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The United Nations International Conference On Population And Development: Religion, Tradition, And Law In Latin America, Gregory M. Saylin Jan 1995

The United Nations International Conference On Population And Development: Religion, Tradition, And Law In Latin America, Gregory M. Saylin

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

At the 1994 United Nations International Conference on Population and Development, the Vatican, along with several Latin American and Muslim nations, fought against First World nations that sought to include provisions relating to abortion, contraception, sexual education, and women's issues in the Conference's Program of Action. Universal agreement was not reached and several nations, including the Vatican, refused to completely join the Program of Action.

This Note examines the history and theory behind the United Nations population conferences. Against this background, the author examines the 1994 Conference and considers its effect on Latin America by discussing the religion, tradition, and …


Book Reviews, Stephen C. Hicks, David A. Elder, Edward A. Laing Jan 1983

Book Reviews, Stephen C. Hicks, David A. Elder, Edward A. Laing

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

THE FAMILY IN INTERNATIONAL LAW: SOME EMERGING PROBLEMS

Edited by R. Lillich

Charlottesville: Michie, 1981. Pp. xii, 164

Reviewed by Stephen C. Hicks

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TREATIES OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA, 1949-1978: AN ANNOTATED COMPILATION

By Grant F. Rhode and Reid E. Whitlock

Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press, 1980. Pp. ix, 207. $25.00.

Reviewed by David A. Elder

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STATE AND DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITY

By Charles Lewis London:

Lloyd's Press of London, Ltd., 1980. Pp. xv, 135. 16f.

Reviewed by Edward A. Laing