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The Letter Of The Law: The Scope Of The International Legal Obligation To Prosecute Human Rights Crimes, Michael Scharf Oct 1996

The Letter Of The Law: The Scope Of The International Legal Obligation To Prosecute Human Rights Crimes, Michael Scharf

Law and Contemporary Problems

While international criminal conventions are limited in their application, there is growing recognition of a duty for states to do something to give meaning to human rights.


Arresting Impunity: The Case For Universal Jurisdiction In Bringing War Criminals To Accountability, Christopher C. Joyner Oct 1996

Arresting Impunity: The Case For Universal Jurisdiction In Bringing War Criminals To Accountability, Christopher C. Joyner

Law and Contemporary Problems

One means to enhance the prospects for bringing indicted war criminals to justice is to promote adoption of the principle of universality as the legal basis for prosecutorial jurisdiction.


International Crimes: Jus Cogens And Obligatio Erga Omnes, M. Cherif Bassiouni Oct 1996

International Crimes: Jus Cogens And Obligatio Erga Omnes, M. Cherif Bassiouni

Law and Contemporary Problems

There are both gaps and weaknesses in the various sources of International Criminal Law in norms and enforcement modalities. A comprehensive international codification would solve these problems, but this is not forthcoming.


Introduction, M. Cherif Bassiouni Oct 1996

Introduction, M. Cherif Bassiouni

Law and Contemporary Problems

Efforts to work against the practice of impunity for major international crimes and violations of fundamental human rights and to develop international guidelines against the practice are discussed.


Purging The Past: The Current State Of Lustration Laws In The Former Communist Bloc, Mark S. Ellis Oct 1996

Purging The Past: The Current State Of Lustration Laws In The Former Communist Bloc, Mark S. Ellis

Law and Contemporary Problems

Lustration laws are used in the nations of the former communist bloc to determine whether suspected individuals collaborated with the former state security service. An overview is presented of the current status of such laws.


Searching For Peace And Achieving Justice: The Need For Accountability, M. Cherif Bassiouni Oct 1996

Searching For Peace And Achieving Justice: The Need For Accountability, M. Cherif Bassiouni

Law and Contemporary Problems

Despite a high level of mass violence in the post-war years, there have been few prosecutions at the international or national level. Impunity for such crimes is a betrayal of human solidarity with the victims.


Legal Responses To Genocide And Other Massive Violations Of Human Rights, W. Michael Reisman Oct 1996

Legal Responses To Genocide And Other Massive Violations Of Human Rights, W. Michael Reisman

Law and Contemporary Problems

The international community could halt the proliferation of genocides by arresting them before, or at least while they are happening, by any means necessary. Instead, the focus is on actions after the fact.


Combating Impunity: Some Thoughts On The Way Forward, Naomi Roht-Arriaza Oct 1996

Combating Impunity: Some Thoughts On The Way Forward, Naomi Roht-Arriaza

Law and Contemporary Problems

Some of the tasks needed to be done by legal scholars and advocates to combat impunity in cases of massive violations of human rights are discussed. Pathways for implementation of these ideas are many and overlapping.


Occupation Of The Womb: Forced Impregnation As Genocide, Siobhan K. Fisher Oct 1996

Occupation Of The Womb: Forced Impregnation As Genocide, Siobhan K. Fisher

Duke Law Journal

No abstract provided.


International Guidelines Against Impunity: Facilitating Accountability, Madeline H. Morris Oct 1996

International Guidelines Against Impunity: Facilitating Accountability, Madeline H. Morris

Law and Contemporary Problems

Reasons for a consistent pattern of compromise when it comes to impunity for international crimes and human rights violations are discussed. Guidelines are presented for facilitating accountability for these crimes.


Lessons From The Americas: Guidelines For International Response To Amnesties For Atrocities, Douglass Cassel Oct 1996

Lessons From The Americas: Guidelines For International Response To Amnesties For Atrocities, Douglass Cassel

Law and Contemporary Problems

The impunity enjoyed by perpetrators of human rights violations, thanks in part to amnesty laws, is summarized. The international community should adopt guidelines to assist their own officials in responding to future amnesties.


The United Nations Role In The Future Of Human Freedoms, Emilio J. Cárdenas Jul 1996

The United Nations Role In The Future Of Human Freedoms, Emilio J. Cárdenas

University of Miami Inter-American Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Marlboro Man In Asia: U.S. Tobacco And Human Rights, Jonathan Wike Jan 1996

The Marlboro Man In Asia: U.S. Tobacco And Human Rights, Jonathan Wike

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

In recent years, U.S. tobacco manufacturers have responded to declining domestic consumption by aggressively promoting their products in Asia and other foreign markets. Their efforts have resulted in increased tobacco use and increased health risks in Asia. This Note discusses the legal implications of U.S. tobacco marketing in Asia, particularly the disadvantages faced by Asians who might wish to challenge U.S. tobacco manufacturers in court. The author first describes tobacco promotion In Asia and the limited potential for recovery against U.S. tobacco companies by Asian plaintiffs in their domestic courts. The Note then contrasts the limitations Asian plaintiffs face in …


The Status Of Women Under International Human Rights Law And The 1995 Un World Conference On Women, Beijing, China, Margaret Plattner Jan 1996

The Status Of Women Under International Human Rights Law And The 1995 Un World Conference On Women, Beijing, China, Margaret Plattner

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Women In Iran: Obstacles To Human Rights And Possible Solutions, Alison E. Graves Jan 1996

Women In Iran: Obstacles To Human Rights And Possible Solutions, Alison E. Graves

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.


The Cry Of The Children, Gerald Abraham Jan 1996

The Cry Of The Children, Gerald Abraham

Villanova Law Review

No abstract provided.


Ancient Legal Maxims And Modern Human Rights, Dr. J. Stanley Mcquade Jan 1996

Ancient Legal Maxims And Modern Human Rights, Dr. J. Stanley Mcquade

Campbell Law Review

No abstract provided.


The United Nations At Fifty: Sovereignty, Peacekeeping, And Human Right, E.G.H. Jan 1996

The United Nations At Fifty: Sovereignty, Peacekeeping, And Human Right, E.G.H.

Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.


Human Rights Groups Face New Challenges In South Africa, Geoff Budlender Jan 1996

Human Rights Groups Face New Challenges In South Africa, Geoff Budlender

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.