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- Bilateral investment treaties: a friend or foe to human rights?
I. INTRODUCTION The worst cases of corporate-related human rights harm have occurred, predictably, in the places that need economic development the ...
- Denver Journal of International Law and Policy
- Vol. 39 Nbr. 3, June 2011
- Measuring Human Rights: a review essay.
Measuring Human Rights. By Todd Landman & Edzia Carvalho. New York, NY: Routledge, 2010. 163pp. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] As a response to an emergen...
- Human Rights & Human Welfare
- Nbr. 12, January 2012
- Justices Open Term with New Human Rights Case
high-stakes agenda The Supreme Court term that began Monday holds the prospect for major rulings about affirmative action, gay marriage and voting rights. A look at a few cases the court already has agreed to hear or likely will hear: RACIAL PREFERENCES In Fisher v. University of Texas, to be argued Oct. 10, the court will weigh Texas' limited use of race to help fill out its incoming classes. The outcome could result in a major cutback in the use of racial preferences at the nation's colleges. DRUG-SNIFFING DOGS Two disputes involving drug-sniffing dogs will be heard by the court on Halloween. In one, the question is whether a dog brought to the front door of a home to sniff for marijuana amounts to a search. In the other, the court will consider a dog's reliability and qualifications ...
- Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)
- October 02, 2012

- Is the wedding of trade and human rights a marriage of convenience or a lasting union?
Forced to Be Good: Why Trade Agreements Boost Human Rights. By Emilie Hafner-Burton. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2009. 220pp. [ILLUSTRATIO...
- Human Rights & Human Welfare
- Nbr. 10, January 2010
- The Path to Gender Justice in the Inter-American Court of Human Rights
[...] the paper suggests strategies to continue to enhance the sensitivity of the Court to gender issues in order to improve the treatment of women in the Inter-American Human Rights System and, consequently, in the Americas in general.
- Texas Journal of Women and the Law
- Vol. 17 Nbr. 2, April 2008
- Human rights and the search for common ground: a comparative study of Islamic and Christian thought.
Common Ground: Islam, Christianity, and Religious Pluralism. By Paul Heck. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press. 2009. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]...
- Human Rights & Human Welfare
- Nbr. 11, January 2011
- Access to Habeas Corpus: A Human Rights Analysis of U.S. Practices in the War on Terrorism
Introduction - II. History and significance of habeas corpus - III. Habeas corpus provisions in relevant human rights law - A. Article 9(4) of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - B. Article XXV of the American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man - IV. Basic guarantees and scope of application - A. Basic Guarantees - B. Relationship to International Humanitarian Law - C. Derogability - D. Extraterritorial Application - V. Assessing american compliance - A. Availability of Review - B. Procedural Issues - VI. Conclusion
- Transnational Law & Contemporary Problems
- Nbr. 20-1, May 2011
- Upholding Human Rights in the Hemisphere: Casting Down Impunity Through the Inter-American Court of Human Rights
This article further fills the lacuna in the scholarly literature regarding compliance theory and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. It builds upon a previous publication by this same author titled "Member State Compliance with the Judgments of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights." Like its predecessor, this Article explores various prominent theoretical models including the managerial model, fairness and legitimacy, transnational legal process, and self-interest. Harmonizing aspects of these distinctive theoretical models as an analytical base, this Article proposes a new, hybrid model which suggests that many of the central tenets of the previous theories reflect reconcilable dimensions of compliance with the Court's judgments rather than representing an ineluctable, theor...
- Texas International Law Journal
- Vol. 43 Nbr. 2, April 2008
- The unpleasant responsibilities of international human rights law.
The prevailing view in the legal literature on the fight against terrorism is that the current structure of international law--the law enforcement/arm...
- Denver Journal of International Law and Policy
- Vol. 38 Nbr. 3, June 2010
- Emphasize Human Rights Approach
GENEVA, June 21, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Global Forum on MSM & HIV (MSMGF) welcomes the first-ever guidelines from the World Health Organization on the prevention and treatment of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections for men who have sex with men (MSM) and transgender people. Developed in consultation with key stakeholders and civil society around the globe, the guidelines assess the effectiveness of available interventions and emphasize the importance of a human rights approach to healthcare for these populations. The guidelines come at a time when HIV rates among MSM are surpassing 20% in a wide range of countries, including Jamaica, Mexico, Thailand and Zambia. Despite the clear need for services, it is estimated that fewer than one in ten MSM around the world have access t...
- U.S. Newswire
- June 21, 2011