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The low-hanging fruit: Health, Rights, and the Commission

, political method advocated.”). 2. See id. (acknowledging that the specialized Commissions were established by the OAU Secretariat to ensure the realization of the panAfrican unity, which was propagated by ... for years detached socio-economic rights from civil and political 9. See Ebenezer Durojaye, The Approaches of the African Commission to the Right to Health Under the African Charter, 17 L. DEMOCRACY

The Right To Hope: A New Perspective Of The Right To Have Expectations, Opportunities And Plans

Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice Juan Carlos Riofrio 0 Universidad Hemisferios 0 0 Philosophy Commons 0 Juan Carlos Riofrio, The Right To Hope: A New Perspective Of The ... activity and initiative, then from one’s work, and never from the material means available.”268 Plans are also relevant in the political dimension of hope. As seen, the right to hope entitles authorities to

Exploring the African Regional Human Rights Standards as the Basis for an Enabling Environment for Self-Managed Abortion

(describing the drug’s entry into use in Africa and the regulatory and political obstacles this entry has faced). 28. See Heidi Moseson et al., Effectiveness of Self-Managed Medication Abortion with ... have the political will and technical abilities to provide this care, humanitarian agencies and advocates should renew and strengthen their efforts to make facility-based abortion care accessible

Can the Burning of Holy Books Ever Be Justified?

, Iranian triumphs, and contemporary instances of the burning of literature, comics, and history, philosophy, and religious books,this paper identifies “freedom of expression” as the underlyingprinciple for ... anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. Simultaneously, European right-wing political and religious leaders also have pronounced hate speech against Islam, which has resulted in enraged mass protests in Muslim

Removing White Hoods from the Blue Line: A Legislative Solution to White Supremacy in Law Enforcement

officers have been disciplined for “political” or biased speech. For example, last year, a Springfield, Massachusetts police detective was terminated after re-posting a photo of Black Lives Matter protestors ... regulates the political activity of government employees, was initially passed in 1939 as a way to maintain public trust in government officials132 and keep partisan politics out of the federal workforce.133

Takings in Disguise: The Inequity of Public Nuisance Receiverships in America’s Rust Belt

.195 This decision was widely unpopular nationally across political, racial, class, and geographic lines.196 The vagueness of “public purpose” and “redevelopment” caused unease as it would seem to allow ... the Fifth Amendment.”). 196. See Ilya Somin, Opinion, The Political and Judicial Reaction to Kelo, WASH. POST (June 4, 2015) (“The opposition cut across conventional partisan, ideological, racial, and

The Gross Injustices of Capital Punishment: A Torturous Practice and Justice Thurgood Marshall’s Astute Appraisal of the Death Penalty’s Cruelty, Discriminatory Use, and Unconstitutionality

, Discriminatory Use, and Unconstitutionality, 29 2 University of Baltimore School of Law 3 Commons, Human Rights Law Commons , Law and Philosophy Commons, Legal History Commons 4 Part of the Civil Rights and ... Declaration of Human Rights (1948) prohibiting torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, the United States ratified the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (“ICCPR

Religious Ministers and the Scope of Their Rights to Non-Discrimination in Employment

(highlighting the growing dissatisfaction and retreat of American youth who view religion as “judgmental, homophobic, hypocritical, and too political”). 73. See id. at 121–60 (explaining how poor public opinion ... which is that mainstream culture has become, across a wide range of demographics and political perspectives, generally less tolerant of various sorts of employment discrimination.165 Any public perception

The Court and Capital Punishment on Different Paths: Abolition in Waiting

, is what to expect going forward with a Court committed to deregulation of the death penalty at the same time that the death penalty enjoys decreasing political and popular support. We contend that the ... reversal and appears to be determined by multiple, reinforcing factors, including: cost, the changing political dynamics of large urban areas, the decreasing power of the death penalty as a wedge issue, and

Does the Death Penalty Still Matter: Reflections of a Death Row Lawyer

could not be impugned by mere evidence of its actual operation. Having underestimated the political resilience of the death penalty after Furman, the Supreme Court has consistently stepped out of the way ... responding to political pressure to “speed up” executions, Congress re-wrote the habeas statute to forbid federal judges from vacating a state criminal judgment “merely” because it violated the federal

Artificial Entities with Natural Rights: Pursuing Profits at the Expense of Human Capital

. Supreme Court to afford the right of free speech to corporations in the context of political spending. The Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) was interpreted as giving religious protections to for ... II of this Note will consider a corporation’s First Amendment rights. Subpart A will address freedom of speech, specifically, political speech, afforded to corporations. Subpart B will discuss the

Transforming the Future of Work by Embracing Corporate Social Justice

. At the same time, conservative groups have expressed concerns that DEI is political.11 Conservative groups believe that education or training 5. See ZHENG, supra note 3, at Part I (“Diversity is the ... of eight concepts.”) [perma.cc/RLF5-TPRD]. 13. See id. (explaining that politicians have begun to worry that political correctness may have “created a false sense of guilt among those who were not

Check Your Bank Account First: Examining Copyright Formalities and Remedies Through a Race Conscious Lens

: Illuminating the History and Political Economy of Jazz 84 (1977)). 212. See Hines, supra note 116, at 476–77 (providing the various ways in which Black creators have had their artistic creations or profits ... positive aspects of formalization) . 199 . See Greene, supra note 1 , at 1227 ( citing Jon M. Garon , Normative Copyright: A Conceptual Framework for Copyright Philosophy and Ethics, 88 CORNELL. L. REV

A Miscarriage of Justice: How Femtech Apps and Fog Data Evade Fourth Amendment Privacy Protections

movements, but through them his ‘familial, political, professional, religious, and sexual associations.’”). the government with 12,898 data points over 127 days.215 In one Missouri case, Fog Data provided

Being in the Room Where It Happens: Celebrating Virginia’s First Female Law Clerks

Judge Bell would write the other half of the opinions. Ms. Bray describes Judge Bell as an intellectual . . . [h]e had a very strong judicial philosophy. He believed that he was there to make decisions

It’s My Party, and I’ll Do What I Want to: Making the Case for Judicial Review of National Interest Waiver Denials

President in power—can make arbitrary and capricious decisions rooted in their political principles and biases.1 When the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services 1. See R. Douglas Arnold, Political ... the vast political history of U.S. immigration law. It demonstrates how the pendulum of morality has swung back and forth over time between pro- and anti-immigrant positions. This has commonly been in

Empathy’s Promise and Limits for Those Disproportionately Harmed by the COVID-19 Pandemic

://www.newschool.edu/institute-race-political-economy/projectspapers/ (discussing the racial inequity highlighted by the COVID-19 pandemic) [perma.cc/X892-YSZD]. with and take compassionate action to aid the many ... importance of drawing political leaders from across society, and especially from the ranks of those most burdened by this nation’s structural inequalities. II. The Exacerbation of COVID-19 Illness and Death

Reforming Federal Sentencing: A Call for Equality-Infused Menschlichkeit

philosophy. Instead they promised greater reliance on empirical data, including ongoing review of the guidelines based on collected sentencing data. Over time, those reviews seemed to serve largely the goal of ... :1 ratio represents a political compromise rather than a victory of empiricism. As the ratio continues to be based on questionable data, some district court judges, including Judge Bennett, noted again

Certain Prosecutors: Geographical Arbitrariness, Unusualness, & the Abolition of Virginia’s Death Penalty

indicate that the racial composition of and distribution within a county plays an important role. Finally, some studies suggest that political pressures, including pressures on judges who must stand for ... PENALTY IN AN AGE OF ABOLITION 11 (2010)) (noting that “[t]he historical, political, demographic, and other explanations . . . offered for differences in the use of the death penalty” have tended to be