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Protecting Human Rights During Emergencies: Delegation, Derogation, And Deference, Evan J. Criddle 2014 William & Mary Law School

Protecting Human Rights During Emergencies: Delegation, Derogation, And Deference, Evan J. Criddle

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Leading human rights treaties permit states as a temporary measure to suspend a variety of human rights guarantees during national crises. This chapter argues that human rights derogation is best justified as a temporary mechanism for empowering states to protect human rights, rather than as a device for enabling national authorities to advance their own interests in a manner that compromises human rights protection. Human rights treaties use broad legal standards to entrust states with responsibility for deciding what measures are best calculated to maximize human right protection during emergencies. For this delegation of authority to operate effectively, international tribunals …


Trespass Vi Et Armis, Jonathan Rohr 2014 Success Academy Charter Schools Network

Trespass Vi Et Armis, Jonathan Rohr

Cardozo Law Review

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Specially Invited Opinions And Research Report Of The International Water Law Project: Global Perspectives On The Entry Into Force Of The Un Watercourses Convention 2014: Part One, Gabriel Eckstein, Salman M.A. Salman, Dinara Ziganshina, Kishor Uprety, Götz Reichert 2014 Texas A&M University School of Law

Specially Invited Opinions And Research Report Of The International Water Law Project: Global Perspectives On The Entry Into Force Of The Un Watercourses Convention 2014: Part One, Gabriel Eckstein, Salman M.A. Salman, Dinara Ziganshina, Kishor Uprety, Götz Reichert

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This is the first part of a two-part research report on opinions of prominent international water lawyers from each continent on the potential impacts of the 1997 UN Convention on Non-Navigational Uses of International Watercourses. The second part of the report was published in Water Policy 17(1).

The following compilation is reproduced and adapted from a series of essays that appeared in the blog of the International Water Law Project (www.internationalwaterlaw.org). The series was solicited in preparation for the coming into force of the 1997 UN Convention on the Non-navigational Uses of International Watercourses. The Convention had been pending for …


Human Rights In The World Community: Issues And Action. Eds. Richard Pierre Claude And Burns H. Weston. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: University Of Pennsylvania Press, 1989. Pp. 376., Ranee K. L. Panjabi 2014 Memorial University

Human Rights In The World Community: Issues And Action. Eds. Richard Pierre Claude And Burns H. Weston. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: University Of Pennsylvania Press, 1989. Pp. 376., Ranee K. L. Panjabi

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

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Transborder Abductions By American Bounty Hunters - The Jaffe Case And A New Understanding Between The United States And Canada, Kristofer R. Schleicher 2014 University of Georgia School of Law

Transborder Abductions By American Bounty Hunters - The Jaffe Case And A New Understanding Between The United States And Canada, Kristofer R. Schleicher

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

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European Court Of Human Rights - Extradition - Inhuman Or Degrading Treatment Or Punishment, Soering Case, 161 Eur. Ct. H.R. (Ser. A) (1989), David L. Gappa 2014 University of Georgia School of Law

European Court Of Human Rights - Extradition - Inhuman Or Degrading Treatment Or Punishment, Soering Case, 161 Eur. Ct. H.R. (Ser. A) (1989), David L. Gappa

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

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Keynote Address: Proposals For The Future, Louis B. Sohn 2014 University of Georgia School of Law

Keynote Address: Proposals For The Future, Louis B. Sohn

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

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Panel Iii--General Discussion, Georgia Journal of International and Comparative Law 2014 University of Georgia School of Law

Panel Iii--General Discussion, Georgia Journal Of International And Comparative Law

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

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The Inter-American System For The Promotion And Protection Of Human Rights, David J. Padilla 2014 Inter-American Commission on Human Rights

The Inter-American System For The Promotion And Protection Of Human Rights, David J. Padilla

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

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The European System For The Promotion And Protection Of Human Rights, Neri Sybesma-Knol 2014 School of Law, Vrije Universiteit Brussel

The European System For The Promotion And Protection Of Human Rights, Neri Sybesma-Knol

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

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The United Nations System For The Protection Of Human Rights, Larry Johnson 2014 United Nations Office of the Legal Counsel

The United Nations System For The Protection Of Human Rights, Larry Johnson

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

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Panel Iii--Universal And Regional Human Rights Systems And The Potential For United States Accession To The American Convention On Human Rights, Gabriel Wilner 2014 University of Georgia School of Law

Panel Iii--Universal And Regional Human Rights Systems And The Potential For United States Accession To The American Convention On Human Rights, Gabriel Wilner

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

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Panel Ii--General Discussion, Georgia Journal of International and Comparative Law 2014 University of Georgia School of Law

Panel Ii--General Discussion, Georgia Journal Of International And Comparative Law

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

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The Potential For United States Adoption Of The Genocide Convention And The Convention Against Torture, David Stewart 2014 U.S. Department of State

The Potential For United States Adoption Of The Genocide Convention And The Convention Against Torture, David Stewart

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

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The Politics Of Ratification: The Potential For United States Adoption And Enforcement Of The Convention Against Torture, The Covenants On Civil And Political Rights And Economic, Social And Cultural Rights, Winston P. Nagan 2014 University of Florida College of Law

The Politics Of Ratification: The Potential For United States Adoption And Enforcement Of The Convention Against Torture, The Covenants On Civil And Political Rights And Economic, Social And Cultural Rights, Winston P. Nagan

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

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The Potential For The United States Joining The Covenant Family, Alfred de Zayas 2014 United Nations Centre for Human Rights

The Potential For The United States Joining The Covenant Family, Alfred De Zayas

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

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Panel I-- General Discussion, Georgia Journal of International and Comparative Law 2014 University of Georgia School of Law

Panel I-- General Discussion, Georgia Journal Of International And Comparative Law

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

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United States Ratification Of The United Nations Covenants, Richard B. Lillich 2014 University of Virginia School of Law

United States Ratification Of The United Nations Covenants, Richard B. Lillich

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

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The Process For United States Ratification Of Human Rights Instruments, Craig H. Baab 2014 American Bar Association

The Process For United States Ratification Of Human Rights Instruments, Craig H. Baab

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

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United States Attitudes Toward Ratification Of Human Rights Instruments, Louis B. Sohn 2014 University of Georgia School of Law

United States Attitudes Toward Ratification Of Human Rights Instruments, Louis B. Sohn

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

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