Yale Human Rights and Development Law Journal articles from January 1 2003

Yale Human Rights and Development Law Journal archives from January 1 2003

Human rights litigation under the ATCA as a proxy for environmental claims.(Alien Tort Claims Act)
January 1, 2003... Suing corporations in U.S. courts for environmental harms abroad may soon be possible under the Alien Tort Claims Act (ATCA). While several cases have been brought alleging environmental torts under the ATCA, no case has yet yielded corporate...

Normativity in international law: the case of unilateral humanitarian intervention.
January 1, 2003... This Article argues that the ambiguous normative regime currently governing unilateral humanitarian intervention provides an adequate legal framework for such intervention. The Article reviews the arguments typically made in support of a...

Aftershocks: reflections on the implications of September 11.
January 1, 2003... The Fundamentalist conservatizers in the Islamic world who support or passively sympathize with those who are attacking us perceive themselves as under a grave threat. To assess the accuracy of their perception, we must look at what they fear....

Making access to pharmaceuticals a reality: legal options under TRIPS and the case of Brazil.
January 1, 2003... The HIV/AIDS epidemic has made the problem of access to pharmaceuticals in developing countries a subject of intense public debate. This Essay contends that tensions between intellectual property rights and human rights are largely resolvable...

The complementary and conflicting relationship between the Special Court for Sierra Leone and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
January 1, 2003... Most countries in transition from civil war face limited choices when imposing accountability for past atrocities. Some, like Mozambique, opt to grant unconditional amnesty. Other countries, like South Africa, have instituted a truth and...

Staged cities: mega-events, slum clearance, and global capital. .
January 1, 2003... Somehow, when the fair became part of the city, it did not work like the fair. --Jane Jacobs, The Death and Life of Great American Cities (1) I. INTRODUCTION In 1991, the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) held their...