Establishing an Integrated Judiciary to Facilitate the African Continental Free Trade Area
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Blood, Water, and the Indus Waters Treaty
Full Text The contested and divided province of Jammu and Kashmir, situated on the western side of the Hindu Kush Himalayan Mountains, is one of the most dangerous and heavily militarized places on earth. It is a Muslim-majority borderland harboring contested territorial claims of three nuclear powers—India, Pakistan, and China. Through it flow the headwaters
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Justice v. Prevention: A Nuanced Approach to International Criminal Prosecutions
Full Text One of the principal purposes of the Rome Statute is the prevention of future international crimes. To achieve this goal, the International Criminal Court (ICC) must consider the effects that its law enforcement measures will have on the commission of atrocities in a situation under review. This article responds to the need for
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Unravelling Socio-Economic and Ecological Distribution Conflicts in Ship-breaking in Bangladesh for Addressing Negative Externalities in Law and Policy Making
Full Text Ship-breaking is widely known as a colossally dangerous and polluting activity. Bangladesh has emerged as the market leader in ship-breaking, producing the highest amount of steel from recycling End of Life ships owned by global owners. Economic contribution of ship-breaking in Bangladesh has been well documented from the report published under the auspicious
Making Children’s Rights Widely Known
Since the advent of the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child (“CRC”), the international community has witnessed significant progress on children’s rights in both law and practice. Yet as we reach the 30th anniversary of the CRC, children’s rights violations remain widespread. These abuses reinforce the fact that children’s rights—and human rights more generally—have yet to be fully embraced in all communities. A precursor to children’s rights being fully embraced and respected is to have them widely known and understood.
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