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2013

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Addressing Early Marriage: Culturally Competent Practices And Romanian Roma (“Gypsy”) Communities, Judith Hale Reed Aug 2013

Addressing Early Marriage: Culturally Competent Practices And Romanian Roma (“Gypsy”) Communities, Judith Hale Reed

Judith A Hale Reed

Early marriage affects many communities around the world. Examples of commonly practiced early marriage can be found today in the U.S., India, Syria, and many other places. Although most countries have instituted minimum age laws for marriage, so that legal marriage can only occur after an age set by law, early marriage is still practiced for tradition, control, security, and other reasons. This article explores the harms of early marriage and the international instruments meant to defend against these harms in Part II. Part III reviews theoretical perspectives from legal anthropology and presents a case study of early marriage in …

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Perspectives On Crimes Of Sexual Violence In International Law.Pdf, Susana L. Sacouto Dec 2012

Perspectives On Crimes Of Sexual Violence In International Law.Pdf, Susana L. Sacouto

Susana L. SáCouto

INTRODUCTION: Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) during conflict and periods of repression has been a problem in every region of the globe.' Historically, these crimes were rarely prosecuted, particularly when government leaders were responsible for tolerating, encouraging, or orchestrating these crimes. However, the last two decades have seen an incredible transformation in the treatment of SGBV under international law. Great strides have been made in the investigation and prosecution of sexual and gender-based crimes, particular by the ad hoc International Criminal Tribunals for the Former Yugoslavia and Rwanda, and the Special Court for Sierra Leone This essay examines the way …

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Los Derechos Reproductivos En La Jurisprudencia De La Corte Interamericana De Derechos Humanos: Apuntes Sobre La Sentencia En El Caso Artavia Murillo Y Otros Contra Costa Rica., Beatriz Ramirez Dec 2012

Los Derechos Reproductivos En La Jurisprudencia De La Corte Interamericana De Derechos Humanos: Apuntes Sobre La Sentencia En El Caso Artavia Murillo Y Otros Contra Costa Rica., Beatriz Ramirez

Beatriz Ramirez

El artículo presenta los principales argumentos de la reciente sentencia de la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos sobre la prohibición de la fecundación in vitro en Costa Rica, sentencia que marca la irrupción explícita de los derechos reproductivos en la jurisprudencia interamericana.

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