Browsing Irish Centre for Human Rights (Scholarly Articles) by Title
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The "Reservations Dialogue" as a constitution-making process
(Brill Academic Publishers, 2013)The article proposes a new reading of the reservations regime to human rights treaties. The practice developed by states in relation to the reservations regime is analysed and presented as a constitution-making process. ... -
Retaliation and Reprisal, forthcoming in Marc Weller (ed.), Oxford Handbook on the Use of Force, Oxford University Press (2013)
(2015-04-17)This book chapter explores the evolution of the law on the use of force as it relates to armed reprisals and retaliation, particularly since the adoption of the Charter of the United Nations in 1945. While the preponderance ... -
Rethinking human rights and culture through female genital surgeries
(Johns Hopkins University Press, 2015-02)The article revisits the relationship between culture and human rights through the analysis of one traditionally condemned cultural practice known in human rights law as female genital mutilation. The analysis draws on ... -
Selective Conscientious Objection in International Law: Refusing to Participate in a Specific Armed Conflict
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State must allow institutionalised people access to personal files
(Irish Times, 2019-01-08)his year, politicians must do what is right by survivors and family members of deceased victims of all forms of so-called historical abuse in Ireland. It is a milestone year. The Mother and Baby Homes Commission of ... -
Suu Kyi has made herself the face of a murderous regime
(Business Post, 2019-12-15)The Gambia is bringing the case to the International Court of Justice to stop what it sees as genocide and to get a preliminary finding on the issue. The case is the first international attempt to make Myanmar accountable ... -
Truth commissions, the European Union and reparations from business
(British Institute of International and Comparative Law, 2012-01)Truth and reconciliation commissions are an increasingly common mechanism used in post-conflict or transitional societies. These commissions might act as means of accountability, establish a record of past events, help ... -
UN peacekeeping mission to Haiti leaves controversial legacy
(RTE Brainstorm, 2017-09-12)UN military peacekeepers are withdrawing from Haiti after 13 years. The mission (known as MINUSTAH) has been marred by controversy involving allegations of sexual abuse and human rights violations. Operations began in ...