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A Human Rights-Based Approach To The Global Regulation Of Humanitarian Relief: The Emerging Obligation To Incorporate Local Participation, Tom Kabau, Shahla Ali

Brooklyn Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.

Road To Nowhere: Hong Kong's Democratization And China's Obligations Under Public International Law, Alvin Y.H. Cheung

Brooklyn Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.

A Better Death In Britain?, Barbara A. Noah

Brooklyn Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.

From Commitment To Compliance: Enforceability Of Remedial Orders Of African Human Rights Bodies, Roger-Claude Liwanga

Brooklyn Journal of International Law

Over the last seven decades, there has been a global proliferation of international and regional human rights tribunals. But with no coercive power to enforce their judgments, these international tribunals rely either on the good faith of the State parties or on the political process for the implementation of their remedial orders. This nonjudicial approach to enforcement has showed its limits, as most State parties are noncompliant with international judgments to the detriment of human rights victims. This article recommends a new approach involving the judicialization of the post-adjudicative stage of international proceedings as an avenue to increase the enforceability …

Castaway: Navigating Uncharted Waters, Burton W. King

Brooklyn Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.

Liberte, Egalite, Fraternite: The United Nations Declaration Of The Rights Of Indigenous Peoples Fails To Protect Hopi Katsinam From The Auction Block In France, Samantha K. Nikic

Brooklyn Journal of International Law

The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) compels member states to take action in order to protect the rights of the world’s 370 million indigenous peoples, including the right to their cultural property. Notwithstanding the UNDRIP’s robust set of protections, its status as a nonbinding piece of international law remains its ultimate and most fatal flaw. France was an enthusiastic supporter of the UNDRIP at ratification, but has effectively abandoned their position. French auction houses and courts have allowed for sales of Native American sacred property to proceed despite the objections of the Hopi Tribe. In …

The Problem With Frand: How The Licensing Commitments Of Standard-Setting Organizations Result In The Misvaluing Of Patents, David Arsego

Brooklyn Journal of International Law

Standard-setting organizations (SSOs) are bodies that oversee the development of technical standards. Technical standards are common technological designs that are used across a variety of platforms, for instance LTE, which is utilized throughout the mobile phone industry. Members of SSOs contribute different pieces of technology to an ultimate design, and if a patent covers the technology, it is called a standard-essential patent (SEP). SSOs require their members to license these patents to each other on fair, reasonable, and nondiscriminatory (FRAND) terms. This Note analyzes the FRAND requirement and the different ways that courts and private parties interpret it. The ambiguity …

Promoting World Peace Through The Use Of The "Good Book": Implementing Foreign Policy Through The Tax Code, Joshua A. Feinzeig

Brooklyn Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.

Retroactivity In The 1970 Unesco Convention: Cases Of The United States And Australia, Katarzyna Januszkiewicz

Brooklyn Journal of International Law

As the current trend of returning looted artifacts to their countries of origin continues to grow, the need for stricter law enforcement and a reevaluation of the 1970 UNESCO Convention and its application has become apparent. Recently, museums and national governments worldwide have engaged in a repatriation dialogue through mutual cooperation with foreign institutions, rather than international litigation, which is both a long and expensive process. This is a result of both a shifting public opinion towards museums, and the growing awareness of the countries of origin regarding the value of their looted cultural heritage. Looted artifacts continue to flood …

2015 Scholarly Productivity Report, Missouri University Of Science And Technology

Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering Scholarly Productivity Reports

No abstract provided.

Classification Of Accelerometer Wear And Non-Wear Events In Seconds For Monitoring Free-Living Physical Activity, Shang Ming Zhou, Rebecca A. Hill, Kelly Morgan, Gareth Stratton, Mike B. Gravenor, Gunnar Bijlsma, Sinead Brophy

School of Nursing and Midwifery

ObjectiveTo classify wear and non-wear time of accelerometer data for accurately quantifying physical activity in public health or population level research.DesignA bi-moving-window-based approach was used to combine acceleration and skin temperature data to identify wear and non-wear time events in triaxial accelerometer data that monitor physical activity.SettingLocal residents in Swansea, Wales, UK.Participants50 participants aged under 16 years (n=23) and over 17 years (n=27) were recruited in two phases: phase 1: design of the wear/non-wear algorithm (n=20) and phase 2: validation of the algorithm (n=30).MethodsParticipants wore a triaxial accelerometer (GeneActiv) against the skin surface on the wrist (adults) or ankle (children). …

Plant Abiotic Stress Tolerance Analysis In Cauliflower Using A Curd Micropropagation System, H. Z. Rihan, M. Al-Issawi, M. Al-Shamari, M. Elmahrouk, M. P. Fuller

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

No abstract provided.

The Effect Of Sugar Type, Source And Concentration On Cauliflower (Brassica Oleracea Var. Botrytis) Microshoot Production, H. Z. Rihan, M. Al-Shamari, F. Al-Swedi, S. Burchett, M. P. Fuller

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

No abstract provided.

The Expression Of Toll-Like Receptor 4, 7 And Co-Receptors In Neurochemical Sub-Populations Of Rat Trigeminal Ganglion Sensory Neurons, M. P. Helley, W. Abate, S. K. Jackson, J. H. Bennett, S. W.N. Thompson

School of Biomedical Sciences

No abstract provided.

Britons Abroad Or European Citizens? The Negotiation Of (Trans)National Space And Citizenship By British Migrants In France, Fiona Ferbrache, Richard Yarwood

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

No abstract provided.

Evaluating Shoreline Identification Using Optical Satellite Images, G Garcia-Rubio, David Huntley, Paul Russell

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

No abstract provided.

Evaluation Of Analytical Instrumentation. Part Xxvi: Instrumentation For Voltammetry, Cb Braungardt

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

The Analytical Methods Committee has received and approved the following report from the Instrumental Criteria Sub-Committee.

Exploring Perceived Attitudes Of Counseling Between Lds Religious Leaders And Mental Health Therapists, Kawika Allen, Curtis Hill

Faculty Publications

Perceived attitudes between mental health therapists and local congregational LDS religious leaders regarding the value, function, and efficacy of mental health therapy were qualitatively examined. Qualitative data emerging from 4 LDS religious leaders (all male; 3 bishops and 1 stake president) and 7 mental health therapists (5 females, 2 males) were analyzed. Results showed differences in attitudes related to the collaboration process as well as the efficacy and process of counseling between local mental health therapists and LDS religious leaders in a specific Southwest region of the U.S. Additional results are reported. Implications are discussed related to these findings.

Haverstraw Bay Benthic Mapping Project Gis Data, Robert M. Cerrato

SoMAS Research Data

High-resolution backscatter and bathymetric maps created by multibeam and sidescan sonar surveys were used to identify five different seafloor bottom types within Haverstraw Bay. Grab samples were collected within these areas to characterize sediment properties and macrofauna. Selected sampling locations were revisited and seafloor images were obtained with an HD underwater camera. Multivariate analysis was used to identify the most important factors explaining variations in community structure. Results indicated that categorical variables defining bottom types, grain size, and water depth can explain about 42% of community structure variation. In addition, shell length data collected for Rangia cuneata, an introduced species, …

Combating Terrorism And Violent Extremism In Nigeria: Defining A New Approach To Winning Modern Jihadist Conflict, Steven E. Hendrix

The International Lawyer

No abstract provided.

The Dilemma Of Private Justice Systems: Big Data Sources, The Cloud And Predictive Analytics, Anjanette H. Raymond

Northwestern Journal of International Law & Business

Abstract: In the age of big data, demanding customer expectations, and increasingly limited access to justice for small claims arising from online sales, business organizations are moving to enhanced online customer complaint platforms and insisting upon increased online justice resolution systems. At the same time, online businesses, even websites you fail to think of as a business, are moving from traditional analytics that provide a snapshot of the past, to solutions that provide an accurate picture of the present and a prediction of future trends. For many, predictive analytics is the wave of the future.

In many ways, the use …

Russia And Ukraine, Gregory Borisov, Sergei Korovkin, Oleksander Plotnikov

The International Lawyer

No abstract provided.

Lines In The Sand: Drawing Meaningful Contours For The Responsibility To Protect Doctrine (In A World At War), Malissa M. Tucker

American University National Security Law Brief

No abstract provided.

Targeting American Isil Terrorists, Vincent Ferraro

American University National Security Law Brief

No abstract provided.

Training The Next Generation Of Anti-Corruption Enforcers: International Anti-Corruption Curriculum In U.S. Law Schools, Elena Helmer, Mikhail Reider-Gordon

Journal of International Business and Law

No abstract provided.

China's Healthcare Reform: How Patent Laws And Generic Drugs Can Benefit China's Public Health, Patrick Russo

Journal of International Business and Law

No abstract provided.

Inclusion To Exclusion: Women In Syria, Catherine Moore, Tarsila Talarico

Emory International Law Review

Women have been involved in the Syrian revolution since the start of the first protests but have thus far been excluded from formal peace negotiations. To secure lasting peace following the Syrian conflict, women must be a part of the formal negotiation process. Though Syrian women have been excluded from formal peace negotiations, their re-inclusion is possible, despite the ongoing conflict, as Syrian women are currently participating in informal conflict resolution processes. In their article, Catherine Moore and Tarsila Talarico review the role of women historically in peace processes in Rwanda and Liberia, as well as in Latin America and …

Unbundling Harmonization: Public Versus Private Law Strategies To Globalize Property, Amnon Lehavi

Chicago Journal of International Law

The landscape of supranational institutions is highly diverse, defying a single concept of globalization. Some cross-border mechanisms aim at coordination, which would streamline the movement of capital, goods, services, and persons, but could leave intact a substantial layer of local legal ordering. Other supranational instruments aspire to achieve fuller-scale harmonization, placing more pressure on national legal systems to converge. The global web of bilateral investment treaties may be viewed as settling for coordination, the European Union as increasingly seeking harmonization, and the European Convention of Human Rights as currently located in between.
In the context of property law, this Article …

The Policy And Targets Of Criminal Enforcement Of Intellectual Property Rights In China And The United States, Haiyan Liu

Washington International Law Journal

This comparative study analyzes the targets, consequences, and influence factors of the criminal enforcement of intellectual property rights in the United States and China. The analysis reveals unexpected consequences when transplanting Western intellectual property law in Chinese contexts. Similarities in criminal enforcement between the two countries indicate that economic factors that are determinant forces in both the United States and China. These factors include such business practices as: (1) vehement business lobbying and the capture of enforcement agencies by top trademark corporations; (2) the size and market concentration level of top firms in an industry; and (3) trade association lobbying …

Talking Foreign Policy, Michael P. Scharf

Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.