Working Papers

2007 Working Papers

41. Violations of Human Rights during Military Operations in Chechnya by Dr. Federico Sperotto

Keywords: right to life; internal armed conflict; public emergency;
distinction; proportionality; indiscriminate attack

42. Human Rights Education: The Third Leg of Post-Conflict/Transitional
Justice by David E. Guinn JD, PhD

Keywords: post-conflict justice; transitional justice; human rights
education; retributive justice; compensatory justice; restorative justice;
truth and reconciliation

43. U.S. Policy on Small Arms Transfers: A Human Rights Perspective by Susan Waltz (Revised October 13, 2007).

Keywords: U.S. arms transfer policy; small arms and light weapons; SALW; humanitarian catastrophes; war on terror; arms embargoes; Arms Trade Treaty

44. Accommodating Indigenous Peoples within the Human Rights Regime:
The Case of Awas Tingni v. Nicaragua by Amy E. Eckert

Keywords: indigenous peoples; communitarianism; liberalism; land rights; Inter-American Human Rights System

45. Who Intervenes and Why it Matters: The Problem of Agency in Humanitarian Intervention by Eric A. Heinze *

Keywords: humanitarian Intervention; agency; consequentialism; Darfur

46. Can Historical Institutionalism Resolve the Limits of the “Many Hands” Dilemma?: Institutional Accountability through the EU’s and the IMF’s Codes of Conduct by Sarah Bania-Dobyns *

Keywords: EU; accountability; "Many Hands"; ethics; historical institutionalism

47. Law in Times of War: the Case of Chechnya by Dr. Federico Sperotto

Keywords: internal armed conflict; right to life; emergency powers

* Presented by the International Ethics section of ISA as Collective Responsibility in International Relations, at the 2007 ISA Convention in Chicago, IL.

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