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Weapons Of The Weak: The Prosecutor Of The Icc's Power To Engage The Un Security Council, C. Cora True-Frost
Weapons Of The Weak: The Prosecutor Of The Icc's Power To Engage The Un Security Council, C. Cora True-Frost
Florida State University Law Review
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Filling The Gap Of Domestic Violence Protection: Returning Human Rights To U.S. Victims, Melanie Kalmanson
Filling The Gap Of Domestic Violence Protection: Returning Human Rights To U.S. Victims, Melanie Kalmanson
Florida State University Law Review
The prevalence of domestic violence in the United States indicates a need for increased governmental protection. The current state-based system inadequately serves victims of domestic violence, and previous US. Supreme Court rulings indicate that the U.S. Constitution leaves the federal government in an impotent position for providing any form of protection for domestic violence victims. Pursuant to the American Declaration on the Rights and Duties of Man, domestic violence violates one's human rights, or those fundamental to personhood. By ratifying the American Declaration through the Charter of the Organization of the American States, the United States established its responsibility for …