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Addressing Human Rights Abuses: Truth Commissions And The Value Of Amnesty, Naomi Roht-Arriaza, Peter Schey, Dinah Shelton Aug 2015

Addressing Human Rights Abuses: Truth Commissions And The Value Of Amnesty, Naomi Roht-Arriaza, Peter Schey, Dinah Shelton

Naomi Roht-Arriaza

No abstract provided.


Making The State Do Justice: Transnational Prosecutions And International Support For Criminal Investigations In Post-Armed Conflict Guatemala, Naomi Roht-Arriaza Aug 2015

Making The State Do Justice: Transnational Prosecutions And International Support For Criminal Investigations In Post-Armed Conflict Guatemala, Naomi Roht-Arriaza

Naomi Roht-Arriaza

This Article will first briefly describe the background of the Guatemalan conflict and the evolution of the transnational cases against the military high command. It will then focus on some of the legal strategy issues involved and on the gains and losses of this transnational networking approach to combating impunity. In particular, it will look at how the multinational legal team, working simultaneously in the Spanish and Guatemalan courts on different aspects of the case, has allowed for learning and training opportunities for the lawyers involved, has forced local courts to engage with international law, and has tried to use …


The Committee On The Regions And The Role Of Regional Governments In The European Union, Naomi Roht-Arriaza Aug 2015

The Committee On The Regions And The Role Of Regional Governments In The European Union, Naomi Roht-Arriaza

Naomi Roht-Arriaza

No abstract provided.


Reparations Decisions And Dilemmas, Naomi Roht-Arriaza Aug 2015

Reparations Decisions And Dilemmas, Naomi Roht-Arriaza

Naomi Roht-Arriaza

No abstract provided.


Justice Should Be Done, But Where? The Relationship Between National And International Courts, Naomi Roht-Arriaza, Laura Dickinson, Christopher Hall, Paul Seils Aug 2015

Justice Should Be Done, But Where? The Relationship Between National And International Courts, Naomi Roht-Arriaza, Laura Dickinson, Christopher Hall, Paul Seils

Naomi Roht-Arriaza

No abstract provided.


The International Legal System: Cases And Materials. 6th Edition,, Mary Ellen O'Connell, Richard Scott, Naomi Roht-Arriaza Aug 2015

The International Legal System: Cases And Materials. 6th Edition,, Mary Ellen O'Connell, Richard Scott, Naomi Roht-Arriaza

Naomi Roht-Arriaza

No abstract provided.


Codes Of Conduct: The Fiction Of Corporate Self-Regulation, Naomi Roht-Arriaza Aug 2015

Codes Of Conduct: The Fiction Of Corporate Self-Regulation, Naomi Roht-Arriaza

Naomi Roht-Arriaza

No abstract provided.


Combating Impunity: Some Thoughts On The Way Forward, Naomi Roht-Arriaza Aug 2015

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

Naomi Roht-Arriaza

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.


Developing Countries, Regional Organizations, And The Iso 14001 Environmental Management Standard, Naomi Roht-Arriaza Aug 2015

Developing Countries, Regional Organizations, And The Iso 14001 Environmental Management Standard, Naomi Roht-Arriaza

Naomi Roht-Arriaza

No abstract provided.


International Human Rights Law In United States Courts: Professor Riesenfeld's Contributions, Naomi Roht-Arriaza Aug 2015

International Human Rights Law In United States Courts: Professor Riesenfeld's Contributions, Naomi Roht-Arriaza

Naomi Roht-Arriaza

No abstract provided.


Trade And Environment: An Environmentalist View, Naomi Roht-Arriaza Aug 2015

Trade And Environment: An Environmentalist View, Naomi Roht-Arriaza

Naomi Roht-Arriaza

No abstract provided.


Precaution, Participation And The "Greening" Of International Trade Law, Naomi Roht-Arriaza Aug 2015

Precaution, Participation And The "Greening" Of International Trade Law, Naomi Roht-Arriaza

Naomi Roht-Arriaza

No abstract provided.


International Decisions–Guatemala Genocide Case, Naomi Roht-Arriaza Aug 2015

International Decisions–Guatemala Genocide Case, Naomi Roht-Arriaza

Naomi Roht-Arriaza

No abstract provided.


"First, Do No Harm": Human Rights And Efforts To Combat Climate Change, Naomi Roht-Arriaza Aug 2015

"First, Do No Harm": Human Rights And Efforts To Combat Climate Change, Naomi Roht-Arriaza

Naomi Roht-Arriaza

No abstract provided.


Compliance With Private Voluntary Agreements: The Example Of The International Organization For Standardization's Iso 14000, Naomi Roht-Arriaza Aug 2015

Compliance With Private Voluntary Agreements: The Example Of The International Organization For Standardization's Iso 14000, Naomi Roht-Arriaza

Naomi Roht-Arriaza

No abstract provided.


The Pinochet Precedent And Universal Jurisdiction, Naomi Roht-Arriaza Aug 2015

The Pinochet Precedent And Universal Jurisdiction, Naomi Roht-Arriaza

Naomi Roht-Arriaza

No abstract provided.


The Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act And Human Rights Violations: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back?, Naomi Roht-Arriaza Aug 2015

The Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act And Human Rights Violations: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back?, Naomi Roht-Arriaza

Naomi Roht-Arriaza

No abstract provided.


Of Seeds And Shamans: The Appropriation Of The Scientific And Technical Knowledge Of Indigenous And Local Communities, Naomi Roht-Arriaza Aug 2015

Of Seeds And Shamans: The Appropriation Of The Scientific And Technical Knowledge Of Indigenous And Local Communities, Naomi Roht-Arriaza

Naomi Roht-Arriaza

No abstract provided.