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Dialogic Federalism: Constitutional Possibilities for Incorporation of Human Rights Law in the United States [PDF]

open access: yes, 2001
Discussions about the allocation of authority between federal and subfederal systems in the implementation of international human rights law typically proceed by staking out one of two initial positions.
Powell, Catherine
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The Protection of Animals During Warfare

open access: yesAJIL Unbound, 2017
In times of war, the first instinct is to relieve the suffering of human beings. Environmental and animal interests are always pushed into the background. However, warfare strongly affects natural resources, including animals, which makes animal issues a
Jérôme de Hemptinne
doaj   +1 more source

A Human Rights Agenda for the Biden Administration

open access: yesAJIL Unbound, 2021
The Biden administration has much to do to restore the United States’ credibility as a human rights leader and to strengthen the human rights system in an era of rising right-wing nationalism, authoritarianism, and competition for global power.
Sarah H. Cleveland
doaj   +1 more source

'A Monstrous Failure of Justice'?:Guantanamo Bay and National Security Challenges to Fundamental Human Rights [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
This article considers challenges to the existing international human rights regime in the post-9/11 era. It uses an interdisciplinary approach that brings together issues of politics and law by focussing on international legal provisions and setting ...
A Hurrell   +18 more
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What Possibilities and Obstacles Does International Law Present for Preserving the Sovereignty of Island States?

open access: yesTilburg Law Review, 2016
According to the Montevideo Convention on Rights and Duties of States, among other criteria, a state must possess a defined territory. This paper considers how the scope of international law addresses the issue of threatened sovereignty of island states,
Eleanor Doig
doaj   +1 more source

The Janus-Faced Attitude of Global International Law to Democracy

open access: yesZeszyty Naukowe Wyższej Szkoły Finansów i Prawa w Bielsku-Białej, 2023
This paper considers the relationships between global international law and democracy as well as between democracy and human rights. Its primary assumption is that some obstacles to democracy are rooted in international law itself.
Barbara Mikołajczyk
doaj   +1 more source

Why should it matter that others have more? Poverty, inequality and the potential of international Human Rights Law [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
A concern with ensuring minimum standards of dignity for all and a doctrine based on the need to secure for everyone basic levels of rights have traditionally shaped the way in which international human rights law addresses poverty.
Salomon, Margot E.
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Rewarding in International Human Rights Law?

open access: yesAJIL Unbound, 2021
Compliance in international law remains a challenge and the search to understand whether and why states comply with international human rights law endures as well.
Siobhán McInerney-Lankford
doaj   +1 more source

International Human Rights: Islam\u27s Friend or Foe? Algeria as an Example of the Compatibility of International Human Rights Regarding Women\u27s Equality and Islamic Law [PDF]

open access: yes, 1996
Part I of this Note briefly discusses the development of International Human Rights Law as embodied in international covenants today. Part I also discusses Islamic law, the traditional role of women under Islamic law and culture, Algeria\u27s ...
Entelis, Joelle
core   +1 more source

KLK7 overexpression promotes an aggressive phenotype and facilitates peritoneal dissemination in colorectal cancer cells

open access: yesFEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
KLK7, a tissue kallikrein‐related peptidase, is elevated in advanced colorectal cancer and associated with shorter survival. High KLK7 levels in ascites correlate with peritoneal metastasis. In mice, KLK7 overexpression increases metastasis. In vitro, KLK7 enhances cancer cell proliferation, migration, adhesion, and spheroid formation, driving ...
Yosr Z. Haffani   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

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