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Reparations Of The Inter-American Human Rights System In Cases Of Gross And Systemic Violations Of Human Rights: The Colombian Case, Diego Rodriguez-Pinzon
Reparations Of The Inter-American Human Rights System In Cases Of Gross And Systemic Violations Of Human Rights: The Colombian Case, Diego Rodriguez-Pinzon
Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals
The author uses the case of Colombia, a country with which the inter-American human rights system has dealt in the last twenty-five years, as an example to try to illustrate how the Inter-American Human Rights Commission and Inter-American Court for Human Rights have balanced the issue of remedies and reparations with the difficult task of repairing gross and systematic violations. The case of Colombia provides some insight on how international mechanisms are implemented in this region and, particularly, how some of Colombia’s official institutions and non-governmental organizations are trying to engage in a dialogue at the international level in order …
The Cost Of Confusion: Resolving Ambiguities In Detainee Treatment, Kenneth Anderson
The Cost Of Confusion: Resolving Ambiguities In Detainee Treatment, Kenneth Anderson
Reports
This short policy paper considers US counterterrorism policy with particular attention to treatment of detainees in matters of challenging detention, interrogation, trial of detainees, and release. It analyzes the existing US war on terror and considers future policies that would address both national security concerns and human rights/civil liberties concerns. The paper is written by two experts and advocates in counterterrorism-related issues, coming from the center right and the center left in American politics, as part of a project of the Stanley Foundation, Bridging the Foreign Policy Divide, which publishes papers by pairs of experts coming from conservative and progressive …
The Doctrine Of The Inter-American Court Of Human Rights Regarding States' Duty To Punish Human Rights Violations And Its Dangers, Fernando Felipe Basch
The Doctrine Of The Inter-American Court Of Human Rights Regarding States' Duty To Punish Human Rights Violations And Its Dangers, Fernando Felipe Basch
American University International Law Review
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‘Settling Accounts’ Revisited: Reconciling Global Norms With Local Agency, Diane F. Orentlicher
‘Settling Accounts’ Revisited: Reconciling Global Norms With Local Agency, Diane F. Orentlicher
Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals
In the mid- to late-1980s, the discourse of transitional justice was shaped above all by the experience of countries in Latin America, where military forces continued to exercise autonomous power even after ceding formal authority to democratically elected governments. In this setting, while human rights professionals agreed that fledgling democracies should undertake prosecutions in accordance with their international legal obligations, they were divided over the question of whether further development of international obligations in respect of punishment was desirable. Nor was it clear what, precisely, international law already required. Writing in the early 1990s, the author of this essay concluded …
Sanctioned Abuses: The Case Of Migrant Domestic Workers, Nisha Varia
Sanctioned Abuses: The Case Of Migrant Domestic Workers, Nisha Varia
Human Rights Brief
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The Push & Pull Of Globalization: How The Global Economy Makes Migrant Workers Vulnerable To Exploitation, Neha Misra
The Push & Pull Of Globalization: How The Global Economy Makes Migrant Workers Vulnerable To Exploitation, Neha Misra
Human Rights Brief
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The U Visa Unveiled: Immigrant Crime Victims Freed From Limbo, Jessica Farb
The U Visa Unveiled: Immigrant Crime Victims Freed From Limbo, Jessica Farb
Human Rights Brief
No abstract provided.
Ensuring A Responsibility To Protect: Lessons From Darfur, Anonymous
Ensuring A Responsibility To Protect: Lessons From Darfur, Anonymous
Human Rights Brief
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Seeking Integral Reparations For The Murders And Disappearances Of Women In Ciudad Juárez: A Gender And Cultural Perspective, Jorge Calderón Gamboa
Seeking Integral Reparations For The Murders And Disappearances Of Women In Ciudad Juárez: A Gender And Cultural Perspective, Jorge Calderón Gamboa
Human Rights Brief
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