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World Refugee Day 2005
Five years ago, the UN General Assembly unanimously adopted Resolution 55/76 designating 20 June every year as World Refugee Day in honor of the courage, endurance, and spirit of the millions of people uprooted by war, civil conflict, or ethnic persecution, and to honor the staff and volunteers dedicated to providing services and aid to the world's refugees and asylum seekers.
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Women's Political Rights in Kuwait
On 16 May 2005, Kuwait's democratic parliament approved a bill granting women the right to vote and run for public office. Within the past two weeks, the Kuwaiti government has demonstrated commitment to the democratic ideals embodied in this reform by appointing two women to Kuwait's 16-member Municipal Council and one woman as the first female Cabinet Minister. These landmark appointments signify tangible evidence towards the realization of full political rights. Still, progress remains threatened by legal provisions applicable only to women and by constitutional challenges proposed by opponents to women's suffrage.
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Return of the StateThis article is the extended address by José E. Alvarez, the Herbert and Rose Rubin Professor of International Law at New York University School of Law, at the University of Minnesota Law School's conference on "International Economic Law in a Time of Change." Alvarez relects upon and rebuts a collection of papers on supra-nationalism presented at the conference. He argues that states, as sovereign entities, are making a comeback. The full-text is available online for free.
Whither Justice? Uganda and Five Years of the International Criminal Court Michael Drexler argues that the International Criminal Court is pursuing an inappropriate engagement strategy in Uganda by ignoring the impacts of criminal prosecution and investigation on the prospects for peace to the country's decades-long conflict. It is published by the peer-reviewed Interdisciplinary Journal of Human Rights Law (IJHRL) and is available online for free.
