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
   
   On November 29, 1996, the Maya people of Belize filed an action challenging the state's granting of logging concessions to companies seeking to work within lands with long-standing historical and cultural ties to the indigenous population. In this article Professor Anaya, who wrote an amicus brief supporting the Maya's action, explains the rationale behind the the suit and its relation to a global concept of indigenous rights.
   
   
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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   New Developments
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
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