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The U Visa Unveiled: Immigrant Crime Victims Freed From Limbo, Jessica Farb Jan 2007

The U Visa Unveiled: Immigrant Crime Victims Freed From Limbo, Jessica Farb

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.


The Doctrine Of The Inter-American Court Of Human Rights Regarding States' Duty To Punish Human Rights Violations And Its Dangers, Fernando Felipe Basch Jan 2007

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

No abstract provided.


Lou Henkin, Transitional Justice And The Prevention Of Genocide, Juan Mendez Jan 2007

Lou Henkin, Transitional Justice And The Prevention Of Genocide, Juan Mendez

Scholarly Articles in Law Reviews & Journals

INTRODUCTION: It's an immense honor and a privilege to have been invited to participate in a tribute to Lou Henkin. Even if that were not the occasion, just the honor of sharing a panel with Judge Barkett and with Dean Koh is enough to overwhelm anybody and it does overwhelm me. I hope you will sympathize with me for having to follow them. It is especially overwhelming because as I look around the room, I see so many people who are much more deserving than I am to be here and to be honored in the way you have honored …


Private Finance, Social Responsibility, And Transitional Justice: The Case For South African Reconciliation And Development Bonds, Daniel D. Bradlow Jan 2007

Private Finance, Social Responsibility, And Transitional Justice: The Case For South African Reconciliation And Development Bonds, Daniel D. Bradlow

Scholarly Articles in Law Reviews & Journals

No abstract provided.


Recognizing A Right To Autonomy For Ethnic Groups Under The African Charter On Human And Peoples’ Rights: Katangese Peoples Congress V. Zaire, Mtendeweka Owen Mhango Jan 2007

Recognizing A Right To Autonomy For Ethnic Groups Under The African Charter On Human And Peoples’ Rights: Katangese Peoples Congress V. Zaire, Mtendeweka Owen Mhango

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.


Mind The Gap: Purpose, Pain, And The Difference Between Torture And Inhuman Treatment, Christian M. De Vos Jan 2007

Mind The Gap: Purpose, Pain, And The Difference Between Torture And Inhuman Treatment, Christian M. De Vos

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.


Rwanda’S Troubled Gacaca Courts, Christopher J. Le Mon Jan 2007

Rwanda’S Troubled Gacaca Courts, Christopher J. Le Mon

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.


Ensuring A Responsibility To Protect: Lessons From Darfur, Anonymous Jan 2007

Ensuring A Responsibility To Protect: Lessons From Darfur, Anonymous

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.


Updates From The Regional Human Rights Systems, Anna Cabot, Suzanne Shams Jan 2007

Updates From The Regional Human Rights Systems, Anna Cabot, Suzanne Shams

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.


Updates From The International Criminal Courts, Elizabeth J. Rushing, Linda Frautschi, Jaime M. Gher, Anne Heindel, Angela Edman Jan 2007

Updates From The International Criminal Courts, Elizabeth J. Rushing, Linda Frautschi, Jaime M. Gher, Anne Heindel, Angela Edman

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.


An Analysis Of The Development And Adoption Of The United Nations Convention Recognizing The Rights Of Individuals With Disabilities: Why The United States Refuses To Sign This Un Convention, Tracy R. Justesen, Troy R. Justesen Jan 2007

An Analysis Of The Development And Adoption Of The United Nations Convention Recognizing The Rights Of Individuals With Disabilities: Why The United States Refuses To Sign This Un Convention, Tracy R. Justesen, Troy R. Justesen

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.


Book Review, Marisa Bassett Jan 2007

Book Review, Marisa Bassett

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.


Legislative Watch, Edward Babayan Jan 2007

Legislative Watch, Edward Babayan

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.


The Pursuit Of Justice Is Without Borders: Binational Strategies For Defending Migrants’ Rights, Victoria Gavito Jan 2007

The Pursuit Of Justice Is Without Borders: Binational Strategies For Defending Migrants’ Rights, Victoria Gavito

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.


Pursuit Of A Rights-Based Approach To Migration: Recent Developments At The Un And The Inter-American System, Sarah Paoletti Jan 2007

Pursuit Of A Rights-Based Approach To Migration: Recent Developments At The Un And The Inter-American System, Sarah Paoletti

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.


The Afl-Cio — Ndlon Agreement: Five Proposals For Advancing The Partnership, Jayesh M. Rathod Jan 2007

The Afl-Cio — Ndlon Agreement: Five Proposals For Advancing The Partnership, Jayesh M. Rathod

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.


Updates From The Regional Human Rights Systems, Anna Cabot, Suzanne Shams, Mihir Mankad Jan 2007

Updates From The Regional Human Rights Systems, Anna Cabot, Suzanne Shams, Mihir Mankad

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.


Fencing Out The Neighbors: Legal Implications Of The U.S.-Mexico Border Security Fence, Marta Tavares Jan 2007

Fencing Out The Neighbors: Legal Implications Of The U.S.-Mexico Border Security Fence, Marta Tavares

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.


United Nations Update, Solomon Shinerock Jan 2007

United Nations Update, Solomon Shinerock

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.


International Legal Updates, Natalie Huls, Art Steele, Huwaida Arraf, Courtney Nicolaisen, Miya Saika Chen, Solomon Shinerock Jan 2007

International Legal Updates, Natalie Huls, Art Steele, Huwaida Arraf, Courtney Nicolaisen, Miya Saika Chen, Solomon Shinerock

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.


United Nations Update, Solomon Shinerock Jan 2007

United Nations Update, Solomon Shinerock

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.


International Legal Updates, Natalie Huls, Art Steele, Mihir Mankad, Huwaida Arraf, Courtney Nicolaisen, Miya Saika Chen Jan 2007

International Legal Updates, Natalie Huls, Art Steele, Mihir Mankad, Huwaida Arraf, Courtney Nicolaisen, Miya Saika Chen

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.


American Husbandry: Legal Norms Impacting The Production Of (Re)Productivity, Camille Nelson Jan 2007

American Husbandry: Legal Norms Impacting The Production Of (Re)Productivity, Camille Nelson

Scholarly Articles in Law Reviews & Journals

This article concentrates on the normative legal structure that established complete control over female slaves by sanctioning their subjugation to further slaveholders’ profit maximization and social domination. The criminal law sanctioned the rape of slave women, and the legal doctrine of partus sequitur ventrem mandated that the legal status of children born to slave women was determined by the mother’s legal status. The slave master derived an economic benefit from ensuring slave women had as many children as possible. This system ensured that slave women held no legally protected autonomy over their own bodies or over their own offspring.

Such …


U.S. Counterterrorism Policy And Superpower Compliance With International Human Rights Norms, Kenneth Anderson Jan 2007

U.S. Counterterrorism Policy And Superpower Compliance With International Human Rights Norms, Kenneth Anderson

Scholarly Articles in Law Reviews & Journals

This essay, originally prepared for a symposium on Guantanamo and international law, provides an brief overview of the elements that a comprehensive US counterterrorism should encompass. This overview is set against the question of how the US, as the world's superpower, ought to address its international law obligations. The essay then sets that question against the still-further question of what it means to be the superpower in a world that some believe is gradually evolving into a multipolar world, but which is currently a world of a conjoined US-international global system of security.

The essay defends the concept of counterterrorism …


Catching Up With The Past: Recent Decisions Of The Inter-American Court Of Human Rights Addressing Gross Human Rights Violations Perpetrated During The 1970-1980s, Claudia Martin Jan 2007

Catching Up With The Past: Recent Decisions Of The Inter-American Court Of Human Rights Addressing Gross Human Rights Violations Perpetrated During The 1970-1980s, Claudia Martin

Scholarly Articles in Law Reviews & Journals

No abstract provided.


Remarks On Intervention, Juan E. Mendez Jan 2007

Remarks On Intervention, Juan E. Mendez

Scholarly Articles in Law Reviews & Journals

No abstract provided.


Inter-American System, Diego Rodriguez-Pinzon Jan 2007

Inter-American System, Diego Rodriguez-Pinzon

Scholarly Articles in Law Reviews & Journals

No abstract provided.


Inter-American System, Diego Rodriguez-Pinzon Jan 2007

Inter-American System, Diego Rodriguez-Pinzon

Scholarly Articles in Law Reviews & Journals

No abstract provided.


Humanitarian Intervention: The New Missing Link In The Fight To Prevent Crimes Against Humanity And Genocide, Paul Williams Jan 2007

Humanitarian Intervention: The New Missing Link In The Fight To Prevent Crimes Against Humanity And Genocide, Paul Williams

Scholarly Articles in Law Reviews & Journals

No abstract provided.


Internal Displacement: The Guiding Principles On Internal Displacement-Normative Status, And The Need For Effective Domestic Implementation, Robert K. Goldman Jan 2007

Internal Displacement: The Guiding Principles On Internal Displacement-Normative Status, And The Need For Effective Domestic Implementation, Robert K. Goldman

Scholarly Articles in Law Reviews & Journals

No abstract provided.