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Requiem for Universal Jurisdiction in Spain

Résumé The two relevant legislative reforms that universal jurisdiction was subjected to have been a serious blow to the fight against impunity in Spain. The reasons for this de facto... en savoir plus →

Calling for Compliance. Transnational Advocacy Networks in the Mediterranean Sea. A Case Study on Norm Compliance at Europe’s Liquid Borders

Résumé The paper observes compliance theories on transnational advocacy networks in the Mediterranean Sea; a multinational border region being widely considered as the “deadliest border” in the world. This situation... en savoir plus →

The Cynic’s Guide to Compliance: A Constructivist Theory of the Contestation Threshold in Human Rights

Résumé Wherever the reader may sit on the spectrum of international relations theories, it should hold that whether a state complies with international human rights norms or not translates some... en savoir plus →

Are African States Willing to Ratify and Commit to Human Rights Treaties? The Example of the Maputo Protocol

Résumé This paper sheds light on factors affecting the ratification and commitment of African countries to treaties, to change and to improve their conduct according to the obligations present in... en savoir plus →

Compliance without Ratification. Using International Law in Non-Binding Scenarios

Résumé While the end goal of international treaties is full participation, states are often resistant to ratification. As such, it is worthwhile to examine the effects that international law, including... en savoir plus →

The Non-Ratification of the 1951 Convention on Refugees: An Indian Paradoxical Approach to Human Rights

Résumé The following paper explores the position of India on refugees and its resistance to signing the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees. It first revisits the colonial... en savoir plus →

Strategies for Compliance with Non-Binding International Decisions: The Spanish Case

Résumé The Spanish State is among the countries with high standards of compliance with its international obligations on human rights. Regardless of the reasons that explain the respect for such... en savoir plus →

Socialization Trouble. European Populist States and Compliance with Human Rights Norms

Résumé This paper aims to reconceptualize the theoretical frameworks that underpin paradigms of the theory of socialization in international and European law. The somewhat carefree optimist approach to the compliance... en savoir plus →

Compliance of Territorially Fragile States with International Human Rights Law

Résumé Fragile States are defined as states incapable of fully implementing their international obligations in a part of the territory falling under their jurisdiction. The fragile State's compliance with its... en savoir plus →

May the other side also be heard? Some remarks regarding the chances for a response to Opinion 2/13 from the ECtHR on the awakening of the EU accession to the ECHR process

Résumé This paper takes up a question whether there exists a possibility for the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) to take a stand on the (in)famous Opinion 2/13 by... en savoir plus →

Russia and the European Convention (or Court) of Human Rights: The End?

Résumé Russia has been a member of the Council of Europe (CoE) for 25 years, and of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) for 22 years, which is in... en savoir plus →

The Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights and the European Court of Human Rights: An Ever-closer Relationship

Résumé The relationship between the Commissioner for Human Rights and the European Court of Human Rights has varied considerably over time, from a clear separation of functions to increasing interactions.... en savoir plus →

The Extent to Amount ISIL Acts Against Iraqui Minorities to Genocide

Résumé This paper explores the status of Iraq’s most vulnerable people, who have been disproportionately affected by gross human rights violations, and the applicability of the offence of genocide to... en savoir plus →

The Chinese Hukou System: Reforming Institutions of Inequality between the Need for Roots and the Demands of Change

Résumé Since 1978, economic reform and opening-up in the People’s Republic of China have dramatically reoriented the previous planned economy towards the free market, generating an increasingly dynamic economy. The... en savoir plus →

Multilateral Human Rights in a Shifting World Order: Perspectives from a UN Special Procedure Mandate

General Comment no. 24 on State Obligations under the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in the Context of Business Activities: The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Has Played Its Part

Résumé Dans le contexte des négociations sur l’élaboration d’un instrument international juridiquement contraignant pour réglementer les activités des sociétés transnationales et autres entreprises, le Comité des droits économiques, sociaux et... en savoir plus →

A Child’s Right to Education: What Can the International Community Do?

Children from poor families often do not go to school and work as wage labourers instead. This perpetuates their poverty status. How does one break this vicious circle? This article... en savoir plus →

The Paradox of Elite Law Schools in India—A Comparison with Canadian Legal Education

Legal education, like law, should always be overhauled and refitted to changes in society. What is sought is a model of legal education that best meets the needs of the... en savoir plus →

Pilot Fatigue—A Study on the Effectiveness of Flight and Duty Time Regulations for Professional Pilots in Canada

In Canada, federal regulations govern the maximum time a professional pilot may fly an aircraft (flight time) and be on duty at his or her workplace (duty time). This report... en savoir plus →