Human Rights Law Journal

Issue: 19, 2-4

Articles

• Natural Law, Constitutional Values and Human Rights / A Comparative Analysis  37 - 42
  Herdegen, Matthias

Decisions and Reports - Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACourtHR), San Jose

• Nature and amount of reparations for the violation of the right to life in cases of forved disappearance / Establishing the identity of a victim  43 - 54
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• Interpretation of the El Amparo judgment (18 HRLJ 188 (1997)) on reparations to be paid by Venezuela to the surviving victims and the families of 14 fishermen killed by soldiers and policemen  54 - 59
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Decisions and Reports - European Court of Human Rights (EurCourtHR), Strasbourg

• Rape and ill-treatment of a femaile detainee / Rape by an official of the State an especially grave and abhorrent form of torture / Failure of the authorities of the State to conduct and effective investigation/  59 - 84
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• Prosecution for distribution of leaflets by anti-abortion cccampaigner prior to general election / Violation of Article 10 ECHR /  84 - 92
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• Shareholders right to vote on increase in the company's capital considered as a dispute over "civil rights and obligations" / Violation of Article 6 ECHR /  92 - 104
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Decisions and Reports - Court of Justice of the European Communitites (CJEC), Luxembourg

• Confirmation of emergency measures to protect against BSE ("Mad cow disease") decided by the Commission on 27 March 1996 /  104 - 114
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• Legal rule of priority for women in promotion in sectors of the public service containing a "saving clause" ("Offnungklausel") not precluded by the 1996 Equal Treatment Directive /  114 - 116
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Documentation

• International instruments relating to human rights / Classification and status of ratifications as of 1 January 1998  117 - 134
  Marie, Jean-Bernard
• Amsterdam Treaty: Resolution / de Vigo and Tsatsos Report  135 - 166
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Pending Proceedings

• Tax Discrimination agaist women with young children and severely disabled husbands / Application admissible /  167 - 168
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