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Capital Punishment In The United States, Sarah Oppenheim

Human Rights Brief

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Fifty Years After The Un Universal Declaration Of Human Rights, Jennifer M. Hentz

Human Rights Brief

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Changing The Rules: Arguing Against Retroactive Application Of Deportation Statutes, Anjali Parekh Prakash

Scholarly Articles in Law Reviews & Journals

By failing to prescribe its temporal reach, section 440(d) of the Anti-Terrorism Effective Death Penalty Act (AEDPA) has created confusion for the courts. Does the provision apply to individuals who committed a crime, making them subject to deportation before AEDPA was passed? To individuals who were convicted prior to AEDPA? To those in deportation proceedings when AEDPA was passed? To those who had already applied for section 212(c) waivers when AEDPA was passed?

Using section 440(d) as a case study to analyze these retroactivity issues, this Note opposes the Attorney General’s interpretation and instead proposes an antiretroactivity presumption applicable not …

Oct. 7, 1997, D. Clark And D. Hunter, Ciel, And A. Durbin, Foe, Letter To Board Code Members Re Inspection Mechanism For Ifc And Miga, David Hunter, Dana Clark, Andrea Durbin

CAO Creation Pre-1999

This document is the cover letter dated October 7, 1997, from Dana Clark and David Hunter, Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL), and Andrea Durbin, Friends of the Earth--US (FoE-US) to Members of the Committee on Development Effectiveness, proposing an Inspection Mechanism for IFC/MIGA. Attached to the letter is the proposed draft resolution proposing an Independent Review Panel for the IFC and MIGA using the World Bank Inspection Panel as a starting point. The NGO proposal was part of the multi-year (1996-1998) discussions regarding the correct approach to n accountability mechanism for IFC. The eventual launch of the Compliance Advisor/Ombudsman …

Sept. 19, 1997, Think Piece On Inspection Panel, Unattributed

CAO Creation Pre-1999

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Sept. 3, 1997, T. Armstrong, Email To R. Bissell, Wbip, Cc C. Dobson, Bic, Comments On Proposed Independent Inspection Commission, Tish Armstrong

CAO Creation Pre-1999

This document an email from Tish Armstrong, International Center Human Rights, dated September 3, 1997, to Richard Bissell, Inspection Panel Member, commenting on an informal "Scope paper" for an Independent Inspection Commission.

Aug. 15, 1997, Ciel And Foe, Proposal For An Independent Review Panel Faxed October 7, 1997, D. Hunter D. Clark To C. Lee, General Counsel, Ifc, Center For Internatinal Enviornmental Law, Friends Of Earth-U.S., David Hunter, Dana Clark

CAO Creation Pre-1999

Prompted by public concern about alleged non-compliance with policies of the Bank Group, and project-specific controversies (such as the Pangue Dam on Chile's BioBio river), the President and top management of the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), the two private sector arms of the World Bank Group, have announced their intention to create a review mechanism patterned after the existing World Bank Inspection Panel (which only applies to the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) and the International Development Association (IDA)). Mr. Wolfensohn, in particular, has supported the extension of the Panel as …

The Shame Of It: Gender-Based Terrorism In The Former Yugoslavia And The Failure Of International Human Rights Law To Comprehend The Injuries , Amy E. Ray

American University Law Review

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Jan. 28, 1997, Outline For Response To Enron Et Al, Notification Of The Proposed Project, Center For International Environmental Law

CAO Creation Pre-1999

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Indonesia's National Human Rights Commission: A Step In The Right Direction? , Monika Talwar

Human Rights Brief

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Israeli Interrogation Methods Legitimized By Court, Alexandra L. Wisotsky

Human Rights Brief

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Combating Discrimination Against Aids Patients In Tanzania, Nicole Grimm

Human Rights Brief

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News From The International War Crimes Tribunal, Ewen Allison

Human Rights Brief

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Field Report: Alternatives To Obeying Superior Order; A Question For The International Criminal Court, Rajeev Purohit

Human Rights Brief

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Conscientious Objection In The Americas, Raymond J. Toney

Human Rights Brief

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News From The International War Crimes Tribunals, Brian D. Tittemore

Human Rights Brief

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Female Genital Mutilation: United States Asylum Laws Are In Need Of Reform, Amy Stern

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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Toward The Enforcement Of Universal Human Rights Through Abrogation Of The Rule Of Non-Inquiry In Extradition, Richard J. Wilson

Scholarly Articles in Law Reviews & Journals

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Using International Human Rights Law And Machinery In Defending Borderless Crime Cases, Richard J. Wilson

Scholarly Articles in Law Reviews & Journals

This Essay focuses on four areas of international human rights law. The first area, the protection of attorneys’ fees from forfeiture, is an issue of great concern in the United States, given the state of the law there. The next area, the application of the death penalty in international law, will also include arguments about the “death row phenomenon.” The third area addressed is the use of international human rights law to overcome the rule of non-inquiry in extradition matters, a rule by which the judicial authority reviewing the propriety of extradition is barred from inquiry into the fairness of …

International Criminal Law And The Cambodian Killing Fields, Diane Orentlicher

Scholarly Articles in Law Reviews & Journals

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Accountability For Past Abuses, Juan E. Mendez

Scholarly Articles in Law Reviews & Journals

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Swapping Amnesty For Peace And The Duty To Prosecute Human Rights Crimes, Diane Orentlicher

Scholarly Articles in Law Reviews & Journals

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Trends: Migrant Farm Workers Under The New Regime, Candance Beck

Human Rights Brief

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News From The Inter-American System, William Clark Harrell

Human Rights Brief

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Training Judges To Incorporate International Law Into Domestic Courts, Monika Talwar, Thomas Quintana

Human Rights Brief

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Rwanda's Domestic Trials For Genocide And Crimes Against Humanity, Carla J. Ferstman

Human Rights Brief

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A Report On The Negotiations For The Creation Of An International Criminal Court, Fanny Benedetti

Human Rights Brief

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Field Report: The Contentious Jurisdiction Mechanism Of The Inter-American Human Rights System: Looking Toward The Future , Lawrence Groo

Human Rights Brief

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Film Chronicles Suffering At Omarska Concentration Camp, Rajeev Purohit

Human Rights Brief

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Sexual Assault Issues Before The War Crimes Tribunal, Diane Orentlicher

Human Rights Brief

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