36 research outputs found
Universality Of Human Rights: The Case Of The Death Penalty
THE ISSUE OF THE UNIVERSALITY OF HUMAN RIGHTS
Forty-five years after the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights the international community met in Vienna to elaborate the human rights agenda for the next twenty-five years
Christina M. Cerna on The Torture Papers: The Road to Abu Ghraib. Edited by Karen J. Greenberg and Joshua L. Dratel. Cambridge, MA: Cambridge University Press, 2005. 1249 pp.
A review of:
The Torture Papers: The Road to Abu Ghraib. Edited by Karen J. Greenberg and Joshua L. Dratel. Cambridge, MA: Cambridge University Press, 2005. 1249 pp
Christina M. Cerna on the Development of Positive Obligations Under the European Convention on Human Rights by the European Court of Human Rights by Alastair Mowbray. Oxford: Hart Publishing, 2004. 239pp.
A review of:
The Development of Positive Obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights by the European Court of Human Rights by Alastair Mowbray. Oxford: Hart Publishing, 2004. 239pp
Gun Violence and U.S. Obligations under the Inter- American System for the Protection of Human Rights
This article discusses the human rights aspects of gun violence from the perspective of the Organization of American States. The article explains the history, structure, and procedure of the OAS body that is charged with reviewing allegations of deprivations of human rights. Because exhaustion of claims at the national level is not required when the national law does not recognize a certain claim, the article argues that American victims of gun violence should be able to proceed directly to the international tribunal. In order for this to occur, the U.S. would need to ratify a treaty assenting to such jurisdiction; the article argues in favor of this outcome
Christina M. Cerna on The UN International Criminal Tribunals, The former Yugoslavia, Rwanda and Sierra Leone by William A. Schabas. New York, Cambridge University Press, 2006. 711 pp.
A review of:
The UN International Criminal Tribunals, The former Yugoslavia, Rwanda and Sierra Leone by William A. Schabas. New York, Cambridge University Press, 2006. 711 pp
Christina M. Cerna on Truth and Reconciliation in South Africa, Did the TRC Deliver? Edited by Audrey R. Chapman and Hugo van der Merwe. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2008. 346 pp.
A review of:
Truth and Reconciliation in South Africa, Did the TRC Deliver? Edited by Audrey R. Chapman and Hugo van der Merwe. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2008. 346 pp
Current Issues In Extraterritoriality: How Long Is the Long Arm Jurisdiction Of International Human Rights Bodies?
One line of cases involving extraterritoriality revolves around the issue of effective control over persons as a result of military occupation and also involves jurisdictional issues