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Awareness of Reproductive Health Rights Among Married Women of Childbearing Age in Nigeria
RealisingAdelakun, Olanike S. and advancing the right to reproductive health remains a serious challenge among women of childbearing age in many...
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Contract for Gestational Services: Examining the Legal Status and Enforceability of Surrogacy Arrangements in Nigeria
InfertilityInfertility in NigeriaOkonkoh, Amarachi Chizaram is a growing public healthPublic health challenge, often subjected to private remedy by...
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Rights and Principles of the Economic, Social and Cultural Order
Human Rights (HR) make human life a free and independent one for all. The article foresees an overview of the development of especially Economic,...
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How Five Fundamental Human Rights Could Be Violated in Privately-Funded Space Settlements and the Role of the Mars Agreement in Their Protection
It is becoming increasingly clear that human settlements are part of the future of the space sector. With the advent of NewSpace, it is also clear...
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The Law of Genocide and Atrocities Committed Against the Herero and Nama Peoples
On 8 June 2021, the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals confirmed the genocide conviction of General Ratko Mladić for the murder...
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Historical Perspectives on Reproductive Violence in International Law
This chapter conceptualizes reproductive violence as a distinct form of gender-based violence that is not necessarily committed in a sexualized...
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The Crime Against Humanity of Persecution
The Rome Statute criminalizes as a crime against humanity persecution against any identifiable group or collectivity on various discriminatory...
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Environmentalism and Interdisciplinarity
Although among Americans sensitivity to the environment is a predictor of sensitivity to human population growth, it is an imperfect predictor, a...
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The Legal Apprehension of Secret Pieces of Information as Immaterial Goods Regulation
This chapter focuses on the justification and legal apprehension of the second legal object identified in the proposed model: secret pieces of...
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International Legal Regime: Analysis of Cases Relating to Global Terrorism
Post 9/11 attacks, terrorist activities have evolved the extradition laws. Both extradition and terrorism is interconnected to other branches of...
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The Legal and Ethical Debates in Embryo Selection
This chapter calls for a reflection on the legal and ethical aspects of embryo selection in reproduction, tracing the beginnings of the global...
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Sexual Slavery: Do We Need This Crime in Addition to Enslavement?
The article focusses on the crime of sexual slavery in the ICC Statute. It examines the legal definition of enslavement in Article 7 (2) (c) ICC...
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Boko Haram and the Abduction of Schoolgirls in Nigeria: Reflecting on ‘Gender-Based Crimes’ as a Legal Misnomer
It is indisputable that in times of armed conflict (international or non-international), specific categories of crimes are committed against women....
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Introduction
This book considers the Indian Supreme Court’s jurisprudence on the legal recognition of homosexuality, same-sex unions and their right to found a...
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Human Rights
This chapter provides a general introduction to the idea of human rights as it is embodied in a variety of different legal regimes at the...
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Classifying Cultural and Physical Destruction: Are Modern Historical and Current Human Rights Violations in China Violations of International Criminal Law?
Modern (Communist) China has a chequered history with regard to the commission of and accountability for mass violence and human rights violations....
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The Global Luxuries Tax
This chapter proposes a policy to tackle the problem of global poverty, the Global Luxuries Tax (GLT). The GLT is a levy collected whenever a person,...
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Introduction
This chapter summarizes the legal developments of same-sex couples analyzed in the following chapters. It shows that a global discussion on same-sex...
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Health
The chapter deals with four major issues: reproductive autonomy, which is illustrated by the position of judges regarding forced sterilization and...
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Same Sex Marriage
Same sex cohabitation is banned or unrecognized in most of the world. In the last 30 years, approximately 20% of countries have granted some rights...