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From:Denver Journal of International Law and Policy (Vol. 44, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedI. INTRODUCTION In its landmark decision of 1984 on the Campbell and Fell case (1), the European Court of Human Rights ("ECtHR") correctly observed that: "justice cannot stop at the prison gate." (2) This...
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From:Melbourne University Law Review (Vol. 31, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed[Most bills of rights allow for the restriction of rights in the interests of the public. But how should courts decide when the public interest should prevail? This article draws on philosophical work on practical...
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From:Law and Contemporary Problems (Vol. 79, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedI INTRODUCTION The Inter-American human rights system (the IAHRS), in place for over fifty years, is composed of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, a quasi-judicial body that issues recommendations for...
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From:American Journal of International Law (Vol. 109, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedRegional human rights courts in Europe and the Americas came into being in the wake of World War II. The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) and Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) were established in order...
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From:Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law (Vol. 33, Issue 1)Abstract This Note addresses whether Britain's Criminal Justice (Terrorism and Conspiracy) Act (CJTCA), which permits police officer opinion testimony as to whether a terrorist suspect is a member of an illegal...
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From:Journal for the Study of Religions and Ideologies (Vol. 9, Issue 26) Peer-ReviewedThe paper discusses the context, substance and likely implications of the European Court of Human Rights' very recent but, in our view, historic decision in the case of Lautsi v. Italy. The article offers an outline of...
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From:St. Thomas Law Review (Vol. 23, Issue 1)I. INTRODUCTION The United States' election to the U.N. Human Rights Council ("Council") in 2009 displays a shift in foreign policy under President Barack Obama. (2) The Obama administration's decision to engage with...
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From:Georgetown Journal of Law & Public Policy (Vol. 17, Issue SI) Peer-ReviewedMost human rights theorists argue that corporations cannot be considered bearers of human rights, either because they are not human beings or because they lack the relevant moral attributes that ground human rights....
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From:Global Governance (Vol. 20, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedSubnational human rights institutions are often thought of as distinctly local bodies, addressing human rights concerns within their jurisdictions with little attention to the processes and mechanisms of the wider...
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From:Yale Law Journal (Vol. 122, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedOver the past decade, Europe has been the site of strident debates over integration and Islam. One major point of controversy is the trend toward enacting legislation to prohibit Islamic veils from public places. Laws...
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From:Melbourne University Law Review (Vol. 36, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed[The High Court's decision in Momcilovic v The Queen is the first to consider the compatibility of the Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities 2006 (Vic) with ch III of the Constitution. The decision will have...
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From:Notre Dame Law Review (Vol. 95, Issue 5) Peer-ReviewedINTRODUCTION Properly understood, the right to freedom of religion should encompass broad protections for a prisoner's free exercise to teach, practice, worship, and observe his or her faith. Scholars typically analyze...
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From:American Journal of International Law (Vol. 107, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedSince the close of the Cold War, the international community has created a variety of legal institutions designed to step in when state justice systems fail to prosecute genocide, war crimes, and crimes against...
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From:Monash University Law Review (Vol. 46, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed
REVISITING SECTION 32(1) OF THE VICTORIAN CHARTER: STRAINED CONSTRUCTIONS AND LEGISLATIVE INTENTION.
This article revisits s 32(1) of the Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities Act 2006 (Vic). In particular, the article examines the potential ability of the courts to deploy s 32(1) to reach 'strained'... -
From:Washington University Global Studies Law Review (Vol. 9, Issue 4)The Inter-American Court of Human Rights and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights are charged with protecting human rights in the Western Hemisphere. This Article explains the workings of this regional human...
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From:Canadian Public Administration (Vol. 51, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedAbstract: This article examines the capacity of human rights commissions to foster public policy change by focusing on the Canadian Human Rights Commission (CHRC) and its role in advancing sexual orientation equality...
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From:Demokratizatsiya (Vol. 11, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedSince 1990, the Council of Europe has admitted twenty-one former Soviet bloc countries, bringing the total number of member states to forty-five. (1) The Council's territory now spans nearly fifteen time zones, from...
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From:Nomadic Peoples (Vol. 14, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedAbstract Nomadic groups have often being discriminated against in many different fields. Often states do not meet their obligation to respect, protect and fulfil nomads' human rights. This article applies a human...
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From:Childhood Education (Vol. 85, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedThe 61st Annual Department of Public Information/Non-Governmental Organizations (DPI/NGO) Conference was held at the UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, France, from September 3-5, 2008. The meeting commemorated the 60th...
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From:American Journal of International Law (Vol. 103, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedFrom such crooked timber as humanity is made of, no straight thing was ever constructed. -Immanuel Kant In September 2007, Buddhist monks, students, democracy campaigners, and ordinary men, women, and children took...