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The Most-Favoured Nation Principle, Equal Protection, And Migration Policy, Tomer Broude
The Most-Favoured Nation Principle, Equal Protection, And Migration Policy, Tomer Broude
International Migrants Bill of Rights Symposium
This article discusses the theoretical interaction between the economically grounded most-favoured nation (MFN) treatment principle and the human-rights based concept of equal protection of migrants. In the multilateral law of international trade, MFN is an article of faith that lays a valid claim to having significantly contributed to the success of the trade-liberalizing and welfare-enhancing role of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade /World Trade Organization (GATT/WTO). Above and beyond its trade-related economic roles, when it applies to individuals of different nationalities, the logic of MFN also appears to generally conform to fundamental principles of equal protection of the …
The State Of The American Child: Securing Our Children’S Future: Hearing Before The Subcomm. On Children & Families Of The S. Comm On Health, Educ., Labor & Pensions, 111th Cong., Nov. 18, 2010 (Statement Of Professor Peter B. Edelman, Geo. U. L. Center), Peter B. Edelman
Testimony Before Congress
You have asked me to reflect on the achievements and disappointments of recent decades with regard to child poverty in our country, on lessons learned, and on what we need to do going forward.
It is impossible to understand child poverty trends without placing them in a context of what has happened to the American economy and to the distribution of income and wealth. Except for the last half of the 1990s, the economic history of the past four decades has been one of near‐stagnation for people with jobs that pay below the median wage in the country ‐‐ the …
Following Only Some Of The Money In Russia, Ethan S. Burger
Following Only Some Of The Money In Russia, Ethan S. Burger
Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works
Russia adopted the necessary legislation so that it was accepted as a member of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF). It is a member of the UN Convention Against Corruption (although it refuses to enact legislation consistent with the obligations under the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention) and fought to prevent an effective mechanism to monitor compliance with the UN Convention. Russia has created state bodies to combat money laundering. Nonetheless, the Russian Federal Financial Monitoring Service appears to be highly selective in the matters it pursues and appears to lack adequate personnel and material resources.