Yale Human Rights and Development Law Journal articles from January 1 2002

Yale Human Rights and Development Law Journal archives from January 1 2002

Globalizing decency: responsible engagement in an era of economic integration.
January 1, 2002... I. INTRODUCTION A fable penned by satirist Ambrose Bierce describes Moral Principle and Material Interest meeting on a bridge.(1) Traveling in separate directions and unable to pass owing to the width of the bridge, Moral Principle and...

When intent makes all the difference in the world: economic sanctions on Iraq and the accusation of genocide.
January 1, 2002... In 1990, Iraq invaded Kuwait without provocation. The U.N. Security Council responded by imposing on Iraq the most comprehensive sanctions regime ever deployed in the name of international governance. Twelve years later, the sanctions remain...

Microcredit: fulfilling or belying the universalist morality of globalizing markets?
January 1, 2002... I. INTRODUCTION: MICROCREDIT AND GLOBALIZING MARKETS This is an article about microcredit.(2) Microcredit is a widespread, indeed celebrated, tool of contemporary international economic development work. Microcredit programs provide the...

Pursuing the path of indigenization in the era of emergent international law governing the rights of indigenous peoples.
January 1, 2002... Now is both an exciting and frightening time for the Indigenous nations located within the United States. For perhaps the first time since the European colonization of our lands began, a few of our nations have developed the economic and...

Reclaiming humanity: economic, social, and cultural rights as the cornerstone of African human rights.
January 1, 2002... A point very often missed in human rights praxis is that economic, social, and cultural rights (ESCR) "are the only means of self-defense for millions of impoverished and marginalized individuals and groups all over the world."(1) Despite the...

Dealing with witnesses in war crime trials: lessons from the Yugoslave tribunal.(International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia)
January 1, 2002... I. THE IMPORTANCE OF WITNESSES IN WAR CRIME TRIALS Unlike the Nuremberg and Tokyo war crime trials following World War II, the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), established in 1993, makes lavish use of...

Wiwa v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co.: a new standard for the enforcement of international law in U.S. courts?
January 1, 2002... The traditional reluctance of U.S. courts to exercise jurisdiction over human rights violations committed against foreign persons abroad has been partially reversed. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued its opinion in the...

From laggard to leader: Canadian lessons on a role for U.S. states in making and implementing human rights treaties.
January 1, 2002... I. INTRODUCTION Human rights treaty-making and implementation pose special challenges for federal states. The unique quality of human rights--inherent, universal, urgent, and compelling--and the existence of entrenched domestic...