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Humanitarian Assistance In Non-International Armed Conflict: The Fourth Wave Of Rights, Duties And Remedies, Mary Ellen O'Connell

Journal Articles

The international community is in the midst of a fourth wave of legal development with regard to the rights, duties and remedies associated with humanitarian assistance to victims of non-international armed conflict. This wave is part of a larger development affecting most aspects of international law at the beginning of the 21st century. International actors, in particular, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), have challenged the accepted categories of international law in almost all fields, including international humanitarian law. In international humanitarian law, NGOs are primarily challenging the traditional requirements of neutrality and consent in the distribution of emergency aid to victims of …

Self-Determination: Chechnya, Kosovo, And East Timor, Jonathan I. Charney

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

Hindsight always appears better than foresight. Hopefully, the reexamination of past events will provide lessons for the future. Recent media reports have analyzed the genocide in Rwanda and blamed France, the United States, and the UN Security Council for their failures to take steps that might have prevented or stopped the atrocities. Academic studies also argue how the atrocities in Chechnya, Kosovo, and East Timor may have been prevented or stopped by the United Nations or others in the international community. Such analyses are for international relations authorities and military experts. As an international lawyer, I am reluctant to tread …

Genocide In International Law, Jenia I. Turner

Faculty Journal Articles and Book Chapters

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Justice In Africa: Rwanda's Genocide, Its Courts, And The Un Criminal Tribunal, Jenia I. Turner

Faculty Journal Articles and Book Chapters

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A Trade/Human Rights Linkage By The United States: Is Enforcing Human Rights By Use Of Trade Sanctions Effective?, Blaise Omondi Odhiambo

LLM Theses and Essays

Universally held basic human rights must remain separate from political rights. Such basic human rights are those that are so universal that all societies, systems, nations, and ideology could, and do espouse them. Conversely, political rights are those that are dependent upon compatibility with the system of government in place and arc therefore far less likely to gamer universal support. An effective multilateral enforcement mechanism can only succeed if there are universal agreement and acceptance of the protected rights. Accordingly, at the outset of such a mechanism, only basic human rights may be enforced through trade sanctions. Once such a …

China’S Cautious Participation In The Un Human Rights Regime, Greg Moore

Human Rights & Human Welfare

A review of China, the United Nations, and Human Rights: The Limits of Compliance, by Ann Kent. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1999. 328pp.

When most Western students of human rights and/or international relations think of China, unfortunately they are most likely to think not of the greatness and longevity of Chinese civilization, the goodness of Chinese cuisine, or the grandesse of the Chinese landscape. Rather, they are most likely to think of the Tian’anmen Square incident of 1989 and China’s human rights problems. Considering both the interest and the emotion generated in the West over the issue of human …

Now We Know About Pinochet, But Where Do We Go From Here?, Gerald Robert Pace

Human Rights & Human Welfare

A review of Chile Under Pinochet: Recovering the Truth. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press (Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights), 1999. 296pp.

General Augusto Pinochet, who served as military and civil leader of Chile from 1973 until 1990, forged perhaps one of the most authoritarian regimes ever to govern in the Western Hemisphere. Spearheading the violent coup d’état that ousted socialist President Salvador Allende, Pinochet not only achieved power, but also created a personalistic dictatorship bolstered by a military run governmental bureaucracy to secure his rule. And indeed, this combination perpetuated Pinochet’s seventeen-year tenure.

Inter-American System, Claudia Martin, Diego Rodriguez-Pinzon

Scholarly Articles in Law Reviews & Journals

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Ethical And Humanitarian Concerns Add A New Dimension To International Security In The Post-Cold War World, Juan E. Mendez

Scholarly Articles in Law Reviews & Journals

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Reconciling Amnesties With Universal Jurisdiction - A Reply To Mr. Phenyo Keiseng Rakate, Juan E. Mendez, Garth Meintjes

Scholarly Articles in Law Reviews & Journals

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Freedom Of Expression In The Inter-American System For The Protection Of Human Rights, Claudio Grossman

Scholarly Articles in Law Reviews & Journals

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Introduction (Volume 75)

International Law Studies

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Table Of Contents (Volume 75)

International Law Studies

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International Law And The Conduct Of Military Operations: Stocktaking At The Start Of A New Millenium, Christopher Greenwood

International Law Studies

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The Charter Of The United Nations As A World Constitution, Ronald St. J. Macdonald

International Law Studies

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The Westphalian Peace Tradition In International Law: From Jus Ad Bellum To Jus Contra Bellum, Ove Bring

International Law Studies

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Legal Issues Of Multinational Military Units: Tasks And Missions, Statinging Law, Command And Control, Dieter Fleck

International Law Studies

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The Law Of Armed Conflict As Soft Power: Optimizing Strategic Choice, Michael N. Schmitt

International Law Studies

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Antecedents Of The Rome Statute Of The International Criminal Court Revisited, Shabtai Rosenne

International Law Studies

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The Rome Statute On The International Criminal Court - Universal Jurisdiction Or State Consent - To Make Or Break The Package Deal, Sharon A. Williams

International Law Studies

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Un Forces And International Humanitarian Law, Paul C. Szasz

International Law Studies

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Full Volume 75: International Law Across The Spectrum Of Conflict

International Law Studies

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Jus Pacis Ac Belli? Prolegomena To A Sociology Of International Law, Georg Schwarzenberger

International Law Studies

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Chivalry In The Air? Article 42 Of The 1977 Protocol I To Geneva Conventions, Robbie Sabel

International Law Studies

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The International Criminal Court: A Skeptical Analysis, Alfred P. Rubin

International Law Studies

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Making Law Of War Treaties: Lessons From Submarine Warfare Regulation, Hays W. Parks

International Law Studies

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Legal Implications Of Nato's Armed Intervention In Kosovo, Ved P. Nanda

International Law Studies

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International Humanitarian Law From Agincourt To Rome, Theodor Meron

International Law Studies

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The History And Status Of The International Criminal Court, Howard Levie

International Law Studies

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Naval Blockade, Wolff Heintschel Von Heinegg

International Law Studies

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