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Using Global Migration Law To Prevent Human Trafficking, Janie Chuang
Using Global Migration Law To Prevent Human Trafficking, Janie Chuang
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Our understanding of human trafficking has changed significantly since 2000, when the international community adopted the first modern antitrafficking treaty-the UN Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children (Trafficking Protocol).' Policy attention has expanded beyond a near-exclusive focus on sex trafficking to bring long-overdue attention to nonsexual labor trafficking. That attention has helped surface how the lack of international laws and institutions pertaining to labor migration can enable-if not encourage -the exploitation of migrant workers. Many migrant workers throughout the world labor under conditions that do not qualify as trafficking yet suffer significant rights …
Using A Shield As A Sword: Are International Organizations Abusing Their Immunity?, Daniel D. Bradlow
Using A Shield As A Sword: Are International Organizations Abusing Their Immunity?, Daniel D. Bradlow
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The starting point for this paper is that IOs are as subjects of international law. Since IOs do not control territory or a population and so always operate within the jurisdiction of one of their member states, they are vulnerable to interference by their member states. In order to mitigate this risk, IOs have been granted qualified immunity, usually referred to as functional immunity, from the jurisdiction of their member states. For most of the twentieth century, this grant of functional immunity made sense for two reasons.
First, the founding states envisaged that IOs would have limited capacity to act …
Academy On Human Rights And Humanitarian Law Articles And Essays On Extractive Industries And Human Rights: Introduction, Claudia Martin, Diego Rodriguez-Pnzon
Academy On Human Rights And Humanitarian Law Articles And Essays On Extractive Industries And Human Rights: Introduction, Claudia Martin, Diego Rodriguez-Pnzon
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We are delighted to present this year's publication of the Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, which includes the three best essays in English and in Spanish recognized in the 2016 Human Rights Essay Award competition. It is satisfying to think that this competition allowed a number of participants an opportunity to expound their thoughts on so many important topics and areas of the world. We hope these participants are able to use their articles as mechanisms for change.
Building Prevention To Protect: The Inter-American Human Rights System, Diego Rodriguez-Pinzon
Building Prevention To Protect: The Inter-American Human Rights System, Diego Rodriguez-Pinzon
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Extractive Industries And Human Rights, Claudia Martin, Diego Rodriguez-Pinzon
Extractive Industries And Human Rights, Claudia Martin, Diego Rodriguez-Pinzon
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Human Rights Hero: Abner J. Mikva, Stephen Wermiel
Human Rights Hero: Abner J. Mikva, Stephen Wermiel
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We Have Lost A Sense Of Purpose About Eliminating Torture, Juan E. Mendez
We Have Lost A Sense Of Purpose About Eliminating Torture, Juan E. Mendez
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Issues Concerning Enforcement And Dispute Resolution, Sean Flynn
Issues Concerning Enforcement And Dispute Resolution, Sean Flynn
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