Millennium Development Goals And The Protection Of Displaced And Refugee Women And Girls,
2013
Boston University School of Law
Millennium Development Goals And The Protection Of Displaced And Refugee Women And Girls, Susan M. Akram
Faculty Scholarship
The international protection regime of refugee, stateless and displaced women and girls has significant deficiencies. As refugees and displaced persons, women and girls experience unique challenges. They suffer abuse disproportionately as women through rape, human trafficking, and female genital mutilation. Women and girl refugees face greater challenges and risks to safety at every stage of displacement: in refugee camps, in urban spaces, in transit to safe haven, and in the process of obtaining legal status. They are frequently at the mercy of male family members in making claims to refugee and asylum status, as females are often unable to obtain …
Gauging The Gender Divide In The Middle East’S Educational System: Causes, Concerns, And The Impetus For Change,
2013
Barry University
Gauging The Gender Divide In The Middle East’S Educational System: Causes, Concerns, And The Impetus For Change, Nadia B. Ahmad
Faculty Scholarship
No abstract provided.
Cameroon Pastoralists Fight For Their Way Of Life,
2013
Columbia Law School, Columbia Center on Sustainable Development
Cameroon Pastoralists Fight For Their Way Of Life, Kaitlin Y. Cordes
Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment Staff Publications
After years of struggles against governments and private parties, the Mbororo-Fulani are gaining international attention. But is this too little too late?
Why The Extractive Industry Should Support Mandatory Transparency: A Shared Value Approach,
2013
European University Institute
Why The Extractive Industry Should Support Mandatory Transparency: A Shared Value Approach, Julien Topal, Perrine Toledano
Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment Staff Publications
The Transparency Amendment, included in the Dodd‐Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, can be an important tool in curtailing the resource curse that so heavily burdens resource‐rich developing countries by shedding light on opaque payments between the extractive sector and host countries. From the get‐go, however, extractive industry companies have fiercely opposed the new mandatory disclosure requirements as set out in this regulation. The corporate opposition is for the largest part motivated by the fear of a competitive disadvantage that derives from the fact that the amendment is housed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and thus …
Memo To The Obama Administration On The Burma Responsible Investment Reporting Requirements,
2013
Columbia Law School, Columbia Center on Sustainable Development
Memo To The Obama Administration On The Burma Responsible Investment Reporting Requirements, Kaitlin Y. Cordes, Lisa E. Sachs
Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment Staff Publications
In September 2013, CCSI sent a memo to President Obama and his Administration in response to the first public reports submitted by U.S. companies in compliance with the Burma Responsible Investment Reporting Requirements. The memo applauded the U.S. Government’s efforts to encourage responsible investment in Burma, noting that robust due diligence is essential to ensuring that international investments contribute to sustainable development. Yet the memo also urged the Obama Administration to take steps to strengthen future reporting. In particular, CCSI urged the Administration to issue clarifying guidance that any U.S. investor submitting a report should (1) provide information on due …
On Solid Ground: Toward Effective Resource-Based Development,
2013
Columbia Law School, Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment
On Solid Ground: Toward Effective Resource-Based Development, Lisa E. Sachs
Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment Staff Publications
The small island-state of Timor-Leste exemplifies the challenge of resource-based development for a poor country well-endowed with a valuable natural resource. Timor-Leste, which gained its independence in 2002, has accumulated $13 billion in its petroleum fund in less than a decade. Some of the largest multinational oil companies are operating in the country, and the revenues continue to flow. And yet, while Timor-Leste has seen very notable improvements in its development indicators in the past few years, it continues to face a massive challenge of converting financial wealth into economic development. There are also heated debates about how to spend …
An Historical Archaeological Investigation Of The Indianola Prisoner Of War Camp In Southwestern Nebraska,
2013
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
An Historical Archaeological Investigation Of The Indianola Prisoner Of War Camp In Southwestern Nebraska, Allison Marie Young
Department of Anthropology: Theses and Student Research
Second World War military operations resulted in the capture of thousands of prisoners of war. This led to the creation of internment facilities by both the Axis and the Allies. Archaeologists have begun to examine these facilities. The United States government established a POW program with numerous camps all over the country. This study provides the results of historical archaeological research at the Indianola prisoner of war camp in southwestern Nebraska. A goal of this research is to determine if the archaeological record reflects adherence to the Geneva Convention of 1929. The investigation included archival research and archaeological fieldwork with …
Protection Against The Forced Return Of War Refugees: An Interdisciplinary Consensus On Humanitarian Non-Refoulement,
2013
University of New Mexico - School of Law
Protection Against The Forced Return Of War Refugees: An Interdisciplinary Consensus On Humanitarian Non-Refoulement, Jennifer Moore
Faculty Book Display Case
This book contributes to a long-standing but ever topical debate about whether persons fleeing war to seek asylum in another country – ‘war refugees’ – are protected by international law. It seeks to add to this debate by bringing together a detailed set of analyses examining the extent to which the application of international humanitarian law (IHL) may usefully advance the legal protection of such persons. This generates a range of questions about the respective protection frameworks established under international refugee law and IHL and, specifically, the potential for interaction between them. As the first collection to deal with the …
Global Health Rights: Employing Human Rights To Develop And Implement The Framework Convention On Global Health,
2013
Wayne State University
Global Health Rights: Employing Human Rights To Develop And Implement The Framework Convention On Global Health, Lance Gable, Benjamin Mason Meier
Law Faculty Research Publications
The Framework Convention on Global Health (FCGH) represents an important idea for addressing the expanding array of governance challenges in global health. Proponents of the FCGH suggest that it could further the right to health through its incorporation of rights into national laws and policies, using litigation and community empowerment to advance rights claims and prominently establish the right to health as central to global health governance. Building on efforts to expand development and influence of the right to health through the implementation of the FCGH, in this article we find that human rights correspondingly holds promise in justifying the …
Justice Postponed In Guatemala: Ríos Montt — And The United States — Evade Reckoning With The Past,
2013
Western New England University School of Law
Justice Postponed In Guatemala: Ríos Montt — And The United States — Evade Reckoning With The Past, Lauren Carasik
Media Presence
No abstract provided.
Civilian Harm From Drone Strikes: Assessing Limitations & Responding To Harm,
2013
Columbia Law School
Civilian Harm From Drone Strikes: Assessing Limitations & Responding To Harm, Human Rights Clinic
Human Rights Institute
U.S. intelligence officials tout the drone platform as enabling the most precise and humane targeting program in the history of warfare. While drone technology is a significant advance, claims about minimal civilian harm from drone strikes in Pakistan and Yemen elide many of the operational realities of using drones outside of full-scale military operations.
Losing The Forest For The Trees: Syria, Law, And The Pragmatics Of Conflict Recognition,
2013
Vanderbilt University Law School
Losing The Forest For The Trees: Syria, Law, And The Pragmatics Of Conflict Recognition, Laurie R. Blank, Geoffrey S. Corn
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
The situation in Syria has the potential to become a pivotal moment in the development of the law of armed conflict (LOAC). The ongoing brutality serves as a reminder of the importance of extending international humanitarian regulation into the realm of non-international armed hostilities; however, the very chaos those hostilities produce reveals critical fault lines in the current approach to determining the existence of an armed conflict. The international community's year-long reluctance to characterize the situation in Syria as an armed conflict highlights a clear disparity between the object and purpose of the LOAC and the increasingly formalistic interpretation of …
The Adequacy Of International Legal Obligations For Environmental Protection During Armed Conflict,
2013
Faculty of Law Universitas Indonesia
The Adequacy Of International Legal Obligations For Environmental Protection During Armed Conflict, Arie Afriansyah
Indonesia Law Review
Since it first developed, the law of war has focused on protecting human beings. It prioritises human protection by controlling the conduct of belligerents in order to minimise human injuries and casualties. However, the consequences of war are seldom limited to human casualties. War also causes major destruction to the environment. This article shows that despite prioritising human protection, international law provides a significant number of rules to protect the environment during armed conflicts. Contrary to claims that existing rules are insufficient, the law of war adequately safeguards the environment during armed conflicts by prohibiting certain military activities that may …
A Proposal For Addressing Violations Of Indigenous Peoples' Environmental And Human-Rights In The Inter-American Human Rights System,
2013
Florida A&M University College of Law
A Proposal For Addressing Violations Of Indigenous Peoples' Environmental And Human-Rights In The Inter-American Human Rights System, Natalia Gove
Student Works
International concerns in the areas of human rights, health, and environment have expanded considerably in the past several decades. International environmental law primarily focuses on environmental damage, rather than its impact on human beings. The focus of environmental treaties is primarily on constraining environmentally deleterious behavior, rather than preventing injuries to people. Part I of this paper will discuss the significance of environmental protection for indigenous peoples. Part II will analyze the linkage between environmental and human rights, as well as the lack of a direct enforcement mechanism for redressing violations of environmental rights. It will also describe the existing …
Ecuador’S Decision To Grant Asylum To Julian Assange : The Manifestation Of Human Security?,
2013
Surabaya University, Indonesia
Ecuador’S Decision To Grant Asylum To Julian Assange : The Manifestation Of Human Security?, Atik Kusriyati
Indonesian Journal of International Law
Ecuador’s decision to grant asylum to Julian Assange (Australian citizen) on August 16, 2012 has caused several impacts. Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, was arrested in Britain in connection with a Swedish investigation into accusations of sexual offenses. But United States Law enforcement official said that the fact that he was in custody did not affect their deliberations about whether he might be charged in this country in connection with publication of leaked government documents. Being disappointed with the decission, the British authorities sent a written notice to the Ecuador’s Embassy in London that they would assault the Embassy …
The Ethics Of ‘Responsibility While Protecting’: Brazil, The Responsibility To Protect, And Guidelines For Humanitarian Intervention,
2013
University of Manchester
The Ethics Of ‘Responsibility While Protecting’: Brazil, The Responsibility To Protect, And Guidelines For Humanitarian Intervention, James Pattison
Human Rights & Human Welfare
In the aftermath of the NATO intervention in Libya, the responsibility to protect (RtoP) doctrine has received considerable blowback. Various states, most notably some of the ‘BRICS’ states (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa), claimed that NATO exceeded its mandate given to it by United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Resolution 1973 (by allegedly focusing on regime change rather than on the protection of civilians), was inappropriate in its target selection, violated the arms embargo by transferring arms to rebels, and generally caused too much harm to civilians and civilian infrastructure.1 It was also suggested that the UK, US, and …
First Do No Harm: Interpreting The Crime Of Aggression To Exclude Humanitarian Intervention,
2013
U.S. Navy, JAG Corps
First Do No Harm: Interpreting The Crime Of Aggression To Exclude Humanitarian Intervention, Joshua L. Root
University of Baltimore Journal of International Law
The yet to be implemented Article 8 bis of the Rome Statute criminalizes, as the crime of aggression, acts of aggression which by their “character, gravity and scale” constitute a “manifest violation” of the Charter of the United Nations. This article argues that Article 8 bis must be construed so as to exclude from the International Criminal Court’s jurisdiction uses of force, which are facial violations of the UN Charter, but which nonetheless comport with the principles and purposes of the Charter, such as bona fide humanitarian intervention unauthorized by the Security Council. This article examines and applies the Vienna …
Torture By The U.S.A.: How Congress Can Ensure Our Human Rights Credibility, 46 J. Marshall L. Rev. 1209 (2013),
2013
UIC School of Law
Torture By The U.S.A.: How Congress Can Ensure Our Human Rights Credibility, 46 J. Marshall L. Rev. 1209 (2013), Kyle Mcconnell
UIC Law Review
No abstract provided.
Comments: At The Intersection Of National Interests And International Law: Why American Interests Should Assume The Right Of Way,
2013
University of Baltimore School of Law
Comments: At The Intersection Of National Interests And International Law: Why American Interests Should Assume The Right Of Way, Clark Smith
University of Baltimore Journal of International Law
Following the interwar period and disastrous results of an isolationist foreign policy, the United States changed course coming out of the Second World War. Assuming the global leadership role, the U.S. led the international effort to design and build the international institutions and organizations that would ensure and manage the global recovery from the war that ravaged the world’s economy, deter future wars by providing checks on and a balance of power, and that would ensure, to some degree, international systems based on rule of law. Pursuit of U.S. interests should, when possible, be carried out within that international legal …
Comments: Stuck Between A Rock And A Hard Place: Does Lebanon Have A Responsibility To Respect Syrian Refugees?,
2013
University of Baltimore School of Law
Comments: Stuck Between A Rock And A Hard Place: Does Lebanon Have A Responsibility To Respect Syrian Refugees?, Robert Demirji
University of Baltimore Journal of International Law
This comment looks at the current crisis in Syria and its effect on Lebanon. This comment first looks at the recent history of Lebanon stemming from the entrance of Palestinians into Lebanon after their deportation of Israel to Lebanon today. Thereafter, this comment looks at the evolution of the responsibility to protect doctrine from the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, to the 2005 World Summit Outcome Report to the 2009 Secretary General Report on Responsibility to Protect. This comment addresses the role of both Lebanon and the international community in its responsibility to protect Syrian refugees. This comment concludes with …
