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ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

1998

Creation

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The Facilitation Of National And International Accountability Mechanisms: The Creation Of The International Legal Assistance Consortium (Iliac), Mark S. Ellis Jan 1998

The Facilitation Of National And International Accountability Mechanisms: The Creation Of The International Legal Assistance Consortium (Iliac), Mark S. Ellis

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

In early 1997, Professor M. Cherif Bassiouni' assembled a group of individuals to discuss the creation of a set of guiding principles for combatting impunity for international crimes. The group included myself, Professor Michael Scharf,2 Professor Paul Williams,3 and Professor Madeline Morris.


Issues Surrounding The Creation Of A Regional Human Rights System For The Asia-Pacific, Kelly Dawn Askin Jan 1998

Issues Surrounding The Creation Of A Regional Human Rights System For The Asia-Pacific, Kelly Dawn Askin

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

The only major region of the world that does not have a regional human rights commission or court is the Asia-Pacific. The Asia-Pacific can generally be recognized to include not only the entire Asian region, from Japan and the Philippines in the East to Pakistan and Afghanistan in the West, but also areas of the South Pacific, including Australia, New Zealand, the East Indies and the Pacific Islands, and Russia.