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Local Human Rights Governance To Advance Migrants' Rights, Camilo Mantilla Dec 2022

Local Human Rights Governance To Advance Migrants' Rights, Camilo Mantilla

Refugee Law & Migration Studies Brief

No abstract provided.


Institutionalization And Torture Of People With Disabilities In Mexico: A Case For Holding States Responsible For Crimes Against Humanity, Priscila Rodriquez Jan 2021

Institutionalization And Torture Of People With Disabilities In Mexico: A Case For Holding States Responsible For Crimes Against Humanity, Priscila Rodriquez

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.


Toward Permanent Peace And Stability In Artsakh, George Yacoubain Jan 2021

Toward Permanent Peace And Stability In Artsakh, George Yacoubain

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.


A Long Road Or Dead End?: Justice For A Chilean General, Julio A. Sanchez, Anita Sinha Jan 2021

A Long Road Or Dead End?: Justice For A Chilean General, Julio A. Sanchez, Anita Sinha

Human Rights Brief

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Lawyering Peace: Infusing Accountability Into The Peace Negotiations Process, Paul Williams Jan 2020

Lawyering Peace: Infusing Accountability Into The Peace Negotiations Process, Paul Williams

Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals

On August 28, 2019, Dr. Paul R. Williams delivered the Bruce J. Klatsky Endowed Lecture on Human Rights at Case Western Reserve University School of Law. This article, based on his lecture, examines how justice has repeatedly found a foothold in peace processes, and how the international community can continue to work towards embedding accountability into peace processes to achieve durable peace. This article traces the arc of accountability in peace processes, from an era of impunity and a period of stepping stones moments, to today’s uncertain moment for post-conflict accountability and justice mechanisms. The author argues that comprehensive transitional …


The Peace Vs. Justice Debate And The Syrian Crisis, Paul Williams, Lisa Dicker, C. Danae Paterson Jan 2018

The Peace Vs. Justice Debate And The Syrian Crisis, Paul Williams, Lisa Dicker, C. Danae Paterson

Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals

Peace negotiators often face the difficult decision of whether to pursue peace at the potential cost of achieving justice, or to pursue justice at the potential cost of achieving near term peace. There are abiding ethical and moral debates surrounding this tension between peace and justice. In Syria—where the death toll has exceeded 470,000, 11 million have been displaced, and there are over 14,000 documented cases of torture to the point of death—the peace versus justice debate is a living dilemma with which negotiators are currently grappling. This article strives to examine a timely facet of this multidimensional puzzle: how …


Transcript: Advocacy Before Regional Human Rights Bodies: A Cross-Regional Agenda, Victor Abramovich, Charlotte De Broutelles, Santiago Canton, Paolo Carozza, Andrew Drzemczewski, Jonathan Fanton, Leonardo Franco, Felipe González, Claudio Grossman, Elizabeth Abi-Mershed, Bahame Tom-Mukirya Nyanduga, Diane Orentlicher, Fatsah Ouguergouz, Diego Rodriguez-Pinzón, Sergio Garcia Ramirez, Manuel Ventura Robles, Pablo Saavedra Jan 2009

Transcript: Advocacy Before Regional Human Rights Bodies: A Cross-Regional Agenda, Victor Abramovich, Charlotte De Broutelles, Santiago Canton, Paolo Carozza, Andrew Drzemczewski, Jonathan Fanton, Leonardo Franco, Felipe González, Claudio Grossman, Elizabeth Abi-Mershed, Bahame Tom-Mukirya Nyanduga, Diane Orentlicher, Fatsah Ouguergouz, Diego Rodriguez-Pinzón, Sergio Garcia Ramirez, Manuel Ventura Robles, Pablo Saavedra

American University Law Review

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60 Years Of The Universal Declaration Of Human Rights: Towards An Individual Responsibility To Protect, Kathleen Renée Cronin-Furman Jan 2009

60 Years Of The Universal Declaration Of Human Rights: Towards An Individual Responsibility To Protect, Kathleen Renée Cronin-Furman

American University International Law Review

No abstract provided.


Business & Human Rights Law: Diverging Trends In The United States And France, Anna Triponel Jan 2007

Business & Human Rights Law: Diverging Trends In The United States And France, Anna Triponel

American University International Law Review

No abstract provided.


A Developing Trend: Laws And Policies On Internal Displacement, Jessica Wyndham Jan 2006

A Developing Trend: Laws And Policies On Internal Displacement, Jessica Wyndham

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.


Transitional Justice In Post-War Afghanistan, Ossai Miazad Jan 2002

Transitional Justice In Post-War Afghanistan, Ossai Miazad

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.


Profile Of Dr.Juan E. Garces, Chief Lawyer In The Spanish Case Against General Augusto Pinochet , Sarah C. Aird, Teven Hernandez Jan 1999

Profile Of Dr.Juan E. Garces, Chief Lawyer In The Spanish Case Against General Augusto Pinochet , Sarah C. Aird, Teven Hernandez

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.


Human Rights And Environmentalism: Forging Common Ground, Gabriel Eckstein, Miriam Gitlin Jan 1995

Human Rights And Environmentalism: Forging Common Ground, Gabriel Eckstein, Miriam Gitlin

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.