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New Trends In African Human Rights Law: Prospects Of An African Court Of Human Rights, Yemi Akinseye-George

University of Miami International and Comparative Law Review

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A Comment On The Complementary Jurisdiction Of The International Criminal Court: Adding Insult To Injury In Transitional Contexts?, Jennifer J. Llewellyn

Dalhousie Law Journal

The author examines the principle of complementarity on which the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court (ICC) is based. Unlike its predecessors, the International Criminal Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda, the ICC can only take jurisdiction over a case when a state is unwilling or unable to investigate or prosecute. The Court is thus designed to complement the work of national criminal courts. This article assesses whether this admissibility standard will allow the ICC to complement the work of truth commissions like that of the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission. It concludes that the prospect of an …

Human Rights, The Un Global Compact, And Global Governance, William H. Meyer, Boyka Stefanova

Cornell International Law Journal

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Britain And The European Convention, A. W. Brian Simpson

Cornell International Law Journal

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Paraguay's Archive Of Terror: International Cooperation And Operation Condor, Katie Zoglin

University of Miami Inter-American Law Review

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Human Rights In The European Union: Internal Versus External Objectives, Elizabeth Shaver Duquette

Cornell International Law Journal

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The Un Global Compact: Responsibility For Human Rights, Labor Relations, And The Environment In Developing Nations, Betty King

Cornell International Law Journal

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A Critique Of Proposals To Amend The Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act To Allow Suits Against Foreign Sovereigns For Human Rights Violations, Ismael Diaz

University of Miami Inter-American Law Review

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Human Rights And Business Ethics: Fashioning A New Social Contract, Wesley Cragg

New England Journal of Public Policy

The author speaks about the social contract which is a general understanding of respective responsibilities in complex societies and traces its impact from the Declaration of Independence to more recent times.

Introduction: Being Individuals: A Comparative Look At Relationships, Gender And The Public/Private Dichotomy, Aniella Gonzalez

University of Miami International and Comparative Law Review

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Human Rights In Transition: The Success And Failure Of Polish And Russian Criminal Justice Reform, Shannon C. Krasnokutski

Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law

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The United Kingdom's Human Rights Act Of 1998: Willthe Parliament Relinquish Its Soverignty To Ensure Human Rights Protection In Domestic Courts?, Christina M. Kitterman

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

The United Kingdom has come into the new millennium with an unprecedented written set of human rights for its citizens.

Human Rights And Development In The 21st Century: The Complex Path To Peace And Democracy: Themes From The 2000 Goodwin Seminar, Douglas Lee Donoho

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

As the twenty-first century begins, the international human rights system faces a profound anomaly.

Freedom Of Expression In The Inter-American System For The Protection Of Human Rights, Claudio Grossman

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

Freedom of expression is one of democracy's fundamental values. Its importance takes on special connotations in nations where the separation of powers is fragile

What Is Needed To Protect International Human Rights In The 21st Century, Oscar Arias

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

International human rights is a subject of special significance to me, as a citizen and former President of Costa Rica.

The Economic Case For Labor Standards: A Layman’S Guide, Thomas I. Palley

Richmond Journal of Global Law & Business

The place of labor standards in the global economy has figured prominently in recent discussions of trade and globalization. Labor standards figured prominently in the Seattle meeting of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in 1999, and they promise to figure prominently in discussions about a proposed Free Trade Area of Americas (FTAA). Labor standards represent a critical issue for both the American labor movement and the international trade union movement as they are central to making globalization work for working people.

How To Defeat A Treaty's Object And Purpose Pending Entry Into Force: Toward Manifest Intent, Jan Klabbers

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

Under Article 18 of the 1969 Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, states that have signed or ratified a treaty are supposed to refrain from acts which might defeat the object and purpose of the treaty pending its entry into force. After noting that international lawyers and academics have recognized various types of treaties, the Article begins by observing that traditionally the interim obligation operates well in contractual situations but not in normative situations. Furthermore, the Author argues that where treaties are normative, the traditional conception of the interim obligation is insufficient.

While the interim obligation has been recognized …

The Wisdom And Enforceability Of Welfare Rights As Constitutional Rights , Herman Schwartz

Human Rights Brief

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The Right Of Self-Determination: Is East Timor A Viable Model For Kashmir?, Amardeep Singh

Human Rights Brief

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The International Criminal Court: Issues For Consideration By The United States Senate, Patricia Mcnerney

Law and Contemporary Problems

McNerney states that many in Congress who oppose the International Criminal Court are also some of the stronger advocates of the US speaking out against human rights abuses around the world. Rather than advocating the creation of an international criminal court that attempts to take decision making authority away from governments and invalidate the rule of law, however, they argue that more should be done to facilitate extradition of criminals to stand trial where they are accused.

The Right To Kill In Cold Blood: Does The Death Penalty Violate Human Rights, Alan Ryan

Cleveland State Law Review

The essence of the argument is this: all punishment must be inflicted in cold blood; whatever damage we do to others not in cold blood is not punishment but self-defense or revenge; what we have a right to inflict in cold blood is a question of the rules of just social cooperation and especially the justice of the sanctions required to sustain those rules; it is here argued that the fundamental principle is that we may inflict whatever punishment is necessary to deter wrongdoing and not disproportionate to the offence; I do not dismiss 'pure' retribution as a goal of …