Volume 1 Contents

Articles
1. Confronting the Violence Committed by Armed Opposition Groups by Ravi Nair
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2. Maya Aboriginal Land and Resource Rights and the Conflict Over Logging in Southern by Belize S. James Anaya
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3. Crossing the Border: The Interdependence of Foreign Policy and Racial Justice in the United States by Natsu Taylor Saito
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4. Treaty, Custom and the Cross-fertilization of International Law by Phillipe Sands
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5. Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodes?: Why and How UNHCR Governance of "Development" Refugee Camps Should be Subject to International Human Rights Law by Ralph Wilde
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6. The U.N. Environment Programme: Thinking Globally, Retreating Locally by Matthew Heimer
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7. NGO Proposals for an Asian-Pacific Human Rights System by Ralph Wilde
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8. Understanding "Hostage-Diplomacy": The Release of Wei Jingsheng and Wang by Dan Hari Osofsky
   
   Recently, much attention has been placed upon the release of dissidents Wei Jingsheng and Wang Dan from imprisonment in China. Yet some argue that the human rights community will only hurt their own cause if they relentlessly focus on the release of a couple prominent individuals, while countless others continue to languish in jails or labor camps. The author addresses the reasoning behind "hostage-diplomacy," its pitfalls, and how it can be used to carry out an effective human rights strategy.
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