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Introduction, William W. Bishop, Jr.
Introduction, William W. Bishop, Jr.
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
This issue of the Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law is a symposium devoted to human rights aspects of the Helsinki Final Act. The Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe was convened in Helsinki July 3, 1973. After sessions there and in Geneva, all European states, both Western and Eastern (except Albania), took part, as did also the United States and Canada. On August 1, 1975, the Final Act of the Conference was signed at Helsinki by thirty-five nations. Its provisions had been laboriously arrived at by consensus rather than by voting. Early pressures for such a conference had come …
International Law And Basic Human Rights, Rita E. Hauser
International Law And Basic Human Rights, Rita E. Hauser
International Law Studies
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Table Of Contents: The Use Of Force, Human Rights, And General International Legal Issues
Table Of Contents: The Use Of Force, Human Rights, And General International Legal Issues
International Law Studies
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Acknowledgments And Introduction: Use Of Force, Human Rights, And General International Legal Issues
Acknowledgments And Introduction: Use Of Force, Human Rights, And General International Legal Issues
International Law Studies
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Charter 77 In Czechoslovakia And The International Protection Of Human Rights, Roger Errera
Charter 77 In Czechoslovakia And The International Protection Of Human Rights, Roger Errera
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
Charter 77 was published in Prague in early January, 1977. At that time the document contained 240 signatures, a number which increased by 1977 to over 600. This Charter marked the beginning of a new period in the political history of Czechoslovakia, a period of public affirmation of fundamental liberties. It is useful to recall briefly reactions to the publication of this document in the East and the West, and to analyze its profound significance. It is also important to examine the major events that have taken place since 1977 and the inspiration which Charter 77 derived from the United …
The International Legal Significance Of The Human Rights Provisions Of The Helsinki Final Act, Alexandre C. Kiss, Mary F. Dominick
The International Legal Significance Of The Human Rights Provisions Of The Helsinki Final Act, Alexandre C. Kiss, Mary F. Dominick
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
It may be submitted that the Helsinki Final Act is not a treaty, nor is it similar to resolutions of international organizations. In light of the language used in the text and the signatories' public expressions of intent, the human rights provisions must be deemed to have the same legal nature as the other provisions. The document as a whole falls within a special category of international legal instruments not anticipated by traditional definitions of the sources of international law--that is, non-binding, but directive texts which produce limited legal effects. Its foundation is agreement on a common objective: detente. Its …