As international instruments proliferate, the remedies available to states for breach of international obligations and the number of institutions offering for a granting of such remedies have expanded. Today, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) is no longer alone in providing a forum ...

Aristotle and Locke on Slavery Slavery is an issue that has plagued many societies over the history of the world. Slavery has existed on almost every continent, and has affected millions of people's lives. The idea and philosophy behind slavery is an issue that almost every great politic...

An important project that was in its early stages at GR&AP dealt with commercial sex workers. The department undertook to write a comparative paper on laws related to commercial sex work around the world. I was originally asked to do the research for Canada, and later on was assigned New Zealand, Th...

Ventures in Power: The White House and its Machinations South of United States Borders "I look forward to a great future for America--a future in which our country will match its military strength with our moral restraint, its wealth with our wisdom, its power with our purpose." ...

One of the first things that come to mind about human rights in China would most likely be the Tiananmen Square massacre, where in 1989 hundreds of student protestors lost their lives to the People's Republic of China. The bloody body of a dead student removed from the street right after the T...

Abstract Recent developments in international politics, which have both ceased and contributed to shaping prevalent, universalized norms, are of significant importance, upon the pursuit of the study of human rights in an international context. Especially as a result of world wars experiences and in ...