Denver Journal of International Law and Policy articles from March 2001

Denver Journal of International Law and Policy archives from March 2001

The fundamental human right to prosecution and compensation.(human rights abuses)
March 22, 2001... I. INTRODUCTION The right to obtain financial compensation for a human rights abuse and to have the perpetrator of such an abuse prosecuted and punished is itself a fundamental human right that cannot be taken from a victim or waived by a...

From Noriega to Pinochet: Is there an international moral and legal right to kidnap individuals accused of gross human rights violations?
March 22, 2001... I. INTRODUCTION Throughout human history, people have committed atrocities against each other. Numerous instances of genocide, slavery, and wholesale annihilation have been committed on several continents. The recent incidents in East...

Voluntary repatriation of refugees and customary international law *.
March 22, 2001... There is no greater sorrow on earth than the loss of one's native land. Euripides, 431 B.C. (1) Everyone has the right to leave any country, including his own, and to return to his country. Universal Declaration of Human Rights,...

The struggle for human rights versus stability: the Chinese Communist Party and western values clash.
March 22, 2001... Economic growth and human progress make their greatest strides when people are secure and free to think, speak, worship, choose their own way and reach for the stars. President Ronald Reagan (1) I. INTRODUCTION The...