Human Rights

European Court of Human Rights Rules Banning Donation of Embryos from in vitro Fertilization Does Not Violate European Convention (August 27, 2015)

Author: 
Catherina Valenzuela-Bock

On August 27, 2015, the European Court of Human Rights (the Court) ruled in

Human Rights Council Resolutions 26/9 and 26/22: Towards Corporate Accountability?

On June 26, 2014, the Human Rights Council (HRC) adopted resolution 26/9, establishing an intergovernmental working group mandated to “elaborate an international legally binding instrument to regulate, in international human rights law, the activities of transnational corporations and other business enterprises.”[1]  Yet one day later, the HRC adopted resolution 26/22.

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19
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20
Author: 
Nicole R. Tuttle
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IACHR Requests the U.S. Suspend the Execution of Bernardo Abán Tercero (August 19, 2015)

Author: 
Caitlin Behles

On August 19, 2015, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) urged the U.S.

UN Security Council Passes Resolution on Inquiry into Syrian Use of Chemical Weapons (August 7, 2015)

Author: 
Caitlin Behles

On August 7, 2015, the UN Security Council passed a resolution that will allow for the creation of

IACHR Publishes Report on the Closure of Guantanamo (August 5, 2015)

Author: 
Caitlin Behles

On August 5, 2015, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) released a report titl

European Court Rules on Revocation of Refugee Status after Allegations of Terrorism (June 24, 2015)

Author: 
Caitlin Behles

On June 24, 2015 the Court of Justice of the European Union (the Court)

UN Refugee Agency Publishes Manual on Case Law of European Regional Courts (June 24, 2015)

Author: 
Caitlin Behles

On June 24, 2015, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) released a manual titled “The Case Law of the

The Road from Syria to Ukraine

Humanitarian intervention as a basis for using force against another nation, or within another nation’s territory, is not without its own set of legal challenges and criticisms. Russia’s justification for using force in the Crimean peninsula, in the wake of repeated calls for intervention in Syria, highlights difficulties associated with humanitarian intervention as a basis for the use of force.

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19
Issue: 
16
Author: 
Shane Reeves and Winston Williams
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