Category Archives: International law / United Nations

Broken Laws, Broken Lives

By admin | Published: September 27, 2011

Physicians for Human Rights Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) mobilizes health professionals to advance the health and dignity of all [...]

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The Use Of Rape In Armed Conflicts

By admin | Published: August 4, 2011

(Download as pdf) As with other armed conflicts including those of the former Yugoslavia, Dafar, the Democratic Republic of Congo, [...]

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Wings over Libya: The No-Fly Zone in Legal Perspective

By admin | Published: May 30, 2011

by Michael N. Schmitt (Download pdf) On March 17, 2011, the United Nations Security Council adopted Resolution 1973, which imposed “a [...]

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The Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty & Why It Has Not Yet Come Into Legal Force

By admin | Published: May 25, 2011

by Janet Munro-Nelson Posted: 28 February 2011 (Download pdf) The Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty is considered one of the cornerstones in [...]

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Israel Institutes Proceedings in Relation to Gaza War

By admin | Published: May 20, 2011

by Katherine Iliopoulos Posted July 26, 2010 Crimes of War Project (Download pdf) Eighteen months after the end of the [...]

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Rule of Law: A Footnote in Time

By admin | Published: May 12, 2011

by Janet Munro-Nelson Posted: August 2008 (Download pdf) In recent years, the use of the term “rule of law” has [...]

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The Prohibition of Torture and Other Abusive Treatments

By admin | Published: March 29, 2011

The Legal, Moral and Ethical Reasons on why the United States Should Never Use Physical or Mental Abuse On Any [...]

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Two Sides to Every Story: Congo & the Rwandan Genocide

By admin | Published: March 29, 2011

by Katherine Iliopoulos Posted 30 September 2010 Crimes of War Project (Download pdf) Narratives on the 1990s in Rwanda focus [...]

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Maritime Piracy and International Law

By admin | Published: March 28, 2011

By Professor Donald R. Rothwell Posted October 2009 (Download pdf) 2008 saw an unprecedented upsurge in piracy at sea resulting [...]

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The Convention on Cluster Munitions

By admin | Published: March 28, 2011

  by Janet Munro-Nelson Posted: November 2008 Updated: 31st August 2011 (Download pdf) On 30 May 2008 in Dublin, Ireland, [...]

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