Patrick Macklem, The Sovereignty of Human Rights (New York: Oxford University Press, 2015) 259 pages. Author: Umut Özsu Excerpt A great deal of ink has been spilled over the years about sovereignty and human rights. Both concepts have long pedigrees, and both have… Continue Reading →
Author: Karen Busby Abstract In less than a decade, Canada has moved from resisting the recognition of the human right to water and sanitation in international law to explicitly recognizing the right. This paper reviews how Canada and, tangentially, other countries,… Continue Reading →
Eric A. Posner, The Twilight of Human Rights Law (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014) 185 pages. Author: David Hughes Excerpt Late in 2014, Egyptian officials appeared before the United Nation’s Human Rights Council in Geneva to participate in a Periodic… Continue Reading →
Authors: Bruce MacDougall, Elsje Bonthuys, Kenneth McK. Norrie & Marjolein van den Brink Abstract In jurisdictions that recognize same-sex marriages and unions, the question arises as to the extent to which civic officials who normally preside at such unions can… Continue Reading →
Author: Jeff Corntassel Abstract How are land-based and water-based cultural harms addressed and remedied for Indigenous peoples? Under existing international legal norms, states and other non-state entities have a duty to provide redress for the harms of colonialism and occupation,… Continue Reading →
Authors: Amissi M. Manirabona & François Crépeau Abstract In Canada, many international treaties have been ratified by the government. Nevertheless, similar to other countries with Westminster-style democratic systems, those treaties have no direct effects on domestic law. Accordingly, their explicit… Continue Reading →
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