Development International Law – Part 24

Development International Law – Part 24

 

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Boyle, Alan, and David Freestone. International Law and Sustainable Development: Past Achievements and Future Challenges; Sand, Peter H. Transnational Environmental Law: Lessons in Global Change
Stephen McCaffrey
American Journal of International Law
Volume 94, Number 4, October 2000 p.823

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222

International Law in Latin America Constitutions : New Concepts for Social and Political Development
Susana N. Vittadini Andres
Indian Journal of International Law
Volume 40, Number 4, October-December 2000 p.769

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223

The Right to Development: Implications for International Economic Law
Isabella D. Bunn
American University International Law Review
Volume 15, Number 6, 2000 p.1425

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224

WOMEN’S HUMAN RIGHTS IN IRAN: WHAT CAN THE INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS SYSTEM DO?
Maryam Javaherian
Santa Clara Law Review
Volume 40, Number 3, 2000 p.819

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Islam is the basis of law in Iran. With the intent of preserving the teachings of Islam, the government of Iran strictly regulates the freedom of all Iranians-especially women. For example, under the law, women have half the value of men. Men and women are segregated in many facets of society, including Education and receiving medical care. Women’s dress is also strictly regulated, with all women having to wear the hejab. Women are severely punished without Due Process , including receiving lashings and stonings, if they don’t follow the law. Women’s access to employment is also considerably limited. While these injustices continue, Iran is obligated under various international human rights Treaties to guarantee women their human rights. Under these human rights Treaties and various United Nations devices, the U.N. has monitored the status of women’s rights in Iran for a number of years. However, little has changed. This comment briefly describes the development and the current status of women’s rights in Iran. It also explains International human rights law and the treaties and devices that apply to Iran. This comment then analyzes whether the status of women’s rights in Iran violates International human rights law and whether the U.N. attempts at monitoring and improving such conditions have been effective. The author concludes that the current status of women’s rights in Iran clearly violates international human rights law and that the current U.N. system of enforcing and monitoring human rights fails to adequately ensure Iran’s compliance with its human rights obligations. The author proposes that legal and social techniques, such as restructuring the existing international human rights system and promoting the development of non-governmental organizations in Iran, are necessary to improve the status of women’s rights in Iran.

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Drinkable Water and Breathable Air: A Livable Environment as a Human Right
Timothy J. Schorn
Sustainable Development Law Journal
Volume 4, Number 2, Spring/Summer 2000 p.121

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Many scholars and observers have spoken in the past about economic rights, along with the usual civil, political, social, and cultural rights. The former have included rights to decent pay and employment, but all have ignored an issue corollary to development, the impact on the environment. One should not come at the expense of the other. Dr. Schorn’s essay looks at the international covenants, agreements, declarations and other sources of international aspirations and law in order to make a case for a developing human right to a minimally acceptable environmental and ecological standard; not necessarily a statement of what the law is, but what the law could be.

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Human Rights, Environment and Development in South Asia: The Importance of International Human Rights Law
Clarence J. Dias
ILSA Journal of International and Comparative Law
Volume 6, Number 2, Spring 2000 p.415

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227

The French Law of Intent and Its Influence on the Development of International Criminal Law
Catherine Elliott
Criminal Law Forum
Volume 11, Number 1, March 2000 p.35-46

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228

The Effectiveness of International Law: Sustainable Development in the South Pacific Region
Catherine Giraud-Kinley
Georgetown International Environmental Law Review
Volume 12, Number 1, Fall 1999 p.125

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Conclusion

Notes

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References and Further Reading

About the Author/s and Reviewer/s

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Constitutions, Development International Law, Due Process, Education, International Criminal Law, International human rights law, Treaties.


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