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Interim Measures In International Human Rights: Evolution And Harmonization, Jo M. Pasqualucci
Interim Measures In International Human Rights: Evolution And Harmonization, Jo M. Pasqualucci
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
In this Article, the Author undertakes a comprehensive study of interim measures ordered in human rights cases before six international enforcement bodies--the International Court of Justice, the European Court of Human Rights, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, the United Nations Human Rights Committee, the United Nations Committee against Torture, and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. An order of interim measures may require that the State take positive action, such as providing protection for human rights activists or journalists, or it may call upon the State to refrain from taking action, such as not extraditing a person or delaying …
The Iraqi Special Tribunal: A Human Rights Perspective, Michael A. Newton
The Iraqi Special Tribunal: A Human Rights Perspective, Michael A. Newton
Vanderbilt Law School Faculty Publications
The creation of the Iraqi Special Tribunal in December 2003 by Iraqi authorities who were at the time under the legal occupation of the Coalition Provisional Authority marked the emergence of a new form of internationalized domestic tribunals. The Iraqis succeeded in incorporating the full range of modern crimes into their domestic codes alongside some carefully selected domestic offenses, while amending domestic procedural law in some key ways to align the process with established international law related to the provision of full and fair trials. The subsequent investigations and the beginning of trial proceedings generated major debates about the legitimacy …