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Human Rights And State Despotism In Kenya: Institutional Problems, Makau Wa Mutua

Other Scholarship

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Getting To Know The General: American Conceits About The Rule Of Law, Kenneth Anderson

Book Reviews

This essay reviews a book about General Manuel Noriega, the Panamanian strongman toppled by the Bush Sr. administration in 1989; Noriega was tried on drug charges in Miami and has spent many years in prison. This book examines Noriega's background and rise to power, involvement in drugs and politics in Central America, including the famous murder of Hugo Spadafora, and his trial in the United States. The book's author covered the trial for newspapers; the review's author monitored human rights in Panama in the two years prior to the US invasion and covered the invasion for human rights organizations.

An Unnecessary Sacrifice: Restrictions On The Right Of Freedom Of Movement In An Effort To Establish An Effective Global Aids Policy, Cindy P. Nelson

Penn State International Law Review (1982 - 2011)

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Women On The European Commission And Court Of Human Rights: Would Equal Representation Provide More Effective Remedies?, Kathleen M. Mccauley

Penn State International Law Review (1982 - 2011)

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Intercountry Adoption Today And The Implications Of The 1993 Hague Convention On Tomorrow, Susann M. Bisignaro

Penn State International Law Review (1982 - 2011)

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Women, Law, And Inequality: Rethinking International Human Rights, Mary Elizabeth Bartholomew, Drucilla Cornell

Cardozo Law Review

In 1984, Robin Morgan posed this remarkable question in her historic book Sisterhood is Global. The Feminist Legal Resource Center remains but an unrealized goal of the international feminist legal community. Such a center could benefit women, especially women in the law, seeking to obtain access to information about trends and movements worldwide in the struggle to expand the rights of women. Beginning for the most part with the aftermath of World War II, when individuals became subjects of international law with the creation and proliferation of human rights law, lawyers and others concerned with the promotion of good government …

Table Of Contents - Cardozo Law Review, Volume 16, Issue 1

Cardozo Law Review

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The Status And Rights Of Refugees Under International Law: New Issues In Light Of The Honecker Affair, Francisco Orrego Vicuña

University of Miami Inter-American Law Review

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Intervention In The Yugoslav Civil War: The United Nations' Right To Create An International Criminal Tribunal, Barbara M. Tocker

Penn State International Law Review (1982 - 2011)

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Nationalism And The Right To Self-Determination: The Arab-Israeli Conflict, Malvina Halberstam

Articles

Self-determination is a slogan that has captured the imagination of people throughout the world. Numerous U.N. General Assembly resolutions have exalted self-determination, often above the fundamental rights specifically provided for in the U.N. Charter. Notwithstanding these resolutions, in practice, self-determination generally has been applied only to the dismemberment of colonial empires. Its universal application is neither possible nor desirable.

In the Arab-Israeli conflict, self-determination was never truly the issue. The conflict has been deliberately transformed into a claim for self-determination as a political tactic designed to gain the support of third world countries in the United Nations. The issues in …

The Doctrine Of Sovereign Immunity-A Jurisdictional Shield For Foreign Nations And Their Accountability For Human Rights Violations, Saudi Arabia V. Nelson, 113 S. Ct. 1471 (1993), Michelle Fastiggi

Penn State International Law Review (1982 - 2011)

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War Crimes Tribunal Is An Imperative, Aryeh Neier

Human Rights Brief

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Grossman Criticizes Recent Court Decisions Involving Suriname, Claudia Martin, Françoise Roth

Human Rights Brief

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Trade With China: Human Rights And Mfn, Samir Desai

Human Rights Brief

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Land, Law, And Legitimacy In Israel And The Occupied Territories, George E. Bisharat

American University Law Review

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News From The Inter-American System, Claudia Martin, Xavier Mena

Human Rights Brief

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Farer Explores Lessons Of Somalia, Fatimah A. Mateen

Human Rights Brief

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Commission Evaluates Administration Of Justice In Peru, Antonio Maldonado, Diego Rodriguez

Human Rights Brief

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International War Crimes Tribunal For The Former Yugoslavia, Lois Tuttle, Ayesha Qayyum

Human Rights Brief

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Report Exposes Problems Within Peru's Judicial System, Antonio Maldonado, Diego Rodriguez

Human Rights Brief

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Suriname Faces Past Human Rights Violations: The Gangaram-Panday Case, Claudia Martin, Françoise Roth

Human Rights Brief

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Human Rights First, Richard Dicker

Human Rights Brief

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More Bull From The China Shop, Wendell L. Willkie

Human Rights Brief

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International Human Rights Law Clinic Provides "Hands On" Experience, Steven Weston

Human Rights Brief

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Prosecutor Goldstone Offers Views On War Crimes Tribunal, Rochus Pronk

Human Rights Brief

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The Worldwide Market For Sex: A Review Of International And Regional Legal Prohibitions Regarding Trafficking In Women, Susan Jeanne Toepfer, Bryan Stuart Wells

Michigan Journal of Gender & Law

This essay considers whether international treaty law is a useful weapon in the battle against the global sex trade. The introduction to this essay surveys the extent of global sex trafficking. Part I of this essay discusses the international legal conventions that address the issue of trafficking in women. Part II of this essay assesses the effectiveness of these international instruments and considers why they have failed to and the world sex trade. In Part III, this essay describes the European and Inter-American human rights systems, focusing upon substantive law in the regional systems that might be relevant to the …

Israel's Forty-Five Year Emergency: Are There Time Limits To Derogations From Human Rights Obligations?, John Quigley

Michigan Journal of International Law

This article analyzes the permissibility of such a derogation under the Covenant and under general international law. Part I of this article outlines the historical development of Israel's declaration of a continuous state of emergency and its justification for detention without trial. Part II examines international rules on detention and derogation. Part III establishes a standard for declaring a state of emergency and applies this standard to Israel's declaration, with respect both to Israel's own territory and to the Palestinian territories occupied by Israel. Finally, Part IV inquires whether Israel will apply the Covenant as a matter of domestic law.

The Inter-American System And Asylum, Claudio Grossman

Scholarly Articles in Law Reviews & Journals

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Prosecuting And Defending Violations Of Genocide And Humanitarian Law: The International Tribunal For The Former Yugoslavia, Christopher L. Blakesley

Scholarly Works

A symposium discussing the international war crimes tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, established by the United Nations Security Council’s . Christopher L. Blakesley discussed the procedural aspects of the War Crimes Tribunal.

Obstacles To The Creation Of A Permanent War Crimes Tribunal, Christopher L. Blakesley

Scholarly Works

Individual liability for war crimes is difficult to enforce and is unlikely to be accepted uniformly by states.

Individual criminal responsibility is the cornerstone of any international war crimes tribunal. Nuremberg Principle I provides that “[a]ny person who commits an act which constitutes a crime under international law is responsible therefor and liable to punishment.” Acts by heads of state or other government officials, even if committed in an official capacity, may not constitute an immunity defense to or mitigate criminality. These officials, therefore, could also be held responsible for offenses committed pursuant to their orders. Additionally, liability for criminal …