Denver Journal of International Law and Policy articles from June 1998

Denver Journal of International Law and Policy archives from June 1998

Implementing the U.N. Torture Convention in U.S. extradition cases.
June 22, 1998... The United Nations Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (Torture Convention)(3) entered into force in the United States on November 20, 1994. Article 3.1 of the Torture Convention provides...

The United Nations Convention Against Torture: a self-executing treaty that prevents the removal of persons ineligible for asylum and withholding of removal.
June 22, 1998... The crack of the whip, the clamp of the thumb screw, the crush of the iron maiden, and, in these more efficient modern times, the shock of the electric cattle prod are forms of torture that the international order will not tolerate. To subject...

Redressing impunity for human rights violations: the Universal Declaration and the search for accountability.
June 22, 1998... I. INTRODUCTION This year celebrates the fiftieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,(1) a document that is regarded both as the wellspring and cornerstone of modern international human rights law. The Universal...

The failure of the International Court of Justice to effectively enforce the Genocide Convention.
June 22, 1998... "Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere The ceremony of innocence is drowned" The Second Coming - William Butler Yeats PREFACE The collapse of...

The Timor gap: who decides who is in control?(East Timor)
June 22, 1998... I. FACTS & PROCEDURAL HISTORY East Timor lies just opposite Australia and includes the island of Atauro, the islet of Jaco, and Oe-Cusse in the Western part of Timor.(1) Portugal colonized East Timor in the 16th Century and occupied the...

Sovereignty versus globalization: the International Court of Justice's Advisory Opinion on the Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons.
June 22, 1998... I. INTRODUCTION In recent history, the interdependence among nations increased.(1) Despite the changing world, sovereignty remains a central issue in international affairs.(2) As nation-states conduct their affairs, traditionally their...

Maritime delimitation and territorial questions between Qatar and Bahrain.
June 22, 1998... "[T]here is no State so powerful that it may not some time need the help of others outside itself, either for purposes of trade, or even to ward off the forces of many foreign nations united against it... [E]ven the most powerful peoples and...

A golden opportunity dismissed: the New Zealand v. France nuclear tests case.
June 22, 1998... INTRODUCTION On September 22, 1995, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) entered an order dismissing New Zealand's claims in the dispute between New Zealand and France over nuclear testing in the South Pacific.(1) This order was...

An alternate role for the International Court of Justice: applied to Cameroon v. Nigeria.
June 22, 1998... I. INTRODUCTION On March 29, 1994, the Republic of Cameroon (hereinafter "Cameroon") instituted proceedings, via Application, before the International Court of Justice (hereinafter "ICJ"). These proceedings were initiated against the...