Articles

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Islam in the Secular Nomos of the European Court of Human Rights, 32 Michigan Journal of International Law 663 (2011)

Since 2001, the European Court of Human Rights has decided a series of cases involving...

 

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Defaming Muhammad: Dignity, Harm, and Incitement to Religious Hatred, 2 Duke Forum for Law & Social Change 5 (2010)

The Danish cartoons controversy has generated a torrent of commentary seeking to define and defend...

 

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The Ties that Bind: International Law as Peacemaker, JD Alumni Magazine (2010)

Ever since the League of Nations, there has been hope that collective security could be...

 

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Who is the "Human" in Human Rights? The Claims of Culture and Religion, 24 Maryland Journal of International Law 94 (2009)

Modern critiques of international human rights law force us to confront at least two conceptual...

 

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Beyond Rationalism and Instrumentalism: the Case for Rethinking U.S. Engagement with International Law and Organization, 28 SAIS Review 79 (2008)

This Essay advances an argument for rethinking the current terms of engagement of U.S. foreign...

 

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Of Prophets and Proselytes: Freedom of Religion and the Conflict of Rights in International Law, 49 Harvard International Law Journal 249 (2008)

The case of proselytism presents a tangle of competing claims: on the one hand, the...

 

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Suspect Symbols: Value Pluralism as a Theory of Religious Freedom in International Law, 33 Yale Journal of International Law 2 (2008)

The grounds upon which states may limit the freedom to manifest religion or belief are...

 

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The Emergence and Structure of Religious Freedom in International Law Reconsidered, 23 Journal of Law and Religion 455 (2008)

This Article presents a critique of the historical evolution of the right to freedom of...

 

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U.S. Unilateralism and the International Protection of Religious Freedom: The Multilateral Alternative, 41 Columbia Journal of Transnational Law 33 (2002)

This article considers the tension in U.S. foreign policy between unilateral and multilateral approaches to...

 

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Transitional Justice in Afghanistan : Confronting Violations of International Humanitarian and Human Rights Law, 4 Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law 3 (2001)

After more than two decades of war and foreign interventions, including the US-led military campaign...

 

Books

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United Nations Reform and the New Collective (with Horst Fischer), Book Gallery (2010)

In 2004, the Report of the Secretary-General's High-Level Panel on Threats, Challenges and Change emphasised...

 

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Protecting the Human Rights of Religious Minorities in Eastern Europe (with Elizabeth A. Cole), Book Gallery (2002)

The ousting of the communist regimes has not guaranteed the protection of human rights....

 

Chapters in Books

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Introduction: The New Collective Security (with Horst Fischer), United Nations Reform and the New Collective Security (2010)

Whether viewed as a socio-legal project gently civilizing states away from an older politics of...

 

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Things Fall Apart: The Concept of Collective Security in International Law, United Nations Reform and the New Collective Security (2010)

This chapter provides an introduction to the analytical and historical aspects of the concept of...

 

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International Law, Human Rights and the Transformative Occupation of Iraq, The Role of International Law in Rebuilding Societies after Conflict: Great Expectations (2009)

This chapter examines the project of transformative occupation undertaken by the United States and its...

 

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Whose Public? Which Law? Mapping the Internal/External Distinction in International Law, Sanctions, Accountability and Governance in a Globalised World (2009)

This chapter challenges and problematizes the convergence thesis between sovereignty and human rights which is...

 

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Human Rights, Humanitarian Law and the "War on Terrorism" in Afghanistan, Between Force and Mercy: Military Action and Humanitarian Aid 111 (2004)
 

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External Monitoring and the International Protection of Freedom of Religion or Belief, Protecting the Human Rights of Religious Minorities in Eastern Europe 131 (2002)
 

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Religion, Religious Minorities and Human Rights: an Introduction, Protecting the Human Rights of Religious Minorities in Eastern Europe 1 (2002)
 

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The Evolving Jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights and the Protection of Religious Minorities (with Lisa Forman), Protecting the Human Rights of Religious Minorities in Eastern Europe 192 (2002)
 

Columns

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Good Muslim, Bad Muslim, The Immanent Frame (2010)

This essay, the third by Danchin, is part of the ongoing discussion of international religious...

 

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Islam and Terrorism, The Immanent Frame (2010)

This essay is the second by Danchin and part of an ongoing discussion of international...

 

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"Sorry Comforters" and the new Natural Law, The Immanent Frame (2010)

Part of an ongoing discussion of international religious freedom, and the latest in a series...

 

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A Human Right to Water? The South African Constitutional Court's Decision in the Mazibuko Case, EJI: Talk (2010)

Is there a human right to sufficient or adequate water? If so, what is the...