Diplomacy, Sarah Stanlick
Human Rights & Human Welfare
This month’s discussion piece, “The Activist,” is a critical look at one of the most renowned scholars of the turmoil in Sudan. Alex de Waal, a man with an almost encyclopedic knowledge of the different factions, aspects, and issues surrounding the conflicts in Sudan, is profiled under a careful eye. De Waal, a competent critic—as McDonell notes who “takes pride in his competence, and he does not hesitate to criticize activists he deems inexpert”— has built a career on a meticulously researched understanding of the conflict. He honed that reputation through careful action, critical thinking, and a critical voice for …
The Clear And Present Internet: Terrorism, Cyberspace, And The First Amendment, Peter Margulies
The Clear And Present Internet: Terrorism, Cyberspace, And The First Amendment, Peter Margulies
Law Faculty Scholarship
No abstract provided.
International Decision: Munaf V. Geren, Harlan G. Cohen
International Decision: Munaf V. Geren, Harlan G. Cohen
Scholarly Works
This International Decision case comment, the final version of which will be published in Volume 102, No. 4, of the American Journal of International Law (forthcoming), examines the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Munaf v. Geren, a case arising out of U.S. operations in Iraq and allegations of potential torture in Iraqi custody. In that decision, a unanimous Supreme Court held that the federal courts have jurisdiction under the habeas corpus statute to hear claims brought by American citizens held overseas by American forces "operating subject to an American chain of command, even when those forces are acting as a …
Introductory Note To The Agreement Between The Republic Of Poland And The United States Of America Concerning The Deployment Of Ground-Based Ballistic Missile Defense Interceptors In The Territory Of The Republic Of Poland, David P. Fidler
Articles by Maurer Faculty
No abstract provided.
Who Counts? Refugees And The Politics Of Indifference, Sonia Cardenas
Who Counts? Refugees And The Politics Of Indifference, Sonia Cardenas
Human Rights & Human Welfare
The contemporary plight of refugees, asylum seekers, and other marginalized groups reveals the limits of international human rights norms. Numerous internationally recognized standards and laws exist for the humane treatment of people. Yet despite enormous progress, the reality is that some people are simply deemed to be less fully human than others. Nationalism and racism underlie popular indifference to today’s unwanted refugees. This is the unspoken truth that lies at the heart of the global refugee problem.
Reconstructing Sovereignty: From Control To Responsibility, Eric K. Leonard
Reconstructing Sovereignty: From Control To Responsibility, Eric K. Leonard
Human Rights & Human Welfare
As I stood with a standing-room only crowd last fall at a United Nations University of New York (UNU-ONY) event entitled, "Prevention of Mass Atrocities: From Mandate to Realization," I began to wonder how far the responsibility to protect (R2P) could be stretched. As defined by the UNU-ONY organizers, the purpose of the event was " to explore the work of mass atrocity prevention across the UN system, with a focus on the role of the new Office of the Special Representative for the Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities (SRPGMA)." As I currently look at the international community's response …
July Roundtable: Introduction
Human Rights & Human Welfare
An annotation of:
"Armed and Humanitarian" by Bruce Falconer. Mother Jones. May 19, 2008.
Mission Creep: De-Militarizing Humanitarian Protection, Sonia Cardenas
Mission Creep: De-Militarizing Humanitarian Protection, Sonia Cardenas
Human Rights & Human Welfare
Over a decade ago, the U.S. military was warning liberal internationalists about the dangers of "mission creep." Today it is doing the opposite, incorporating relief and development work into its operations. In the devastating aftermath of Cyclone Nargis in Burma , the U.S. military's newfound mission may seem compelling. Unfortunately, expanding the military's role into humanitarian work reflects a flawed logic that should be resisted. There are more promising ways to protect victims of humanitarian disaster.
When Steel And Guns Meets Bread And Butter, Daniel J. Graeber
When Steel And Guns Meets Bread And Butter, Daniel J. Graeber
Human Rights & Human Welfare
Speaking before the 191-member United Nations in 2005, then-British Prime Minister Tony Blair said that "For the first time . we are agreed that states do not have the right to do what they will within their own borders but that we in the name of humanity have a common duty to protect people where their own governments will not." This notion, that of responsible sovereignty , says that nation states forfeit the right to uninterrupted internal freedoms when they no longer uphold the responsibilities associated with sovereignty.
Reining In Rambo: Prosecuting Crimes Committed By American Military Contractors In Iraq, Christopher D. Belen
Reining In Rambo: Prosecuting Crimes Committed By American Military Contractors In Iraq, Christopher D. Belen
Penn State International Law Review
No abstract provided.
Searching And Researching Archives, Matilda Arvidsson
Searching And Researching Archives, Matilda Arvidsson
Dr Matilda Arvidsson
In this presentation I juxtapose two web pages, analyzed as archives: the Gertrude Bell archives (http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk/), and the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) of Iraq official web page (http://www.iraqcoalition.org/regulations/).
Following Jacques Derrida and Ann Laura Stoler, I argue that these archives should be researched not as sources of knowledge, but rather as the structuring and production of knowledge of law and colonial power. Researching law and colonial power in this way the similarities and dissimilarities in structuring the two archives as specifically online archives are analyzed in the presentation, pointing at the ways in which documents, texts, data is provided, presented …
Peace Through Law? The Failure Of A Noble Experiment, Robert J. Delahunty, John C. Yoo
Peace Through Law? The Failure Of A Noble Experiment, Robert J. Delahunty, John C. Yoo
Michigan Law Review
Ever since its publication in 1929, Erich Maria Remarque's All Quiet on the Western Front has been regarded as a landmark of antiwar literature. Appearing a decade after the end of the First World War, the novel became a literary sensation almost overnight. Within a year of publication, it had been translated into twenty languages, including Chinese, and by April 1930, sales for twelve of the twenty editions stood at 2.5 million. Remarque was reputed to have the largest readership in the world. Hollywood took note, and an equally successful film appeared in 1930. The success of the novel was …
Book Review Of A Jurisprudence Of Power: Victorian Empire And The Rule Of Law, Michael Ashley Stein
Book Review Of A Jurisprudence Of Power: Victorian Empire And The Rule Of Law, Michael Ashley Stein
Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Baghdad, Tokyo, Kabul….Constitution Making In Occupied States, Zachary Elkins, Tom Ginsburg, James Melton
Baghdad, Tokyo, Kabul….Constitution Making In Occupied States, Zachary Elkins, Tom Ginsburg, James Melton
William & Mary Law Review
No abstract provided.
What's In A Name? Reflections On Timing, Naming, And Constitution-Making, Vicki C. Jackson
What's In A Name? Reflections On Timing, Naming, And Constitution-Making, Vicki C. Jackson
William & Mary Law Review
No abstract provided.
Invoking The Rule Of Law In Post-Conflict Rebuilding: A Critical Examination, Balakrishnan Rajagopal
Invoking The Rule Of Law In Post-Conflict Rebuilding: A Critical Examination, Balakrishnan Rajagopal
William & Mary Law Review
No abstract provided.
Expanding Participation In Constitution Making: Challenges And Opportunities, Angela M. Banks
Expanding Participation In Constitution Making: Challenges And Opportunities, Angela M. Banks
William & Mary Law Review
No abstract provided.
Conciliatory Institutions And Constitutional Processes In Post-Conflict States, Donald L. Horowitz
Conciliatory Institutions And Constitutional Processes In Post-Conflict States, Donald L. Horowitz
William & Mary Law Review
No abstract provided.
Quintessential Elements Of Meaningful Constitutions In Post-Conflict States, William W. Van Alstyne
Quintessential Elements Of Meaningful Constitutions In Post-Conflict States, William W. Van Alstyne
William & Mary Law Review
No abstract provided.
Heather Heckel On Child Soldiers: From Violence To Protection By Michael Wessells. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2006. 284 Pp., Heather Heckel
Human Rights & Human Welfare
A review of:
Child Soldiers: From Violence to Protection by Michael Wessells. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2006. 284 pp.
Memory And Violence In Israel/Palestine, K. M. Fierke
Memory And Violence In Israel/Palestine, K. M. Fierke
Human Rights & Human Welfare
A review of:
Israeli and Palestinian Narratives of Conflict: History’s Double Helix, edited by Robert I. Rotberg. Indiana University Press, 2006.
and
Memory and Violence in the Middle East and North Africa, edited by Ussama Makdisi and Paul A. Silverstein. Indiana University Press, 2006.
Constituting Vanuatu: Societal, Legal And Local Perspectives, Jackson N. Maogoto, Benedict S
Constituting Vanuatu: Societal, Legal And Local Perspectives, Jackson N. Maogoto, Benedict S
Jackson Nyamuya Maogoto
Governance in Vanuatu has been a source of concern for Australia as it forms part of Australia’s ‘Arc of Instability.’ Vanuatu has adopted a modified Westminster system as the Westminster system and its constitution are often advocated as the model for constitutions and governance around the world. In various former colonies local populations were expected to simply absorb its liberal democratic principles apparently on some assumption that such principles were an innate part of human nature. Most readings of history would come to a different conclusion. Vanuatu illustrates this error and the complexities of a society that create not only …
From Star Wars To Space Wars—The Next Strategic Frontier: Paradigms To Anchor Space Security, Jackson N. Maogoto, Steven Freeland
From Star Wars To Space Wars—The Next Strategic Frontier: Paradigms To Anchor Space Security, Jackson N. Maogoto, Steven Freeland
Jackson Nyamuya Maogoto
Military blueprints by major space-faring powers now encapsulate concepts of ‘space support’ and ‘force enhancement’ which point to a central role of space assets in facilitating military operations while notions of ‘space control’ and ‘force application’ suggest the weaponization of space, and the putative view that space may in the near future be a theatre of military operations. As defence goals increasingly focus on space as the final frontier evident in development of national missile defence systems, anti-satellite weapons and other space-based systems, international peace and security faces a new challenge. Creators of the current legal regime for space failed …
The Private Military Company—Unravelling The Theoretical, Legal & Regulatory Mosaic, Jackson N. Maogoto, Benedict Sheehy
The Private Military Company—Unravelling The Theoretical, Legal & Regulatory Mosaic, Jackson N. Maogoto, Benedict Sheehy
Jackson Nyamuya Maogoto
As an undeclared arm of the state, the PMC is politically expedient having proved to be highly advantageous in certain circumstances when states wish to engage in surreptitious or unpopular violence, yet easy to condemn when states need to gather political capital. In other words, the PMC has become an integral actor in the system of governance at both national and international levels. Such corporations, at least at one level, represent the evolution, globalization, and corporatization of the age-old mercenary trade. The worry, of course, is that they operate without the public scrutiny appropriate for military actors. Indeed, the matter …
The Scope Of The Supremacy Clause Of The United Nations Charter, Rain Liivoja
The Scope Of The Supremacy Clause Of The United Nations Charter, Rain Liivoja
Rain Liivoja
Article 103 of the United Nations (UN) Charter stipulates that the obligations of UN Member States under the Charter prevail, in the event of a conflict, over their obligations under any other international agreement. While this important provision is often mentioned, its precise meaning remains something of a mystery. The present article tries to shed some light on the scope of this ‘supremacy clause’ by discussing, first, its operation with respect to treaties, and then by looking at its relevance to various other contractual arrangements and to customary international law.