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The Statelessness Of The Children Of North Korean Women Defectors In China, Chae Mims Jan 2021

The Statelessness Of The Children Of North Korean Women Defectors In China, Chae Mims

Human Rights Brief

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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 …


After Dothard: Female Correctional Workers And The Challenge To Employment Law, Brenda V. Smith, Melisa C. Loomis Jan 2013

After Dothard: Female Correctional Workers And The Challenge To Employment Law, Brenda V. Smith, Melisa C. Loomis

Project on Addressing Prison Rape - Articles

This article examines a profession where women have made great strides—corrections. Using an equality framework, corrections and other non-traditional professions were the first targets of the feminist movement in the 1970s. By and large, feminists were successful in creating greater porosity for women in law enforcement, emergency services, corrections, and the military. While women have entered these traditionally masculine spaces, they still suffer from an achievement gap. They are still underrepresented in leadership positions and marginalized in these settings; are still the targets of discrimination based on race, gender, and perceived sexual orientation; and are less likely than men to …


Inter-American System, Claudia Martin Jan 2011

Inter-American System, Claudia Martin

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Inter-American System, Claudia Martin Jan 2010

Inter-American System, Claudia Martin

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Inter-American System, Diego Rodriguez-Pinzon Jan 2010

Inter-American System, Diego Rodriguez-Pinzon

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Opuz V. Turkey: Europe's Landmark Judgment On Violence Against Women, Tarik Abdel-Monem Jan 2009

Opuz V. Turkey: Europe's Landmark Judgment On Violence Against Women, Tarik Abdel-Monem

Human Rights Brief

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The Violence Against Women Act: Denying Needed Resources Based On Criminal History, Jaime M. Yarussi Jan 2008

The Violence Against Women Act: Denying Needed Resources Based On Criminal History, Jaime M. Yarussi

Project on Addressing Prison Rape - Articles

This article aims to discuss the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) and the Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) in regards to funding for mental health treatment and crisis servic- es for incarcerated survivors and victims of sexual violence. It will begin by illustrating the need for services because of inmates’ likely history of victimization and draws conclusions regarding the impact that denying VAWA/ VOCA resources may have on the recovery of incarcerated victims.


Reforming, Reclaiming Or Reframing Womanhood: Reflections On Advocacy For Women In Custody, Brenda V. Smith Oct 2007

Reforming, Reclaiming Or Reframing Womanhood: Reflections On Advocacy For Women In Custody, Brenda V. Smith

Project on Addressing Prison Rape - Articles

Brenda V. Smith was asked to present one of the keynote addresses for the symposium, Behind Bars: The Impact of Incarceration on Women and Their Families, sponsored by the Women's Rights Law Reporter at Rutgers University School of Law in Newark. She then wrote the introductory essay for the publication which arose from that symposium. This essay addresses why it is imperative to reclaim the discourse about women in prison and discusses how the other papers that appear in this issue aid in that project.


Sanctioned Abuses: The Case Of Migrant Domestic Workers, Nisha Varia Jan 2007

Sanctioned Abuses: The Case Of Migrant Domestic Workers, Nisha Varia

Human Rights Brief

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Sexual Abuse Of Women In Prison: A Modern Corollary Of Slavery, Brenda V. Smith Jan 2006

Sexual Abuse Of Women In Prison: A Modern Corollary Of Slavery, Brenda V. Smith

Project on Addressing Prison Rape - Articles

This paper addresses the sexual abuse of women in custody as a more contemporary manifestation of slavery and discusses the congruencies and the differences that exist between the sexual abuse of women in custody and slavery. The paper charts the history of the parallel abolition and prison reform movements and examines their divergent paths arguing that the women's movement abandonment of prison advocacy has harmed the women in prison movement. The article concludes that the embrace of human rights norms has assisted in providing new avenues for redressing the sexual abuse of women in custody.


Domestic Violence In The Haitian Culture And The American Legal Response: Fanm Ayisyen Ki Gen Kouraj, Mary Clark Jan 2006

Domestic Violence In The Haitian Culture And The American Legal Response: Fanm Ayisyen Ki Gen Kouraj, Mary Clark

Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals

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Watching You, Watching Me, Brenda V. Smith Jan 2003

Watching You, Watching Me, Brenda V. Smith

Project on Addressing Prison Rape - Articles

This article addresses these arguments and ultimately concludes that same-sex supervision should be adopted in U.S. prisons in supervising both male and female prisoners. First, while same-sex supervision may not prevent sexual misconduct, it may reduce it by cutting off a primary vector of sexual misconduct-cross-gender interactions between staff and inmates. Second, same-sex supervision may increase prisoner well-being by giving prisoners a greater sense of control over their bodies, thereby reducing their sense of vulnerability to abuse. Finally, adopting same-sex supervision policies would make the United States' position more congruent with international standards for the treatment of prisoners.


Point/Counterpoint: Treaty For The Rights Of Women Deserves Full U.S. Support, Nora O’Connell, Ritu Sharma Jan 2003

Point/Counterpoint: Treaty For The Rights Of Women Deserves Full U.S. Support, Nora O’Connell, Ritu Sharma

Human Rights Brief

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Cedaw: It’S Old, It Doesn’T Work, And We Don’T Need It, Lester Munson Jan 2003

Cedaw: It’S Old, It Doesn’T Work, And We Don’T Need It, Lester Munson

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.


Carter's Groundbreaking Appointment Of Women To The Federal Branch: His Other Human Rights Record, Mary Clark Jan 2002

Carter's Groundbreaking Appointment Of Women To The Federal Branch: His Other Human Rights Record, Mary Clark

Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals

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Changing The Face Of The Law: How Women's Advocacy Groups Put Women On The Federal Judicial Appointments Agenda, Mary Clark Jan 2002

Changing The Face Of The Law: How Women's Advocacy Groups Put Women On The Federal Judicial Appointments Agenda, Mary Clark

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No abstract provided.


Virginity Testing In Turkey: A Violation Of Women’S Human Rights, Chanté Lasco Jan 2002

Virginity Testing In Turkey: A Violation Of Women’S Human Rights, Chanté Lasco

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.


Legislative Focus: Extending Asylum Eligibility To Include Gender-Related Persecution, Natasha Parassram Concepcion Jan 2000

Legislative Focus: Extending Asylum Eligibility To Include Gender-Related Persecution, Natasha Parassram Concepcion

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.


Redirecting The Debate Over Trafficking In Women: Definitions, Paradigms, And Contexts, Janie Chuang Jan 1998

Redirecting The Debate Over Trafficking In Women: Definitions, Paradigms, And Contexts, Janie Chuang

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Gender-Based Criteria For Asylum, Gabriel Eckstein, Gregg Epstein Jan 1996

Gender-Based Criteria For Asylum, Gabriel Eckstein, Gregg Epstein

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.


Gender Asylum Reflects Mistaken Priorities, Dan Stein Jan 1996

Gender Asylum Reflects Mistaken Priorities, Dan Stein

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.