Rights Review 9(1) Fall 2015

Rights Review 9(1)

 

The Fall 2015 Edition of Rights Review Magazine.

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Featuring

Rotman

 

Increased Vulnerabilities: A Criticism of North American Refugee Policy

By Maia Rotman, 2L, IHRP Summer Fellow (Toronto/Mexico)

 

 

Ashley Major

 

 

South Sudan: Pervasive Sexual Violence, Potential War Crimes and Crimes against Humanity in the World's Newest Country

By Ashley Major, 2L, Human Rights Watch (New York) 

 

The Role of the Judiciary in Preventing Post-Electoral Violence 

By Sherna Tamboly, 2L, International Development Law Organization (The Hague)

 


Hanna Gros

 

Refugees and Asylum-Seekers in the Rainbow Nation of South Africa

By Hanna Gros, 3L, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (South Africa)

 

 

CONTENTS
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Increased Vulnerabilities: A Criticism of North American Refugee Policy1
A Farewell Interview with the Executive Director5
Refugees and Asylum-Seekers in the Rainbow Nation of South Africa6
Politics of a Refugee Crisis: Syrian Refugees and the Canadian Response7
The Detention of Migrants in Canada8
How One IHRP Alumna Contributed to a Historic Win for LGBT Rights9
Tumaini: Hope in Swahili10
Juvenile Justice and the Age of Criminal Responsibility11
South Sudan: Pervasive Sexual Violence, Potential War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity in the World's Newest Country14
eyeWitness and the Issue of Admissibility15
The Role of the Judiciary in Preventing Post-Electoral Violence16
Reflecting on Human Rights, Cultural Relativism and Neo-Colonialism17
Is the Right to Health Flat-Lining in South Africa? The Failing Promise of Health Care Provisions in South Africa's Constitution 18
Analyzing the Right to Health Framework19