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Degrees Of Self-Determination In The United Nations Era, Frederic L. Kirgis
Degrees Of Self-Determination In The United Nations Era, Frederic L. Kirgis
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Comment On Judge Joseph F. Weis, Jr., Service By Mail--Is The Stamp Of Approval From The Hague Convention Always Enough?, Doug Rendleman
Comment On Judge Joseph F. Weis, Jr., Service By Mail--Is The Stamp Of Approval From The Hague Convention Always Enough?, Doug Rendleman
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Forced Prostitution: Naming An International Offense, Nora V. Demleitner
Forced Prostitution: Naming An International Offense, Nora V. Demleitner
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This paper presents an argument for recognizing “forced prostitution” as an international of- fense in its own right for which the procurers, brothel owners and managers, and financiers as well as the women’s customers can be held criminally liable. While the international debate has at- tempted to characterize forced prostitution as slavery, the term ”slavery” fails to evoke the images of all the violations that encompass forced prostitution. Were the United Nations and regional or- ganizations to acknowledge and label forced prostitution as an international crime, their member states would be required to enact domestic legislation outlawing and criminalizing it …
The Death Of Treaty, Geoffrey R. Watson
The Death Of Treaty, Geoffrey R. Watson
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This Article explores the decline and fall of Treaty. Part I of the Article traces the origins and development of treaties. It argues that Treaty reached its political and doctrinal zenith in the nineteenth century, the "classical" era of international law, when diplomacy revolved around shifting bilateral treaty relations, and a state's promise was binding only if made in the context of a formal international agreement. Treaties were the centerpiece of a "contract" model of international relations. Part II explores the subsequent doctrinal disintegration of Treaty. It asserts that the traditional "contract" model of treaty doctrine has been challenged by …
Survival Of Rights Under The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty: Withdrawal And The Continuing Right Of International Atomic Energy Agency Safeguards, Antonio F. Perez
Survival Of Rights Under The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty: Withdrawal And The Continuing Right Of International Atomic Energy Agency Safeguards, Antonio F. Perez
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In developing its thesis, this Article will review the history and purpose of IAEA safeguards and their relation to the NPT, and then show that special inspections in the DPRK represent a transitional moment for the IAEA safeguards system.
This Article will then consider two different arguments in favor of a continuing right to inspections even against a state exercising its right to withdraw from the NPT to escape its safeguards obligations: the first identifies circumstances under which a state would not have the right to withdraw from the NPT; and the second asserts that the effects of withdrawal from …