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Prospective Parents And The Children's Rights Convention, Carter Dillard Jan 2010

Prospective Parents And The Children's Rights Convention, Carter Dillard

American University International Law Review

This Article addresses the novel question of whether states parties can successfully implement the Children’s Rights Convention by placing legal obligations on prospective parents, thereby influencing not just a child’s environment, but also the procreation of that child. First, the Article takes a unique version of the child-centered perspective, one that recognizes that as we move back in time in the direction of and even before a child’s birth, our obligations to the child grow because our actions become ever more influential. The perspective also takes into account current moral theories of parental obligation to prospective children. The Article then …


Inter-American System, Claudia Martin Jan 2010

Inter-American System, Claudia Martin

Scholarly Articles in Law Reviews & Journals

No abstract provided.


Introductory Note To The Supreme Court Of The United States: Noriega V. Pastrana, Kenneth Anderson Jan 2010

Introductory Note To The Supreme Court Of The United States: Noriega V. Pastrana, Kenneth Anderson

Scholarly Articles in Law Reviews & Journals

No abstract provided.


Inter-American System, Diego Rodriguez-Pinzon Jan 2010

Inter-American System, Diego Rodriguez-Pinzon

Scholarly Articles in Law Reviews & Journals

No abstract provided.


Inter-American System, Diego Rodriguez-Pinzon Jan 2010

Inter-American System, Diego Rodriguez-Pinzon

Scholarly Articles in Law Reviews & Journals

No abstract provided.


Targeted Killing In U.S. Counterterrorism Strategy And Law, Kenneth Anderson Jun 2009

Targeted Killing In U.S. Counterterrorism Strategy And Law, Kenneth Anderson

Working Papers

Targeted killing, particularly through the use of missiles fired from Predator drone aircraft, has become an important, and internationally controversial, part of the US war against al Qaeda in Pakistan and other places. The Obama administration, both during the campaign and in its first months in office, has publicly embraced the strategy as a form of counterterrorism. This paper argues, however, that unless the Obama administration takes careful and assertive legal steps to protect it, targeted killing using remote platforms such as drone aircraft will take on greater strategic salience precisely as the Obama administration allows the legal space for …


Fifty State Survey Of Vulnerable Persons Statutes, Brenda V. Smith Jan 2009

Fifty State Survey Of Vulnerable Persons Statutes, Brenda V. Smith

The Project on Addressing Prison Rape - Surveys

This document provides information regarding enacting state, statute number, statute title, coverage, definitions and notes, penalties, and applicability to youth for criminal laws prohibiting the abuse of individuals by their caregivers.


A New Way Forward In Afghanistan: A Request For Change In U.S. Policy, Sima Samar Jan 2009

A New Way Forward In Afghanistan: A Request For Change In U.S. Policy, Sima Samar

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.


Panel 2: How Are Laws Applied And Detention Practices Reformed? Reforming Interrogation Practices: Alexis St. Martin And The Post-9/11 Era Opportunity , Eugene R. Fidell Jan 2009

Panel 2: How Are Laws Applied And Detention Practices Reformed? Reforming Interrogation Practices: Alexis St. Martin And The Post-9/11 Era Opportunity , Eugene R. Fidell

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.


U.S. Policy Recommendation: Ottawa Convention On Anti-Personnel Landmines, Trevor Holbrook Jan 2009

U.S. Policy Recommendation: Ottawa Convention On Anti-Personnel Landmines, Trevor Holbrook

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.


Promoting The Rights Of Human Rights Defenders In The East And Horn Of Africa, Hassan Shire Sheikh, Laetitia Bader Bader Jan 2009

Promoting The Rights Of Human Rights Defenders In The East And Horn Of Africa, Hassan Shire Sheikh, Laetitia Bader Bader

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.


Panel 3: Transparency And Access Of Independent Experts To All Places Of Detention Experience In Latin America, Santiago Canton Jan 2009

Panel 3: Transparency And Access Of Independent Experts To All Places Of Detention Experience In Latin America, Santiago Canton

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.


Panel 3: Transparency And Access Of Independent Experts To All Places Of Detention: Expectations Of The Subcommittee On The Prevention Of Torture, The National Preventative Mechanisms, And The Un Optional Protocol To The Convention Against Torture , Malcolm Evans Jan 2009

Panel 3: Transparency And Access Of Independent Experts To All Places Of Detention: Expectations Of The Subcommittee On The Prevention Of Torture, The National Preventative Mechanisms, And The Un Optional Protocol To The Convention Against Torture , Malcolm Evans

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.


International Justice Marks Its Fifteenth Anniversary: A Preliminary Assessment Of The Icty’S Impact In Serbia, Diane Orentlicher Jan 2009

International Justice Marks Its Fifteenth Anniversary: A Preliminary Assessment Of The Icty’S Impact In Serbia, Diane Orentlicher

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.


United Nations Update, Andrew Hill Jan 2009

United Nations Update, Andrew Hill

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.


Realizing A Promise: A Case For Ratification Of The Optional Protocol To The Covenant On Economic, Social And Cultural Rights, Jan Kratochvíl Jan 2009

Realizing A Promise: A Case For Ratification Of The Optional Protocol To The Covenant On Economic, Social And Cultural Rights, Jan Kratochvíl

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.


Panel 3: Transparency And Access Of Independent Experts To All Places Of Detention Question & Answer Session , Claudio Grossman, Malcolm Evans Jan 2009

Panel 3: Transparency And Access Of Independent Experts To All Places Of Detention Question & Answer Session , Claudio Grossman, Malcolm Evans

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.


Fifty State Survey Of Official Misconduct Statutes, Brenda V. Smith Jan 2009

Fifty State Survey Of Official Misconduct Statutes, Brenda V. Smith

The Project on Addressing Prison Rape - Surveys

This publication is part of a larger scholarly project and one in a series that aims to create a “legal toolkit” for addressing sexual violence in custody. This survey is in chart form and compiles statutes that address official misconduct in all fifty states, as well as surrounding territories. This chart includes information on the statutes, relevant definitions, penalties, and administrative procedures.


Perspective: Technology Transfer And Human Rights: Joining Up The Dots, Stephen Humphreys Jan 2009

Perspective: Technology Transfer And Human Rights: Joining Up The Dots, Stephen Humphreys

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


Prologue , Claudio Grossman Jan 2009

Prologue , Claudio Grossman

American University International Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Universal Declaration Of Human Rights And The African Child Today: Progress Or Problems? , Uché Ewelukwa Ofodile Jan 2009

The Universal Declaration Of Human Rights And The African Child Today: Progress Or Problems? , Uché Ewelukwa Ofodile

American University International Law Review

No abstract provided.


La Declaracion Americana Y Los Derechos De Los Familiares De La Victima , José Antonio Arcila Cano Jan 2009

La Declaracion Americana Y Los Derechos De Los Familiares De La Victima , José Antonio Arcila Cano

American University International Law Review

No abstract provided.


60 Years Of The Universal Declaration Of Human Rights: Towards An Individual Responsibility To Protect, Kathleen Renée Cronin-Furman Jan 2009

60 Years Of The Universal Declaration Of Human Rights: Towards An Individual Responsibility To Protect, Kathleen Renée Cronin-Furman

American University International Law Review

No abstract provided.


Human Rights And Environmental Protection: The Pressure Of The Charter For The Environment On The French Administrative Courts, David Marrani Jan 2009

Human Rights And Environmental Protection: The Pressure Of The Charter For The Environment On The French Administrative Courts, David Marrani

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


Gender Strategy Is Not Luxury For International Courts Symposium: Prosecuting Sexual And Gender-Based Crimes Before International/Ized Criminal Courts, Patricia Viseur Sellers Jan 2009

Gender Strategy Is Not Luxury For International Courts Symposium: Prosecuting Sexual And Gender-Based Crimes Before International/Ized Criminal Courts, Patricia Viseur Sellers

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.


Book Review, Kavita Kapur Jan 2009

Book Review, Kavita Kapur

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.


Panel 1: Are Adequate Legal Frameworks In Place At The Domestic Level? Protections Provided By International Law, Manfred Nowak Jan 2009

Panel 1: Are Adequate Legal Frameworks In Place At The Domestic Level? Protections Provided By International Law, Manfred Nowak

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.


Counter-Insurgency, Human Rights, And The Law Of Armed Conflict, Federico Sperotto Jan 2009

Counter-Insurgency, Human Rights, And The Law Of Armed Conflict, Federico Sperotto

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.


Calling A Spade A Spade: Maternal Mortality As A Human Rights Violation, Luisa Cabal, Morgan Stoffregen Jan 2009

Calling A Spade A Spade: Maternal Mortality As A Human Rights Violation, Luisa Cabal, Morgan Stoffregen

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.


International Legal Updates, Carlin Moore, Bryan Bach, Megan Chapman, Soumya Venkatesh, Kate Kovarovic, Angad Singh, Juvaria Khan Jan 2009

International Legal Updates, Carlin Moore, Bryan Bach, Megan Chapman, Soumya Venkatesh, Kate Kovarovic, Angad Singh, Juvaria Khan

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.