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Mcfeeley V. The United Kingdom: Death Knell For Prisoners Of The Maze
Mcfeeley V. The United Kingdom: Death Knell For Prisoners Of The Maze
Antioch Law Journal
In McFeeley v. The United Kingdom, seven prisoners in the H-Block cells of Northern Ireland's Maze Prison filed an application against the government of the United Kingdom, hoping to attain political prisoner status under Article 9 of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (hereinafter the Convention).I The seven prisoners also alleged violations of Articles 3, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13 and 14 of the Convention. 2 The European Commission of Human Rights (hereinafter the Com- mission) declared most of the application inadmissible. The Commission found that granting special status to the prisoners was …
Introduction, Richard Falk
Remarks: The Constitutional Status Of Human Rights Here And Abroad, Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Remarks: The Constitutional Status Of Human Rights Here And Abroad, Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Antioch Law Journal
Many people here this evening have worked diligently to add to the Constitution an explicit guarantee of the equality of men and women before the law. I would like to present a few preliminary comments on that subject, and to tie it to the main line of my remarks about the constitutional status of human rights here and abroad. It is a disappointment, of course, that the ERA ratification effort has not succeeded this time around, but ours is a Constitution that is hard to amend and hardly ever amended. It is also a Constitution enforced in courts; and therefore, …
The Teaching Of International Human Rights In U.S. Law Schools, Richard B. Lillich
The Teaching Of International Human Rights In U.S. Law Schools, Richard B. Lillich
Antioch Law Journal
The teaching of international human rights law in U.S. law schools has come a long way in the past two decades. Twenty years ago a survey conducted by the American Society of International Law made no mention of the subject. I In 1965, the late Egon Schwelb, "Mr. Human Rights," in what he himself characterized as a "novel departure,"2 offered a seminar on "The International Protection of Human Rights" at Yale. During the next half-dozen years, similar offerings were made available at California (Berkeley), Harvard, Virginia, and several other institutions. By 1971, when a panel at the annual meeting of …
Legal And Political Considerations Of The United States' Ratification Of The Genocide Convention, Jay Rosenthal
Legal And Political Considerations Of The United States' Ratification Of The Genocide Convention, Jay Rosenthal
Antioch Law Journal
On December 11, 1948, the United States officially signed the United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (hereinafter the Convention).1 The Convention was sent to the Senate as part of the ratification process for the advice and consent of two-thirds of the Senators present and voting. 2 But the Senate declined to give advice and consent to the Convention, and has maintained that position for over thirty-six years. Ninety-six countries have now deposited their instruments of ratification with the United Nations, making them parties to the Convention. The United States is not a party. …