Volume 3 Contents

Articles
1. State of Necessity as a Justification for Internationally Wrongful Conduct by Roman Boed
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2. Toward the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights: Better Late than Never by Nsongurua J. Udombana
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3. Guatemala's Peace Accords in a Free Trade Area of the Americas by Gus Van Harten
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4. The World Bank's Draft Comprehensive Development Framework and the Micro-Paradigm of Law and Development by Richard Cameron Blake
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5. Debt Relief in 1999: Only One Step on a Long Journey by Eric A. Friedman
   
   The massive debts of many poor countries is a serious impediment to their ability to meet their economic and social rights obligations. By insisting that poor states use their scarce resources for debt service payments, the international community is complicit in the wide-scale violation of human rights. To much fanfare, in June 1999 the G7 enhanced their debt relief program for the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries. The improvements, however, are far too modest. An earnest debt relief plan is urgently required. It should focus on eliminating debt service payments and be connected to increased social spending and creating effective democratic institutions.
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