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International Human Rights : The Protection Of The Rights Of Women And Female Children In Africa : Theory And Practice, Eleazar Echezonachi Otiocha

Theses and Dissertations

Many governments all over the world have enacted laws and regulations to promote and protect the rights of women and female children. A lot of laws have been put in theory to give women equality with men. In reality or practice, many women all over the world still find it difficult to realize their rights. This study attempts to look at how far the laws on women rights, that is the law in books has become the law in practice/reality in many African states with Nigeria as a case study. This study acknowledges that in theory many African states have …

Restrictive Trade Measures Based On Extraterritorial Human Rights Violations: An Analysis Under Allocation Of Regulatory Jurisdiction And Transaction Costs, Gustavo Ferreira Ribeiro

Maurer Theses and Dissertations

Are states entitled to take unilateral or collective trade measures in cases of extraterritorial human rights violations? Are states obligated to do so? The debate is often blurred by a multitude of legal, political, economic, and moral arguments that have, so far, produced many misunderstandings. On one hand, the human rights community alleges that the superiority of human rights resolves any conflict. On the other hand, the trade community fears the intrusion of human rights language and power within the trade regime, including multilateral regimes like the World Trade Organization.

While exploring the above issue, this dissertation unfolds in three …

The Undermining Of International Human Rights Law : The Clash Of Western And Non-Western Human Rights Ideologies, Anahita Agha-Ghassem

Theses, Dissertations and Culminating Projects

The notion of human rights is an undeniable, undisputable concept that has received universal validity. However, the history of human rights has shown the difficulty that exists in protecting and guaranteeing these rights, which in turn illustrates the difficulty in enforcing international human rights laws. In recent years, the legitimacy of international human rights law has become a highly debated topic. Events in the West and the East have cast a spotlight on its authority. The question of its universality has also surfaced as more human rights violations are taking place worldwide. Several human rights issues, in both Western and …

Killing History: The Effect Of Slavery And Wwii On The Death Penalty In America And Europe, Julie Turley

Global Honors Theses

The author examines the cultural and social factors that have impacted the United States’s and European Union’s opposing stances on capital punishment. Particular focus is paid to the United States’s history of race relations and views on economic inequality and to the influence of World War II on the EU’s human rights and welfare policies. The paper concludes with a discussion on how the US may enact its own path to abolition.

The Crisis In Darfur: An Opportunity For The United Nations To Reclaim Its Status As Standard Bearer For Peace And Security For The International Community, Leilani F. Battiste

Theses and Dissertations

Since early 2003, the western Darfur region of the Sudan has been subjected to a massive campaign of ethnic violence that has claimed the lives of almost 400,000 civilians, and has created nearly 2 million internally-displaced refugees or refugees that have fled to camps in neighboring Chad. Despite the unmistakable tragedy that has occurred and continues to occur, the international community has utterly failed to respond. The United Nations has taken almost no leadership role in abating or even stopping the crisis. Debate over whether the term "genocide" should be used to describe the ethnic cleansing and displacement of nearly …

Exploring New Arguments For The Protection Of Refugee Women: Holding States, Unhcr, And International Ngos Accountable For Violations Of Human Rights, Natalie I Forcier Beville

Archived Theses and Dissertations

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"This Soul Which Has Suffered": : The Objectification Of Guantanamo Detainees In Law, Menna M Khalil

Archived Theses and Dissertations

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Dissertation On The Prosecution And The Trial Of Heads Of State Under International Law: The Case Of Slobodan Milosevic And Charles Ghankay Taylor, Julia A. Shilunga

Theses and Dissertations

In the past, the responsibility of head of State and of Government was national competence. There were no international rules which established their responsibilities in international law. If they committed crimes, this remained exclusively the matter of the State and if there was the responsibility for the wrong behavior, it was the responsibility of the States themselves and not of the leaders as persons.

It was only very slowly that the State leaders started to be called to responsibility. One of the first attempts, which failed, was the 1919 Treaty of Versailles which wanted to prosecute the German Emperor. The …