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Obstetric Violence In The Case Law Of The Universal And Inter-American Human Rights Systems, Carmen Cecilia Martínez López

University of Miami International and Comparative Law Review

This Article explores how obstetric violence is treated within two major international human rights systems: the Inter-American System of Human Rights and the United Nations treaty body system. While obstetric violence has been increasingly recognized as a form of gender-based violence and a violation of fundamental rights, the articulation of its scope, state obligations, and standards of redress has varied across institutions.

Building on this analysis, the Article argues that a comparative approach to these systems not only illuminates key similarities and differences in legal standards, but also reveals concrete gaps and opportunities to advance the protection of reproductive autonomy. …

Legislating With An Expiration Date & The Duty To Reevaluate: Sunset Provisions As A Safeguard In Self-Defense Laws, Samantha Morales

University of Miami International and Comparative Law Review

Self-defense laws have a long history in the jurisprudence of many countries around the world, reflecting the essential right to protect oneself from harm. At their core, self-defense laws seek to balance the rights of individuals against one another in threatening, violent, or high-risk scenarios, presenting a classic legal dilemma—one person’s rights end where another’s begin.

Through a comparative and analytical lens, this Note explores the origins, current state, and impact of self-defense laws, focusing specifically on the United States and the United Kingdom. Tracing the development of self-defense doctrine from its roots in the common law, the analysis highlights …

The Legacy Of Lead: Lead Exposure's Harmful Effects And Its Concentration In Poc Communities, Layla Sophronia Barber

Student Theses 2015-Present

This thesis examines the disproportionate burden of lead exposure carried by low income, POC communities. The systemic nature of this problem is a symptom of a longstanding legacy of environmental injustice in the United States. Decades of federal neglect are reflected in the higher statistics of lead exposure and poisoning in predominantly black communities. While it is understood that lead exposure poses a serious threat to physical health and early cognitive development, there is a discouraging lack of urgency to remove the toxin from non-wealthy communities. The material covered by this thesis aims to identify and correct the discriminatory social …

Expanding “We The People”: Constitutional Language And Gender (In)Equality In The United States, France, Germany, And Sweden, Sophia Elaine Ward

University of Miami International and Comparative Law Review

While the U.S. Constitution opens with the inclusive promise of representing “We the People,” it remains silent on gender equality. That silence leaves gender-based rights dependent on judicial interpretation rather than constitutional command, producing uneven, unstable protections that shift with changing courts and political regimes. Although the U.S. Supreme Court addresses sex discrimination through the Equal Protection Clause, its jurisprudence relies on a formal equality framework that fails to confront structural and systemic gender inequality and offers no durable constitutional guarantee.

This Note argues that the U.S. can no longer rely on judicial interpretation alone to secure gender equality. Instead, …

Human Rights In The Americas Symposium: An Examination Of Past, Present, And Future, Caroline Bettinger-López, Tamar Ezer, Shantanice Vaxter, Hannah Garry, Alexzandrea Bartle, Austin Brewster, Brittany Findley, Ana Garcia-Velez, Andrew Kiliment, Christian Kruger, Ana Luiza Potgornik Ferreira, Abigail Matherne, Genice Nadal, Lucia Niño Junyent, Yasmin Rizvi, Amanda Sarmientos, Megan Schutzen, Roberta Spehl, Sara White, Meg Williams

University of Miami International and Comparative Law Review

Human Rights in the Americas Symposium: An Examination of Past, Present, and Future documents a week-long convening hosted by the University of Miami School of Law in November 2025, held in conjunctions with the 194th Period of Sessions of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. The Symposium brought together scholars, advocates, policymakers, students, artists, and community members to assess the evolution, current challenges, and future trajectory of human rights in the Americas.

Through interdisciplinary panels, thematic hearings, artistic exhibitions, and community-based engagements, participants examined pressing regional issues, including democratic backsliding, migration, housing justice, racial and gender inequality, environmental harm, and …

Protection Of The Human Rights Of Older Persons In The Americas And The Caribbean, Gloria Monique De Mees

University of Miami International and Comparative Law Review

The Americas and the Caribbean are undergoing rapid demographic aging amid structural inequality, widespread informality, and fragile social protection, exposing older persons to heightened risks of disease, poverty, exclusion, and abuse while reinforcing their construction as dependents rather than autonomous rights-holders. Grounded in the Inter-American Human Rights System, and complemented by empirical evidence, the analysis situates demographic aging as a structural human rights priority and traces the evolution of regional standards culminating in the Inter-American Convention on Protecting the Human Rights of Older Persons. It then examines advances and gaps in national protection systems in Latin America and the Caribbean …

Police Accountability For Racial Justice And Equality: A Human Rights Analysis Of Perceptions Of Police Legitimacy In Orlando, Florida, Katherine Wilson Mccoy, R. Denisse Córdova Montes

University of Miami International and Comparative Law Review

The murder of George Floyd marked a watershed moment in the global fight against racism. In response, the United Nations Human Rights Council adopted Resolution 43/1, calling for a comprehensive report on systemic racism and human rights violations against Africans and people of African descent by law enforcement. Despite this increased scrutiny, legislators have increasingly used laws to police poverty. Florida House Bill 1365 went into effect on October 1, 2024, prohibiting public camping and sleeping on public property without authorization. Critics argue that such measures disproportionately target marginalized groups by criminalizing life-sustaining activities. Research suggests that repeated interactions, especially …

Homelessness In The Caribbean: From Colonial Roots To Rights-Based Responses, Wilmy Dessalines, Tamar Ezer, Gabriela Valentín Diaz

University of Miami International and Comparative Law Review

This Article provides an analysis of homelessness across four Caribbean localities—the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, and Puerto Rico. Each locality brings a diverse history connected to colonial legacies and realities from Spain, France, the United Kingdom, and the United States. They capture a cross-section of the Caribbean and reveal that homelessness is shaped by legal and governance systems rooted in colonial inheritance that promote exclusion over social protection: from vagrancy laws that regulate presence in public space to land systems that legalize dispossession and facilitate displacement. Laws punishing vagrancy and life-sustaining activities serve as instruments of social control that systematically …

Mp3 Ditinjau Dari Aspek Hukum Hak Kekayaan Intelektual, Theresia Yulia Ardiani

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Legalitas Perkawinan Antar Pemeluk Beda Agama Di Indonesia Dikaitkan Dengan Undang-Undang No.1 Tahun 1974 Tentang Perkawinan, Hutari H.W.P.

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Rancangan Undang-Undang Antipornografi Dan Pornoaksi Sebagai Integrasi Kebudayaan Sosial Yang Dipaksakan, Ridha Sjartina

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Kajian Hukum Penyusunan Dan Penetapan Pedoman Panduan Rancang Kota Di Provinsi Dki Jakarta, Untung Kusyono

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Perlindungan Hukum Terhadap Kreditur (Bank) Dan Debitur (Nasabah) Dalam Perjanjian Kredit Tanpa Agunan (Kta) Bank X, Nurjannatul Fajriyah

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Perubahan Pokok Dalam Peraturan Kepailitan Menurut Undang-Undang Nomor 37 Tahun 2004 Tentang Kepailitan Dan Penundaan Kewajiban Pembayaran Utang, Nina Noviana

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Penerapan E-Auction Oleh Pt Garuda Indonesia Dalam Rangka Pengadaan Barang Dan Jasa Ditinjau Berdasarkan Uu No. 5 Tahun 1999 Tentang Larangan Monopoli Dan Persaingan Usaha Tidak Sehat, Amanda Yoseani

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Pengembangan Konsep Community Development Dalam Kerangka Pelaksanaan Corporate Social Responsibility, Charolinda Charolinda

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Peran Regulasi Dalam Penanggulangan Masalah Keamanan Informasi Suatu Pendekatan Normatif Sosiologis, Freddy Harris, Bono Budi P.

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Urgensi Pengaturan Territorial Penjualan Gas Untuk Mengatasi Kelangkaan Gas, Lona Degesya

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Peran Hakim Dalam Pembaruan Hukum Di Indonesia Hal-Hal Yang Harus Diketahui (Proses Berfikir) Hakim Agar Dapat Menghasilkan Putusan Yang Berkualitas, Lintong O. Siahaan

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Aktualisasi Negara Kesatuan Setelah Perubahan Atas Pasal 18 Uud 1945, Astim Riyanto

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Cardozo Law Announces Three New Faculty Appointments, Benjamin N. Cardozo School Of Law

Cardozo Law News Archive

Cardozo School of Law announced the appointments of three new faculty members: Assistant Professor of Law Mridula Raman, Assistant Clinical Professor of Law and Co-Director of the Civil Rights Clinic Stefen R. Short, and Harold A. Stevens Visiting Assistant Professor of Law Fregine Sheehy. Their expertise spans criminal law, civil rights, disability justice, critical race theory, evidence, and human rights law.

Suatu Tinjauan Atas Pemberian Suaka Terhadap Pengungsi Berdasarkan Konvensi Internasional, Yon Riezky Prasetyo

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Kajian Hukum Sengketa Tanah Di Lokasi Transmigrasi Kecamatan Muara Sungkal Kabupaten Lampung Utara Propinsi Lampung, Suparjo Sujadi

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Keuangan Daerah: Berdasarkan Uu No. 32 Tahun 2004 Tentang Pemerintahan Daerah, Harsanto Nursadi

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Master Settlement And Acquisition Agreement (Msaa) Dan Master Refinancing And Note Issuance Agreement (Mrnia) Dalam Perspektif Hukum Perdata (Suatu Tinjauan Singkat), Ari Wahyudi Hertanto

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Komisi Yudisial Sebagai Lembaga Kontrol Terhadap Hakim, Lintong O. Siahaan

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Hukum Rakyat A La Friedrich Karl Von Savignyl, Antonius Cahyadi

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Kekerasan Dalam Rumah Tangga Terhadap Perempuan, Dewi Lestari

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Mahkamah Konstitusi Dan Hak Asasi Manusia Dalam Era Reformasi: Peran Mahkamah Konstitusi Dalam Menyusun Konsepsi Keadilan Transisional Di Indonesia, Muhammad Ajisatria

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Upaya-Upaya Hukum Terhadap Penetapan, Nurul Elmiyah, Suparjo Sujadi

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