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The Intersection Of International Human Rights And Domestic Environmental Regulation, Rebecca M. Bratspies Sep 2014

The Intersection Of International Human Rights And Domestic Environmental Regulation, Rebecca M. Bratspies

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

No abstract provided.


Procedural Rights As A Crucial Tool To Combat Climate Change, Svitlana Kravchenko Sep 2014

Procedural Rights As A Crucial Tool To Combat Climate Change, Svitlana Kravchenko

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

No abstract provided.


"First, Do No Harm": Human Rights And Efforts To Combat Climate Change, Naomi Roht-Arriaza Sep 2014

"First, Do No Harm": Human Rights And Efforts To Combat Climate Change, Naomi Roht-Arriaza

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

No abstract provided.


Human Rights Obligations And Accountability In The Face Of Climate Change, Marc Limon Sep 2014

Human Rights Obligations And Accountability In The Face Of Climate Change, Marc Limon

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

No abstract provided.


Keynote Address: Poverty, Climate Change, And Overpopulation, Thomas Pogge Sep 2014

Keynote Address: Poverty, Climate Change, And Overpopulation, Thomas Pogge

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

No abstract provided.


Introduction: Climate Change And Human Rights: Unpacking The Issues, Daniel Bodansky Sep 2014

Introduction: Climate Change And Human Rights: Unpacking The Issues, Daniel Bodansky

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

No abstract provided.


B.Y.O. Heroin: Will Canada Finally Recognize The Fundamental Rights Of Injection Drug Users By Providing Access To Safe Injection Facilities?, Robert Marston Sep 2014

B.Y.O. Heroin: Will Canada Finally Recognize The Fundamental Rights Of Injection Drug Users By Providing Access To Safe Injection Facilities?, Robert Marston

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

No abstract provided.


The Role Of The Judiciary In The European Union's (De)Segregation Of Roma Students, Lindsey M. Green Sep 2014

The Role Of The Judiciary In The European Union's (De)Segregation Of Roma Students, Lindsey M. Green

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

No abstract provided.


Beyond The "Tiers" Of Human Trafficking Victims: Islamic Law's Ability To Push The Muslim World To The Top Of The United States Trafficking Tier Placements And Into Compliance With International Law, Myada O. El-Sawi Sep 2014

Beyond The "Tiers" Of Human Trafficking Victims: Islamic Law's Ability To Push The Muslim World To The Top Of The United States Trafficking Tier Placements And Into Compliance With International Law, Myada O. El-Sawi

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

No abstract provided.


Subminimum Or Subpar? A Note In Favor Of Repealing The Fair Labor Standards Act's Subminimum Wage Program, Melia Preedy Sep 2014

Subminimum Or Subpar? A Note In Favor Of Repealing The Fair Labor Standards Act's Subminimum Wage Program, Melia Preedy

Seattle University Law Review

This Note argues for the repeal of Section 14(c) of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), which continues to perpetuate a system allowing employers to pay less than minimum, or “subminimum,” wage to certain employees with disabilities. The Section 14(c) program is a relic of policy leftover from the 1930s and does not help the disabled community, but rather rests on the presumption that persons with disabilities never progress. In light of recent House Resolution 3086, Congress went against the current trend of encouraging maximum independence and equal opportunities for persons with disabilities and instead upheld the subminimum wage program; …


Addressing The Tension Between The Dual Identities Of The American Prostitute: Criminal And Victim; How Problem-Solving Courts Can Help, Brynn N.H. Jacobson Sep 2014

Addressing The Tension Between The Dual Identities Of The American Prostitute: Criminal And Victim; How Problem-Solving Courts Can Help, Brynn N.H. Jacobson

Seattle University Law Review

This Comment focuses on the sexual exploitation of both adult women and girls in the life of prostitution. The primary purpose is to explore the difficulties faced by American citizens who are exploited in prostitution (as opposed to foreign nationals who are subject to exploitation). This Comment focuses only on state and local prostitution laws, as opposed to global or federal laws on prostitution. It takes the position that prostitution is not a chosen profession for the vast majority and that prostitution is sexual exploitation. This Comment discusses the experiment of legalization and decriminalization in the Netherlands and Sweden as …


United Nations Watchdog Blasts Us For Persistent Racism, Lauren Carasik Sep 2014

United Nations Watchdog Blasts Us For Persistent Racism, Lauren Carasik

Media Presence

No abstract provided.


When Skeletons Come Out Of The Closet: Implications Of The Bosnian Genocide Decision For Serbia's Eventual Eu Accession, Edina Slomic Sep 2014

When Skeletons Come Out Of The Closet: Implications Of The Bosnian Genocide Decision For Serbia's Eventual Eu Accession, Edina Slomic

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

No abstract provided.


The State Secrets Privilege And Corporate Complicity In Extraordinary Rendition, Lucien J. Dhooge Sep 2014

The State Secrets Privilege And Corporate Complicity In Extraordinary Rendition, Lucien J. Dhooge

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

No abstract provided.


M.S.S. V. Belgium And Greece (European Court Of Human Rights): The Interplay Between European Union Law And The European Convention On Human Rights In The Post-Lisbon Era, Ton Zuijdwijk Sep 2014

M.S.S. V. Belgium And Greece (European Court Of Human Rights): The Interplay Between European Union Law And The European Convention On Human Rights In The Post-Lisbon Era, Ton Zuijdwijk

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

No abstract provided.


Maryland V. King And The Road Already Traveled: How The United Kingdome Tried--And Failed--To Balance State Interests With Privacy Rights, Courtney Coons Poole Sep 2014

Maryland V. King And The Road Already Traveled: How The United Kingdome Tried--And Failed--To Balance State Interests With Privacy Rights, Courtney Coons Poole

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

No abstract provided.


Reconciling Indigenous And Women's Rights To Land In Sub-Saharan Africa, Aparna Polavarapu Sep 2014

Reconciling Indigenous And Women's Rights To Land In Sub-Saharan Africa, Aparna Polavarapu

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

No abstract provided.


International Law In A Time Of Scarcity: An Introduction, Harlan G. Cohen Sep 2014

International Law In A Time Of Scarcity: An Introduction, Harlan G. Cohen

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

No abstract provided.


Turkey's Article 301: A Legitimate Tool For Maintaining Order Or A Threat To Freedom Of Expression?, Jahnisa Tate Sep 2014

Turkey's Article 301: A Legitimate Tool For Maintaining Order Or A Threat To Freedom Of Expression?, Jahnisa Tate

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

No abstract provided.


Getting Kids Out Of Harm's Way: The United States' Obligation To Operationalize The Best Interest Of The Child Principle For Unaccompanied Minors, Erin B. Corcoran Sep 2014

Getting Kids Out Of Harm's Way: The United States' Obligation To Operationalize The Best Interest Of The Child Principle For Unaccompanied Minors, Erin B. Corcoran

Law Faculty Scholarship

The government estimates by the end of the fiscal year over 90,000 children will enter the United States. According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees 58% of these children were forcibly displaced and are potentially in need of international protection. However, in U.S. immigration law unaccompanied children are often seen as illegal migrants and law enforcement prioritizes their “alien” status over their status as children. As the crisis escalates, many of these children are being housed at emergency shelters in icebox-cold cells – nicknamed hierleras, Spanish for freezers, with no access to food or medical care, while DHS …


Reconstructing A College Model For Countering Human Trafficking, Ron D. Petitte Sep 2014

Reconstructing A College Model For Countering Human Trafficking, Ron D. Petitte

Annual Interdisciplinary Conference on Human Trafficking: 6th (2014)

Assessment is a hallmark of 21st Century academia. Accordingly, the 2013 college model for countering human trafficking2 was reviewed and assessed by the author, leading to a restructuring of the model, in order to present developments that have occurred since the October 2013 Interdisciplinary Conference on Human Trafficking, at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, as well as attempting to engineer a more practical and effective model: There are two areas of research that link directly to the spectre of human trafficking. The first is economics; and, the question that is raised: “Is human trafficking, today, the result of unjust economic …


The International Human Rights Regime And Supranational Regional Organizations: The Challenge Of The Eu, Pauline Hilmy Sep 2014

The International Human Rights Regime And Supranational Regional Organizations: The Challenge Of The Eu, Pauline Hilmy

Michigan Journal of International Law

The global legal order as we know it today developed largely to accommodate and facilitate the modern state system that arose in the wake of the 1648 Treaty of Westphalia. As a result, international law consists primarily of international agreements1 and customary rules arising out of state practice and recognition.2 States still remain the primary subjects of international law today, but they are increasingly joined by other actors on the global stage, including international organizations and individuals–and the global legal order has struggled to adapt and adjust.


Joint Submission To The U.N. Committee Against Torture Concerning The United States’ Mistreatment Of Immigrant Detainees In Violation Of The Convention Against Torture And Other Cruel, Inhuman Or Degrading Treatment Or Punishment In Relation To The United States 5th Periodic Report On The Convention Against Torture, Sarah Dávila-Ruhaak, Steven D. Schwinn, Jennifer Chan, John Marshall Law School International Human Rights Clinic Sep 2014

Joint Submission To The U.N. Committee Against Torture Concerning The United States’ Mistreatment Of Immigrant Detainees In Violation Of The Convention Against Torture And Other Cruel, Inhuman Or Degrading Treatment Or Punishment In Relation To The United States 5th Periodic Report On The Convention Against Torture, Sarah Dávila-Ruhaak, Steven D. Schwinn, Jennifer Chan, John Marshall Law School International Human Rights Clinic

Faculty White Papers

This report relates to the mistreatment and abuse that adult immigrant detainees suffer in United States detention facilities. It is submitted in response to the United States’ periodic report relating to the Convention Against Torture (CAT) and specifically addresses the deplorable conditions of detention, the use of solitary confinement, the problem of sexual violence in detention and the lack of investigation of such acts, the refoulement of detainees who face risk of torture, the enforcement of the non-derogable prohibition of torture, and the prevention of cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. This report discusses current practices of the U.S. …


A Content Analysis Of Backpage.Com Advertisements In Louisville, Kentucky, Theresa C. Hayden Sep 2014

A Content Analysis Of Backpage.Com Advertisements In Louisville, Kentucky, Theresa C. Hayden

Annual Interdisciplinary Conference on Human Trafficking: 6th (2014)

Backpage.com and Craigslist are replacing the street corner as a crime source for buying and selling of sex. “To reduce commercial sexual exploitation and enforce existing trafficking laws, communities must first recognize the extent of the problem within their local area (Janson, Mann, Marro, & Matvey, 2013, 99). In a population density study conducted in 15 major U. S. cities, it was found that males over 18 years of age who buy sex online ranged from 0.6% in San Francisco to 21.4% in Houston (Roe-Sepoqitz, Hickle, Gallagher, Smith, & Hedberg, 2013). Researchers in the Greater Cincinnati area found a high …


The Social And Economic Implications Of Human Trafficking In Nigeria: Naptip In Focus, Eunice I. Anuforom Sep 2014

The Social And Economic Implications Of Human Trafficking In Nigeria: Naptip In Focus, Eunice I. Anuforom

Annual Interdisciplinary Conference on Human Trafficking: 6th (2014)

Human trafficking is globally recognized as a modern day slavery with multifarious negative socio-economic, legal and health implications. Besides drugs trafficking and gun running, human trafficking has become a lucrative business globally and yields an estimated US$32 million annually. Traffickers trade on human lives, subject them to gory and traumatic experiences in order to make profits. Human trafficking is therefore the worst form of human rights violations and a gender based violence against female who constitute the majority of the victims in the country. Regrettably, Nigeria occupies the ignoble position of a source, transit and destination country for trafficking. In …


An End To Silence: Inmate's Handbook On Identifying And Addressing Sexual Abuse, 3rd Edition, Brenda V. Smith Sep 2014

An End To Silence: Inmate's Handbook On Identifying And Addressing Sexual Abuse, 3rd Edition, Brenda V. Smith

Research Reports & White Papers

"Though many correctional agencies have taken steps to comply with PREA standards and create safer environments for individuals in their care, inmates in custody still face sexual abuse and harassment by staff or other inmates. Staff and inmates still report problems identifying those at risk of sexual abuse, reporting sexual abuse, and holding those responsible for sexual abuse accountable. This publication is a tool for educating inmates about legal and other mechanisms, including the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA), that can provide protection and redress from sexual abuse in custodial settings" (p. 5). Sections of this handbook are: introduction; what …


Editor's Note Sep 2014

Editor's Note

Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice

No abstract provided.


Masthead And Front Matter Sep 2014

Masthead And Front Matter

Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice

No abstract provided.


Table Of Contents Sep 2014

Table Of Contents

Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice

No abstract provided.


Introduction, Joan M. Shaughnessy Sep 2014

Introduction, Joan M. Shaughnessy

Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice

No abstract provided.