Commerce and Imagination: The Sources of Concern about International Human Rights in the US Congress

2010 ◽  
Vol 54 (3) ◽  
pp. 633-655 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ellen A. Cutrone ◽  
Benjamin O. Fordham
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
International Human Rights ◽  
Us Congress ◽  
The Us ◽  
International Human

Ecuador prison crisis threatens to escalate

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
International Human Rights ◽  
Prison Violence ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Us ◽  
International Coordination ◽  
Drug Cartels ◽  
International Human ◽  
International Investors

Significance The attack, which involved drones, illustrates the evolving tactics of crime groups, and follows a string of violent, sometimes coordinated, incidents at prisons this year. These have resulted in the deaths of over 120 inmates. Prison violence comes alongside rising crime and growing concerns over the strengthening of transnational drug cartels. Impacts Lasso will face increasing pressure from international human rights groups to protect prisoners and improve prison conditions. Rising violence and crime will increase concerns among international investors about the security of investments and risks of extortion. Lasso might seek to exploit improved relations with the US and Colombian governments to strengthen international coordination.

scholarly journals REPUTATION AND COMPLIANCE WITH INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS LAW: EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE FROM THE US AND SOUTH KOREA

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 215-238
Author(s):  
Matthew Dale Kim
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
South Korea ◽  
Public Support ◽  
The United States ◽  
International Human Rights Law ◽  
Human Rights Law ◽  
International Human Rights ◽  
The Us ◽  
Survey Experiments ◽  
International Human

AbstractPast studies suggest that domestic public support for compliance with international human rights law can constrain governments to comply with human rights law. But the question remains: Why does the public care about compliance? Using a series of survey experiments in South Korea and the United States, this study finds that constituents are concerned about compliance in one issue area—such as human rights—because they believe it will affect the country's reputation in other domains of international law. Cross-national survey experiments demonstrate that past noncompliance negatively affects the South Korean public's second-order beliefs about the likelihood of future compliance across different issue areas. However, past noncompliance has a limited impact on the US public's first-order beliefs across different domains.

scholarly journals Assessing U.S. Targeted Killings Under An International Human Rights Law Framework

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 19
Author(s):  
Michael Ramsden
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
International Human Rights Law ◽  
Human Rights Law ◽  
International Human Rights ◽  
Domestic Legislation ◽  
The Us ◽  
International Human ◽  
Post Hoc

The US practice of targeted killings provokes difficult questions concerning the appropriate legal framework and the standards that govern such strikes. This article will argue that, in certain cases, it is necessary to examine the legality of targeted killings under international human rights law (IHRL). An explicit IHRL justification for targeted killings is important and, at present, often ignored by the US. IHRL requires any use of lethal force to be proportionate to the legitimate aim of safeguarding life and a necessary measure with no other reasonable means available to address the threat. It is possible, following a survey of human rights decision-makers, that targeted killings in exceptional circumstances are justifiable under IHRL. It is also incumbent on the US to pass domestic legislation that provides a legal basis for strikes disconnected to September 11, and also the provision of administrative and judicial review in order to provide a post-hoc check on targeted killing decisions.

The UN Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration: What Does It Mean in International Law?

2020 ◽  
pp. 191-210
Author(s):  
Elspeth Guild ◽  
Raoul Wieland
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
United Nations ◽  
International Law ◽  
International Human Rights ◽  
Global Compact ◽  
Un Global Compact ◽  
Global Migration ◽  
The Us ◽  
International Human ◽  
New Instruments

Between 2016 and 2018 the international community, under the auspices of the United Nations, adopted two new instruments, both entitled Compacts: the Global Compact on Refugees and the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration. This chapter examines the consequences of the adoption of the migration compact in international law. The issue has been much disputed, not least by the US authorities which encouraged (unsuccessfully) states not to adopt the instrument because of Global Migration Compact capacity to contribute to the establishment of new international law norms. In our view, the Compact is capable of aiding the interpretation of existing international human rights conventions as regards their application to migrants.

Part I General Concepts, 3 The Plea of State Immunity Distinguished from Act of State and Non-Justiciability

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fox Hazel ◽  
Webb Philippa
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
International Law ◽  
International Human Rights ◽  
State Immunity ◽  
Foreign State ◽  
The Us ◽  
International Human ◽  
The Uk

This chapter distinguishes the plea of State immunity from the related but different concepts of act of State and non-justiciability, focusing on the approaches taken in the UK and the US. While the doctrines of act of State and non-justiciability will normally work in the same direction as the plea of State immunity to prevent examination of the validity of a foreign State's acts, practice shows that in proceedings between private parties the court may set aside its usual respect for other States' jurisdiction where the acts of the foreign State constitute a fundamental breach of international human rights or other clearly established international law, whereas it will show hesitation in a direct suit to rule against the foreign State defendant.

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