Denver Journal of International Law and Policy articles from December 2008

Denver Journal of International Law and Policy archives from December 2008

Born free yet everywhere in chains: global slavery in the twenty-first century.
December 22, 2008... I. INTRODUCTION The chasm between illusion and reality confronts us in many realms of our world today but nowhere more starkly than in the terrible realization that our global family, striding boldly into a new millennium carrying banners...

Shared but differentiated responsibility: integration of international obligations in fight against trafficking in human beings.
December 22, 2008... I. INTRODUCTION Trafficking in persons is a serious violation of fundamental, predominant and non-derogable human rights and freedoms. It is deeply rooted within the very heart of international world order and invokes not only moral, but...

State responsibility: a concerto for court, council and committee.
December 22, 2008... I. INTRODUCTION The judgment in the Case Concerning the Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Genocide Convention case), released by the International Court of Justice (the Court) on 26th...

Soldiers of fortune - holding private security contractors accountable: the Alien Tort Claims Act and its potential application to Abtan, et al. v. Blackwater Lodge and Training Center, Inc., et al.
December 22, 2008... Private security contractors play a prominent role in modern military operations. Of course the use of paid forces is not a new concept. Militaries utilized paid forces for hundreds of years, but technological advances have increased the...

Places of Refuge for Ships: Emerging Environmental Concerns of a Maritime Custom.(Book review)
December 22, 2008... PLACES OF REFUGE FOR SHIPS: EMERGING ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS OF A MARITIME CUSTOM (Aldo Chircop & Olof Linden eds., Martinus Nijhoff Publishers 2006). I. INTRODUCTION The damaged tankers Erika and Prestige, denied access to ports or...