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1998

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Full-Text Articles in Human Rights Law

Unaccompanied Children In I.N.S. Detention, Rosa Ehrenreich Brooks Jan 1998

Unaccompanied Children In I.N.S. Detention, Rosa Ehrenreich Brooks

Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works

It is important to note that children who end up in INS detention centers in the United States are not criminal detainees, but rather, administrative detainees. That is, they are not being held because they are accused or convicted of crimes. They are being held for two reasons only. First, the INS holds them in order to ensure their presence at immigration proceedings. They fear that if they let a child out, into foster care for instance, that child might not appear at any subsequent hearings or proceedings. Second, the government is legally required to look after these children in …


Fundamental Rights, Moral Law, And The Legal Defense Of Life In A Constitutional Democracy, Martin Rhonheimer, Paolo G. Carozza Jan 1998

Fundamental Rights, Moral Law, And The Legal Defense Of Life In A Constitutional Democracy, Martin Rhonheimer, Paolo G. Carozza

Journal Articles

Article by Martin Rhonheimer, translated by Paolo G. Carozza.


Concretizing Human Rights, Laurence R. Helfer Jan 1998

Concretizing Human Rights, Laurence R. Helfer

Faculty Scholarship

reviewing  Francisco Forest Martin et al.,  International Human Rights Law and Practice: Cases, Treaties and Materials (1997)