By Juan Pablo Bohoslavsky and Veerle Opgenhaffen Click here to read full article (pdf) From 1976 to 1983, Argentina was ruled by a military dictatorship whose tactics included the widespread torture, murder, and enforced disappearance of thousands of people. Since the junta’s [...]

By Remigius N Nwabueze Click here to read full article (pdf) The mistreatment of widows in Sub-Saharan Africa is both widespread and well-documented. Notorious forms of abuse include the disinheritance of widows, degrading and cruel mortuary practices, and compulsory levirate marriages.2 Among [...]

By Chi Mgbako, Meghna Saxena, Anna Cave, Nasim Farjad, Helen Shin Click here to read full article (pdf) The African grassroots movement to eradicate female genital mutilation (also known as “female genital cutting” and “female circumcision,” hereinafter “FGM”) is widespread. While many [...]

By Marlynn Wei, MD, JD and Rebecca W. Brendel, MD, JD Psychiatrists play an instrumental role in the evaluation of hunger strikers in correctional and detention facilities. This article focuses on the role that psychiatrists play in evaluating the capacity of [...]

by Ingrid Nifosi-Sutton Click here to read full article (pdf) The remedial practice of the European Court of Human Rights (“ECtHR” or “Court”) is hardly known for being innovative or progressive. The reparations the Court uses to remedy violations of the 1950 [...]

By John Tobin Click here to download the full article (pdf) Human rights protected in international treaties are invariably vague and ambiguous. This ambiguity is most acute with respect to economic, social, and cultural rights.1 The rights to health, housing, and education [...]