Review Of Jennifer Curtis, Human Rights As War By Other Means (Philadelphia: University Of Pennsylvania Press 2014),
2015
Portland State University
Review Of Jennifer Curtis, Human Rights As War By Other Means (Philadelphia: University Of Pennsylvania Press 2014), Kubilay Y. Arin Mr
Societies Without Borders
Jennifer Curtis, author of Human Rights as War by Other Means, traces the use of rights discourse in Northern Ireland's politics from the local civil rights campaigns of the 1960s to present-day activism for truth recovery and LGBT equality. While reading this remarkable study, I asked myself to what extent her criticism of human “rights discourse has functioned as a war by other means” in Northern Ireland.
Review Of "Young And Gay: Jamaica’S Gully Queens” Produced And Directed By Christo Geoghegan Of Vice News,
2015
Howard University
Review Of "Young And Gay: Jamaica’S Gully Queens” Produced And Directed By Christo Geoghegan Of Vice News, Shaneda Destine
Societies Without Borders
No abstract provided.
Review Of "My Name Is Khan",
2015
Shaw University
Review Of "My Name Is Khan", Farrukh Hakeem
Societies Without Borders
No abstract provided.
The Ongoing Traumatic Experience Of Genocide For American Indians And Alaska Natives In The United States: The Call To Recognize Full Human Rights As Set Forth In The United Nations Declaration On The Rights Of Indigenous Peoples,
2015
University of Idaho College of Law
The Ongoing Traumatic Experience Of Genocide For American Indians And Alaska Natives In The United States: The Call To Recognize Full Human Rights As Set Forth In The United Nations Declaration On The Rights Of Indigenous Peoples, Angelique Townsend Eaglewoman
American Indian Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Land-Rights Defenders Face Growing Threat,
2015
Western New England University School of Law
Land-Rights Defenders Face Growing Threat, Lauren Carasik
Media Presence
No abstract provided.
Blurred Lines Or Bright Line? Addressing The Demand For Sex Trafficking Under California Law,
2015
Pepperdine University
Blurred Lines Or Bright Line? Addressing The Demand For Sex Trafficking Under California Law, Rachel N. Busick
Pepperdine Law Review
Like the Thirteenth Amendment, which made slavery punishable by law, additional statutes that protect victims and punish those involved in sex trafficking are needed in the United States to abolish modern-day slavery. This Comment focuses specifically on California's laws relating to sex trafficking for two reasons. First, California's laws fail to adequately address the demand for sex trafficking. Second, California has a unique relationship to pornography, which is intrinsically linked to sex trafficking. Part II explains the definition and realities of sex trafficking with a special focus on buyers creating demand for sex trafficking. Part III discusses the current state …
Impact Of The “Nirbhaya” Rape Case: Isolated Phenomenon Or Social Change?,
2015
University of Connecticut - Storrs
Impact Of The “Nirbhaya” Rape Case: Isolated Phenomenon Or Social Change?, Tina P. Lapsia
Honors Scholar Theses
In December 2012, a twenty-three year old college student, who was given the pseudonym “Nirbhaya” (“fearless”), was fatally gang-raped on a private bus in Delhi, India, galvanizing the country to swiftly adopt new legislative measures and catapulting the issue of violence against women in India into the international spotlight. Although assault and rape cases have made India infamous for its high volume of crimes against women, the reaction to this particular incident was much different from before. This paper investigates whether the governmental and societal responses represent social change, as indicated by changing attitudes towards violence against women in India. …
Public Acknowledgement And Investigations Of U.S. “Targeted Killings” And Drone Strikes,
2015
Columbia Law School
Public Acknowledgement And Investigations Of U.S. “Targeted Killings” And Drone Strikes, American Civil Liberties Union (Aclu), Amnesty International, Center For Civilians In Conflict (Civic), Center For Constitutional Rights, European Center For Constitutional And Human Rights, Human Rights Clinic, Human Rights First, Human Rights Watch, Open Society Foundations, Reprieve
Human Rights Institute
The United Nations, local and international human rights organizations, and journalists have investigated and reported numerous cases in which there is credible evidence of harm to Yemeni, Pakistani, and other civilians from U.S. strikes carried out in secret, often using drones. The families of those individuals are still seeking redress and accountability, and the continued refusal of your administration even to officially acknowledge their losses compounds their suffering
Access To Counsel In Civil Cases,
2015
Columbia Law School
Access To Counsel In Civil Cases, Human Rights Institute
Human Rights Institute
Legal representation is fundamental to safeguarding access to the legal system. Yet, in the United States, millions of people who are poor or low-income are unable to obtain legal representation when facing a crisis such as eviction, foreclosure, domestic violence, workplace discrimination, termination of subsistence income or medical assistance, loss of child custody, or deportation. Indeed, in the U.S., only a small fraction of the legal problems experienced by low-income people — fewer than one in five — is addressed with the assistance of legal representation.
The Limits Of Moral Intuitions For Human Rights Advocacy,
2015
University of Kentucky College of Law
The Limits Of Moral Intuitions For Human Rights Advocacy, Andrew K. Woods
Law Faculty Scholarly Articles
The central ambition of human rights advocacy is to get people to care, who might otherwise not, about the suffering of others. To accomplish this, human rights advocates often appeal to moral intuitions by telling stories that evoke moral outrage, indignation, or guilt. Are these sorts of appeals a good way to promote human rights? The conventional wisdom suggests that they are. But perhaps the conventional wisdom is incomplete—perhaps human rights advocates should treat moral intuitions with skepticism rather than uncritical embrace. In this brief essay, I argue that appeals to moral intuitions are problematic because moral intuitions can lead …
The Effects Of International Laws On Modern Day Slavery.,
2015
University of Louisville
The Effects Of International Laws On Modern Day Slavery., Sadmira Ramic
College of Arts & Sciences Senior Theses
No abstract provided.
Imagining The Unimaginable: Torture And The Criminal Law,
2015
Montclair State University
Imagining The Unimaginable: Torture And The Criminal Law, Francesca Laguardia
Department of Justice Studies Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works
This article examines the use of torture by the U.S. government in the context of the late 20th-century preventive turn in criminal justice. Challenging the assumption that the use of “enhanced interrogation tactics” in the war on terror was an exceptional deviation from accepted norms, this article suggests that this deviation began decades before the terror attacks, in the context of conventional criminal procedure. I point to the use of the “ticking time bomb hypothetical,” and its connection to criminal procedure’s “kidnapping hypothetical.” Using case law and criminal procedure textbooks I trace the employment of that narrative over several decades, …
Authorization Versus Regulation Of Detention In Non-International Armed Conflicts,
2015
U.S. Naval War College
Authorization Versus Regulation Of Detention In Non-International Armed Conflicts, Ryan Goodman
International Law Studies
What does the law of armed conflict say about detention in non-international armed conflict? Is the law “utterly silent,” as some contend, with respect to the grounds for detention—regulating who may be confined and for what status or behavior? And do the in bello rules provide a source of affirmative authority that empowers belligerents to engage in detention? How those questions are resolved and, in particular, the basis for reaching the conclusions may have unintended consequences for the regulation of warfare. This article contends that the laws of war regulate the grounds for detention but do not authorize detention in …
The Implementation Of The Right To Education In Indonesia,
2015
Universitas Al-Azhar Indonesia
The Implementation Of The Right To Education In Indonesia, Munafrizal Manan
Indonesia Law Review
This article discusses the implementation of the right to education in Indonesia. It uses human rights and historical approaches. Human rights approach is used to describe international human rights instruments on the guarantee of the right to education that is applied universally. This approach is also dealing with international human rights instrument on the right to education that has been ratified by Indonesia as well as national regulation instruments on the right to education applied in Indonesia. Historical approach highlights the role of Indonesian governments in education sector after the Independence Day, especially regarding the implementation of the right to …
Filartiga V. Pena-Irala: Comments On Sources Of Human Rights Law And Means Of Redress For Violations Of Human Rights,
2015
University of Georgia School of Law
Filartiga V. Pena-Irala: Comments On Sources Of Human Rights Law And Means Of Redress For Violations Of Human Rights, Gabriel M. Wilner
Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law
No abstract provided.
Torture As A Violation Of The Law Of Nations,
2015
University of Georgia School of Law
Torture As A Violation Of The Law Of Nations, Louis B. Sohn
Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law
No abstract provided.
Cross-Racial Misidentification: A Call To Action In Washington State And Beyond,
2015
Seattle University School of Law
Cross-Racial Misidentification: A Call To Action In Washington State And Beyond, Taki V, Flevaris, Ellie F. Chapman
Seattle University Law Review
Research indicates eyewitness identifications are incorrect approximately one-third of the time in criminal investigations. For years, this phenomenon has significantly contributed to wrongful convictions all over the country, including in Washington State. But jurors, attorneys, and police remain unaware of the nature and extent of the problem and continue to give undue weight to eyewitness evidence. Experts have estimated that approximately 5,000–10,000 felony convictions in the United States each year are wrongful, and research suggests that approximately 75% of wrongful convictions involve eyewitness misidentification. The phenomenon of eyewitness misidentification is also amplified and most troublesome in the context of cross-racial …
A Presumption Of Disclosure: Towards Greater Transparency In Asylum Proceedings,
2015
Seattle University School of Law
A Presumption Of Disclosure: Towards Greater Transparency In Asylum Proceedings, Rose Linton
Seattle University Law Review
Every day, Asylum Officers (AOs) and Immigration Judges (IJs) hear cases to determine if the asylum seeker has a genuine claim to protection under the Refugee Act, which prohibits returning a refugee to a country where her life or freedom is threatened due to race, religion, political opinion, nationality, or membership in a particular social group. AOs and IJs are aware that their decision may mean life or death for an asylum seeker. They are also aware that false claims are “distressingly common,” that unscrupulous attorneys and unauthorized practitioners of immigration law have perpetrated fraudulent asylum schemes, and that granting …
Human Rights Violations At Guantánamo Bay: How The United States Has Avoided Enforcement Of International Norms,
2015
Seattle University School of Law
Human Rights Violations At Guantánamo Bay: How The United States Has Avoided Enforcement Of International Norms, Samantha Pearlman
Seattle University Law Review
Guantánamo Bay has become a symbol of the United States’ approach to the War on Terror. The detention center is globally known for the human rights violations committed there; yet, the international community has failed to take actions to successfully close the facility through either the use of pressure on the U.S. government or by utilizing enforcement mechanisms against the United States as it would any other nation committing proportional human rights violations. The United States’ actions at Guantánamo Bay violate its obligations under the Third Geneva Convention, the International Covenant for Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), the Convention Against …
Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodies? The Current State Of
Sexual Assault Reform Within The U.S. Military And The
Need For The Use Of A Formal Decisionmaking Process In
Further Reform,
2015
Seattle University School of Law
Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodies? The Current State Of Sexual Assault Reform Within The U.S. Military And The Need For The Use Of A Formal Decisionmaking Process In Further Reform, Danielle Rogowski
Seattle University Law Review
Who protects those who protect the nation? In the United States, these responsibilities are levied upon the U.S. Congress, which has Constitutional authority to “make rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces.” As such, the U.S. military currently has a robust and well-developed judicial system governed by the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ). Yet critics have attacked this system during the past two decades by alleging that it fails to adequately prevent and prosecute sexual assault within the ranks. Following scandals at the 1991 Tailhook Convention, Aberdeen Proving Grounds, and the United States Air …
