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Can Peacebuilding Work, Fen Osler Hampson
Can Peacebuilding Work, Fen Osler Hampson
Cornell International Law Journal
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Ending Protracted Conflicts: The Oslo Peace Process Between Political Partnership And Legality, Ian S. Lustick
Ending Protracted Conflicts: The Oslo Peace Process Between Political Partnership And Legality, Ian S. Lustick
Cornell International Law Journal
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Swapping Amnesty For Peace And The Duty To Prosecute Human Rights Crimes, Diane F. Orentlicher
Swapping Amnesty For Peace And The Duty To Prosecute Human Rights Crimes, Diane F. Orentlicher
ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law
I am fortunate to have as a foundation for my remarks Professor Roht-Arriaza's lucid presentation of the principal sources of international law bearing on amnesties for gross violations of human rights.
What Price Peace: From Nuremberg To Bosnia To The Nobel Peace Prize, Malvina Halberstam
What Price Peace: From Nuremberg To Bosnia To The Nobel Peace Prize, Malvina Halberstam
ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law
In the fifty years that have elapsed since the Nuremberg Trials, we have made tremendous progress in the development of human rights.
South Africa's Amnesty Process: A Viable Route Toward Truth And Reconciliation, Emily H. Mccarthy
South Africa's Amnesty Process: A Viable Route Toward Truth And Reconciliation, Emily H. Mccarthy
Michigan Journal of Race and Law
The road to democracy for South Africa was based on compromise. One of the most significant compromises made by the negotiators was the acceptance of an amnesty process culminating in the passage of the Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Act of 1995. The Act grants full indemnity from criminal and civil prosecution to anyone affiliated with a political organization who committed an "act associated with a political objective" and who fully discloses all relevant facts. The purpose of the Act is twofold: to establish the "truth" about the apartheid past and to promote "reconciliation" among South Africans. Unfortunately, such …
Securing The Peace Dividend In The Middle East: Amending Gatt Article Xxiv To Allow Sectoral Preferences In Free Trade Areas, David R. Karasik
Securing The Peace Dividend In The Middle East: Amending Gatt Article Xxiv To Allow Sectoral Preferences In Free Trade Areas, David R. Karasik
Michigan Journal of International Law
How should Middle East nations structure their future economic relationships to secure their peaceful reconciliation while simultaneously fulfilling their WTO obligations? This note suggests two solutions to this quandary. First, the newly emerging bloc of peace-declaring nations in the Middle East should consider establishing a regional free trade area. However, instead of reducing the tariffs of "substantially all" of the region's products as would normally be required by Article XXIV of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 9-the authoritative provision regulating free trade areas-this note argues that a Middle East free trade area should reduce trade barriers only …