Thursday, January 10, 2019

New Issue: International Journal of Human Rights

The latest issue of the International Journal of Human Rights (Vol. 22, no. 10, 2018) is out. Contents include:
  • Special Issue: Peremptory International Legal Norms and the Democratic Rule of Law
    • Sonja Grover, Introduction
    • Alise Coen, International order, the rule of law, and US departures from refugee protection
    • Ryan Alford, The harbinger theory of terrorism and the rule of law: the danger of ‘balancing’ non-derogable rights against security when relying on threat assessments produced by self-interested intelligence agencies
    • Mariette Brennan & Miriam Cohen, Citizenship by descent: how Canada’s one-generation rule fails to comply with international legal norms
    • Oscar Gakuo Mwangi, Securitisation, non-refoulement and the rule of law in Kenya: the case of Somali refugees
    • Denise González-Núñez, The widespread use of torture in Mexico and its impacts on the rule of law
    • Ridvan Peshkopia, Drin Konjufca, Erblin Salihu & Jonida Lika, EU membership conditionality in promoting acceptance of peremptory human rights norms: a case study in Albania considering public opinion