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International Legal Updates, Anna Naimark, Christina Fetterhoff, Kyle Bates, Saralyn Salisbury, Rachael Curtis, Thais-Lyn Trayer Jan 2012

International Legal Updates, Anna Naimark, Christina Fetterhoff, Kyle Bates, Saralyn Salisbury, Rachael Curtis, Thais-Lyn Trayer

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.


International Legal Updates, Anna Naimark, Christina Fetterhoff, Kyle Bates, Kaitlin Brush, Saralyn Salisbury, Lindsay Roberts, Rachael Curtis, Megan Wakefield, Thais-Lyn Trayer Jan 2012

International Legal Updates, Anna Naimark, Christina Fetterhoff, Kyle Bates, Kaitlin Brush, Saralyn Salisbury, Lindsay Roberts, Rachael Curtis, Megan Wakefield, Thais-Lyn Trayer

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.


Updates From The Regional Human Rights Systems, Anna Taylor, Matthew Lopas, Sarone Solomon Jan 2012

Updates From The Regional Human Rights Systems, Anna Taylor, Matthew Lopas, Sarone Solomon

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.


Session Five: Expert Panel Discussion On Fighting Impunity, Jonathan Beynon, Diane F. Orentlicher, Suzanne Jabbour, Duarte Nuno Vieira, Vivienne Nathanson Jan 2012

Session Five: Expert Panel Discussion On Fighting Impunity, Jonathan Beynon, Diane F. Orentlicher, Suzanne Jabbour, Duarte Nuno Vieira, Vivienne Nathanson

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.


Criminal Courts And Tribunals, Tracy French, Megan Wakefield, Kelly Brouse, Yakov Bragarnik Jan 2012

Criminal Courts And Tribunals, Tracy French, Megan Wakefield, Kelly Brouse, Yakov Bragarnik

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.


Alumni Profile, Human Rights Brief Jan 2012

Alumni Profile, Human Rights Brief

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.


Un Committee Against Torture Chairperson Claudio Grossman's Statement To The Un General Assembly, Claudio Grossman Jan 2012

Un Committee Against Torture Chairperson Claudio Grossman's Statement To The Un General Assembly, Claudio Grossman

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.


Updates From The International And Internationalized Criminal Courts, Claire Grandison, Benjamin Watson, Erin Neff, Sara Harlow, Michelle Flash Jan 2012

Updates From The International And Internationalized Criminal Courts, Claire Grandison, Benjamin Watson, Erin Neff, Sara Harlow, Michelle Flash

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.


When Treatment Is Torture: Protecting People With Disabilities Detained In Institutions, Eric Rosenthal, Laurie Ahern Jan 2012

When Treatment Is Torture: Protecting People With Disabilities Detained In Institutions, Eric Rosenthal, Laurie Ahern

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.


Book Review, Christopher Tansey Jan 2012

Book Review, Christopher Tansey

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.


Thirteenth Annual Grotius Lecture Response: Amartya Sen’S Vision For Human Rights – And Why He Needs The Law, Kim Lane Scheppele Jan 2012

Thirteenth Annual Grotius Lecture Response: Amartya Sen’S Vision For Human Rights – And Why He Needs The Law, Kim Lane Scheppele

American University International Law Review

No abstract provided.


Barricading The Information Superhighway To Stop The Flow Of Traffic: Why International Regulation Of The Internet Is Necessary To Prevent Sex Trafficking, Kendall Vitale Jan 2012

Barricading The Information Superhighway To Stop The Flow Of Traffic: Why International Regulation Of The Internet Is Necessary To Prevent Sex Trafficking, Kendall Vitale

American University International Law Review

No abstract provided.


Incidencia De La Convención Sobre Los Derechos Del Niño En La Precisión Del Lus Cogens Internacional, María Del Rosario Carmona Luque Jan 2012

Incidencia De La Convención Sobre Los Derechos Del Niño En La Precisión Del Lus Cogens Internacional, María Del Rosario Carmona Luque

American University International Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Spectrum For Child Justice In The International Human Rights Framework: From Reclaiming The Delinquent Child To Restorative Justice, Violet Odala Jan 2012

The Spectrum For Child Justice In The International Human Rights Framework: From Reclaiming The Delinquent Child To Restorative Justice, Violet Odala

American University International Law Review

No abstract provided.


Interpretacion Del Articulo 19 De La Convencion Americana Sobre Derechos Humanos En La Jurisprudencia Contenciosa De La Corte Interamericana De Derechos Humanos: Fueron Superados Los Estandares Establecidos En La Opinion Consultiva N17?, Constanza Argentieri Jan 2012

Interpretacion Del Articulo 19 De La Convencion Americana Sobre Derechos Humanos En La Jurisprudencia Contenciosa De La Corte Interamericana De Derechos Humanos: Fueron Superados Los Estandares Establecidos En La Opinion Consultiva N17?, Constanza Argentieri

American University International Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Extraterritorial Obligation To Prevent The Use Of Child Soldiers, Tracey B. C. Begley Jan 2012

The Extraterritorial Obligation To Prevent The Use Of Child Soldiers, Tracey B. C. Begley

American University International Law Review

No abstract provided.


Implementing The Children's Rights Agenda In Kenya: Taking Stock Of The Progress, Hurdles And Prospects, James Forole Jarso Jan 2012

Implementing The Children's Rights Agenda In Kenya: Taking Stock Of The Progress, Hurdles And Prospects, James Forole Jarso

American University International Law Review

No abstract provided.


Fast Track To Collapse: How Zimbabwe's Fast-Track Land Reform Program Violates International Human Rights Protections To Property, Due Process, And Compensation, Caitlin Shay Jan 2012

Fast Track To Collapse: How Zimbabwe's Fast-Track Land Reform Program Violates International Human Rights Protections To Property, Due Process, And Compensation, Caitlin Shay

American University International Law Review

No abstract provided.


Academy On Human Rights And Humanitarian Law Articles And Essays Analyzing The Rights Of Children And International Human Rights Law: Prologue, Claudio Grossman Jan 2012

Academy On Human Rights And Humanitarian Law Articles And Essays Analyzing The Rights Of Children And International Human Rights Law: Prologue, Claudio Grossman

American University International Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Case For Leverage-Based Corporate Human Rights Responsibility, Stepan Wood Jan 2012

The Case For Leverage-Based Corporate Human Rights Responsibility, Stepan Wood

All Faculty Publications

Should companies’ human rights responsibilities arise, in part, from their “leverage” – their ability to influence others’ actions through their relationships? Special Representative John Ruggie rejected this proposition in the United Nations Framework for business and human rights. I argue that leverage is a source of responsibility where there is a morally significant connection between the company and a rights-holder or rights-violator, the company is able to make a contribution to ameliorating the situation, it can do so at modest cost, and the threat to human rights is substantial. In such circumstances companies have a responsibility to exercise leverage even …


On Locating The Rights Of Lost, 45 J. Marshall L. Rev. 1051 (2012), Ricardo A. Sunga Iii Jan 2012

On Locating The Rights Of Lost, 45 J. Marshall L. Rev. 1051 (2012), Ricardo A. Sunga Iii

UIC Law Review

No abstract provided.


Victim Participation At The International Criminal Court And The Extraordinary Chambers In The Courts Of Cambodia: A Feminist Project, Susana Sacouto Jan 2012

Victim Participation At The International Criminal Court And The Extraordinary Chambers In The Courts Of Cambodia: A Feminist Project, Susana Sacouto

Michigan Journal of Gender & Law

The question this Article poses is whether victim participation--one of the most recent developments in international criminal law--has increased the visibility of the actual lived experience of survivors of sexual and gender-based violence in the context of war, mass violence, or repression. Under the Rome Statute, victims of the world's most serious crimes were given unprecedented rights to participate in proceedings before the Court. Nearly a decade later, a similar scheme was established to allow victims to participate as civil parties in the proceedings before the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC or Extraordinary Chambers), a court created …


Session Three: Voices Of The Survivors: Involvement In Legal Trials, Carlos Jibaja, Sothara Muny, Lilla Hardi, Carlos Mauricio Jan 2012

Session Three: Voices Of The Survivors: Involvement In Legal Trials, Carlos Jibaja, Sothara Muny, Lilla Hardi, Carlos Mauricio

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.


Session Two: Concurrent Panels, Mariam Jishkariani, Maria Natividad P. Hernandez, Pierre Duterte, Daniel Carey, Irit Ballas, Ala’A Shehabi, Felicitas Treue, Frances Lovemore, Rafael Garrido Álvarez, Silvia Serrano Guzmán, Mechthild Wenk-Ansohn, Rodger Haines, Christy Fujio Jan 2012

Session Two: Concurrent Panels, Mariam Jishkariani, Maria Natividad P. Hernandez, Pierre Duterte, Daniel Carey, Irit Ballas, Ala’A Shehabi, Felicitas Treue, Frances Lovemore, Rafael Garrido Álvarez, Silvia Serrano Guzmán, Mechthild Wenk-Ansohn, Rodger Haines, Christy Fujio

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.


Session One: Using Forensic Medical Evidence In Court, Duarte Nuno Vieira, Hans Petter Hougen, Mostafa Hussein, Juan Méndez, Claudio Grossman, Phil Shiner Jan 2012

Session One: Using Forensic Medical Evidence In Court, Duarte Nuno Vieira, Hans Petter Hougen, Mostafa Hussein, Juan Méndez, Claudio Grossman, Phil Shiner

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.


Panel Explores The Future Of Human Rights Lawyering Following The Supreme Court Hearing In Kiobel V. Royal Dutch Petroleum, Michelle Flash, Anna Naimark Jan 2012

Panel Explores The Future Of Human Rights Lawyering Following The Supreme Court Hearing In Kiobel V. Royal Dutch Petroleum, Michelle Flash, Anna Naimark

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.


Thirteenth Annual Grotius Lecture Series: The Global Status Of Human Rights, Amartya Sen Jan 2012

Thirteenth Annual Grotius Lecture Series: The Global Status Of Human Rights, Amartya Sen

American University International Law Review

No abstract provided.


Academy On Human Rights And Humanitarian Law Articles And Essays Analyzing The Rights Of Children And International Human Rights Law: Introduction, Claudia Martin, Diego Rodriguez-Pinzon Jan 2012

Academy On Human Rights And Humanitarian Law Articles And Essays Analyzing The Rights Of Children And International Human Rights Law: Introduction, Claudia Martin, Diego Rodriguez-Pinzon

American University International Law Review

No abstract provided.


Intergovernmental Organizations, Frank Knaack Jan 2012

Intergovernmental Organizations, Frank Knaack

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.


China's "Attitude" Toward Human Rights: Reading Hungdah Chiu In The Era Of The Iraq War, Dongsheng Zang Jan 2012

China's "Attitude" Toward Human Rights: Reading Hungdah Chiu In The Era Of The Iraq War, Dongsheng Zang

Maryland Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.