China Should Eradicate Rabies, Not Dogs
In response to three deaths in April from rabies and 360 reported dog bites this year, local officials in Yunnan Province, China, ordered the extermination of all dogs regardless of rabies vaccination status, with the exception of military and police canines. Since the start of the campaign on 25 July 2005, a total of 54,429 […]
Read More →China Health Official Denounces Dog Destruction
Jiang Zuojun, China’s Vice Minister of Health, today denounced the recent mass dog-destruction campaigns as unnecessary. He recommended that local authorities should increase rabies vaccinations as the primary control strategy. While his advice is consistent with the latest recommendations from the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) and the World Health Organization (WHO), he disappointingly […]
Read More →Famine and International Criminal Law Under the Rome Statute
Last week, Laurent Nkunda’s armed militias in war-torn eastern Congo raided, seized, and deliberately destroyed and burned refugee camps located north of Goma, the provincial capital of North Kivu. His strategic political goal was to spark a crisis and to bring about the conditions to demand direct negotiations with the Congolese government. Two days ago, […]
Read More →Cholera in Zimbabwe: UN Security Council Authority to Respond to Public Health Emergencies Under Chapter VII of the UN Charter
During the past week, three of the five permanent members on the UN Security Council publicly called for Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe to step down from office. The United States, France, and the United Kingdom point to the continued violence, the regime’s repressive policies against opponents and the media, its failed economic management, and the […]
Read More →Call for Papers: Interdisciplinary Journal of Human Rights Law (IJHRL)
The Interdisciplinary Journal of Human Rights Law (IJHRL) is currently seeking submissions for its 2009-2010 annual publication. IJHRL is a peer-reviewed, scholarly journal designed to address international human rights issues. The journal invites quality submissions from scholars, jurists, and professionals in fields related to human rights and international humanitarian law. IJHRL also welcomes review essays, […]
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