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Cedaw And Treaty Compliance: Promoting Access To Modern Contraception, Katherine Sochacki
Cedaw And Treaty Compliance: Promoting Access To Modern Contraception, Katherine Sochacki
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
Modern contraception is widely recognized as a crucial component of family planning services and is recognized as a reproductive right under international human rights law. However, unmet need for contraception remains high, as many women in the developing world lack access to family planning services. This Note examines the role of the Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) and its powers as a treaty monitoring body in increasing access to modern contraception. Drawing on empirical research, the example of CEDAW's influence on abortion rights, and the domestic politics theory of treaty compliance, this Note …
Ebola Does Not Fall From The Sky: Structural Violence & International Responsibility, Matiangai Sirleaf
Ebola Does Not Fall From The Sky: Structural Violence & International Responsibility, Matiangai Sirleaf
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
This Article challenges the conventional understanding that international crises are limited to instances of direct physical violence. Instead, it argues that the disproportionate distribution of infectious diseases like Ebola is a form of structural violence that warrants international intervention. In the field of global public health, structural violence is a concept used to describe health inequities and to draw attention to the differential risks for infection in the Global South, and among those already infected, for adverse consequences including death, injury, and illness. This Article clarifies how the concept of structural violence can be operationalized in law. It illustrates the …