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Select Bibliography Of Women's Human Rights Law, A Conference On The Interventional Protection Of Reproductive Rights , Rebecca J. Cook, Valerie L. Oosterveld

American University Law Review

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Nothing But The Truth? Transitional Regimes Confront The Past, Joan Fitzpatrick

Michigan Journal of International Law

Review of Impunity and Human Rights in International Law and Practice (Naomi Roht-Arriaza ed.)

Concluding Remarks - Making Women Visible: Setting An Agenda For The Twenty-First Century, Berta E. Hernández-Truyol

UF Law Faculty Publications

The Women's Rights as International Human Rights Symposium (Symposium), sponsored by the International Women's Human Rights Project of the Center for Law and Public Policy at St. John's University, focused on the roles played by rules of law and by the conflation of economic, social, political, religious, cultural, and historic forces in the marginalization of women in the public and private sectors in both the international and domestic systems. The traditional exclusion of women from the articulation, development, implementation, and enforcement of rights has rendered gender issues invisible and thereby shielded gender-based abuses from much needed scrutiny. The flawed public/private …

Report Of The Conference Rapporteur, Berta E. Hernández-Truyol

UF Law Faculty Publications

This summary constitutes my Final Report to the Conference on the International Protection of Reproductive Rights (the "Conference") jointly sponsored by the Women & International Law Program at the Washington College of Law of the American University and the Women in the Law Project of the International Human Rights Law Group. The Conference focused on issues that affect the role of women in society and the role played by rules of law in defining and marginalizing women's existence in society. The Conference goals included the reformulation of the international human rights construct to advance and implement women's rights, particularly women's …

Monitoring Women's Right To Health Under The International Covenant On Economic, Social And Cultural Rights Conference On The Interventional Protection Of Reproductive Rights: The Right To Health , Audrey M. Chapman

American University Law Review

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Conflicting Conceptions Of Human Rights: Rethinking The African Post-Colonial State, Makau Wa Mutua

Journal Articles

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The Banjul Charter And The African Cultural Fingerprint: An Evaluation Of The Language Of Duties, Makau Wa Mutua

Journal Articles

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New Challenges To Southern Africa: From Regional Conflict To Internal Reconstruction, Makau Wa Mutua

Journal Articles

With the possible exception of the Horn of Africa, arguably no other African region has been subject to multiple traumas such as those endured by Southern Africa. From the brutal Portuguese colonization to the vicious civil wars in Angola and Mozambique, not to mention the ravages of apartheid in South Africa and Namibia, the last four hundred years have seen sheer brutality of man over fellow man. Since 1990, however, there has been a steady reversal of the conditions that have historically caused violence in the region. In this article, the author examines this legacy and the struggle to construct …

Promotion And Protection Of Women's Right To Sexual And Reproductive Health Under International Law: The Economic Covenant And The Women's Convention Conference On The Interventional Protection Of Reproductive Rights: The Right To Health , Aart Hendriks

American University Law Review

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Negotiating The Relationship Of Hiv/Aids To Reproductive Health And Reproductive Rights Conference On The Interventional Protection Of Reproductive Rights: The Impact Of Reproductive Subordination On Women's Health, Sofia Gruskin

American University Law Review

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European Approaches To Enhancing Reproductive Freedom Conference On The Interventional Protection Of Reproductive Rights: Reproduction, Rights, And Reality: How Facts And Law Can Work For Women , Katarina Tomasevski

American University Law Review

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Violence Against Women: Translating International Advocacy Into Concrete Change Conference On The Interventional Protection Of Reproductive Rights: The Impact Of Reproductive Subordination On Women's Health , Lori L. Heise

American University Law Review

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Death Penalty, Henry G. Schermers

Michigan Journal of International Law

Review of The Abolition of the eath Penalty in International Law by William A. Schabas

Legislating Against Hate In New York: Bias Crimes And The Lesbian And Gay Community, Martin S. Zwerling

Touro Law Review

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Paul Touvier And The Crime Against Humanity, Michael E. Tigar, Susan C. Casey, Isabelle Giordani, Sivakumaren Mardemootoo

Faculty Scholarship

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The Legality And Morality Of Using Deadly Force To Protect Unborn Children From Abortionists, Charles E. Rice, John P. Tuskey

Journal Articles

Is killing abortionists as they arrive at abortuaries to perform regularly scheduled abortions a legally justifiable use of force in defense of another person's life? Under commonly accepted criminal law principles of justification, a person normally is entitled to use force—even deadly force—when necessary to save a person's life from an aggressor bent on taking that life. But because Roe and its progeny have made abortion a constitutionally protected right, courts would predictably hold that using force against an abortionist is not legally justified, despite the fact that the motive for that force is to defend innocent human life.

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War Crimes And Other Human Rights Abuses In The Former Yugoslavia, Robert T. Mounts, Jeffrey L. Bleich, Douglass Cassell

Journal Articles

Mr. Cassel: Today, the world is witnessing in Europe the first genocide in half a century. Unfortunately, everyone has failed to date to do much about it. Everyone has seen it so often in the papers and on the television in the last two years, that it sounds almost banal at this point to repeat it. History, sociology and the law can get pretty dry. One of the things that the report of the U.N. Commission of Experts on Violations of International Humanitarian Law in the Former Yugoslavia attempted to do was to give all this a human face. This …

Rights In Psychoanalytic And Feminist Perspective, Renata Salecl

Cardozo Law Review

All major philosophical schools todaytake some position on the issue of human rights. On the one hand, so-called postmodern theorists ask how we can understand the narrative of human rights when we no longer believe that its claims are true or that metanarratives are even possible. Instead of searching for first principles and metanorms, postmodernists analyze the discursive form of the notion of rights and read this form as a part of the historically limited Enlightenment project that today has lost its relevance. Neo-Kantians, on the other hand, speak in favor of the notion of human rights and try to …

Ideology As Cultural Software, J. M. Balkin

Cardozo Law Review

This essay concerns one of the apparent casualties of the rise of postmodernism-the theory of ideology. In fact, the "theory of ideology" has never been a unitary theory. From its inception the concept of ideology has always been contested, and hence the theory has generated many variations. The most common version asserts that individuals are afflicted with beliefs that in some way mystify or obscure social reality. This mystification in turn works to the advantage of some classes and to the disadvantage of others. This formulation was developed most prominently within the marxist tradition; it has proved a tempting but …

Human Rights In Theory And Practice: A Review Of On Human Rights, Ronald Slye

Faculty Articles

One of the most important issues facing the international human rights movement is the claim that human rights values are universal and not culturally specific, and thus can be used to understand, evaluate, and influence global actors. This claim has obvious political and philosophical dimensions. That the concept of international human rights is being taken seriously by both governmental and nongovernmental actors is a sign of the importance of human rights today. The number of countries ratifying the basic international human rights treaties has reached an all-time high. Nevertheless, current events are drawing into question the universality and efficacy of …

Remarks Cecilia Medina-Quiroga Conference On The Interventional Protection Of Reproductive Rights: Reproduction, Rights, And Reality: How Facts And Law Can Work For Women , Cecelia Medina-Quiroga

American University Law Review

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Family Planning Services Conference On The Interventional Protection Of Reproductive Rights: The Impact Of Reproductive Subordination On Women's Health , Mahmoud F. Fathalla

American University Law Review

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Women's Reproductive Rights And The Politics Of Fundamentalism: A View From Bangladesh Conference On The Interventional Protection Of Reproductive Rights: Religious & Cultural Rights , Sajeda Amir, Sara Hossain

American University Law Review

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Remarks Conference On The Interventional Protection Of Reproductive Rights: Religious & Cultural Rights , Abdullahi An-Naim

American University Law Review

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Conference On The Interventional Protection Of Reproductive Rights: Introduction, Donna Sullivan

American University Law Review

Reproductive Rights conference

Waiting For Credentials: Feminist Theories Of Enforcement Of International Human Rights Law Conference On The Interventional Protection Of Reproductive Rights: Reproduction, Rights, And Reality: How Facts And Law Can Work For Women , Elizabeth K. Spahn

American University Law Review

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Legal Services: Putting Rights Into Action--Profamilia-Colombia Conference On The Interventional Protection Of Reproductive Rights: The Utility And Limits Of Rights Based Approaches, Maria Isabel Plata, Maria Cristina Calderon

American University Law Review

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Transcript: Gender Planning: Different Policy Approaches To Reproductive Health Conference On The Interventional Protection Of Reproductive Rights: The Utility And Limits Of Rights Based Approaches , Caroline Moser, Anne Tinker

American University Law Review

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Remarks Conference On The Interventional Protection Of Reproductive Rights: The Utility And Limits Of Rights Based Approaches , Karen Newman

American University Law Review

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Remarks Conference On The Interventional Protection Of Reproductive Rights: The Right To Health , Mallika Dutt

American University Law Review

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