BUFFALO HUMAN RIGHTS LAW REVIEW

In post-conflict Africa, land title registration, a major emphasis of the World Bank, has failed to spur economic growth. A uniform approach to land rights, ignoring the plurality of African culture, has resulted in systemic discrimination against women. As under-utilized economic agents, the empowerment of women is key in post-conflict nations. However, the author describes a "Catch 22", where local authorities, with power and legitimacy to implement formal gender-neutral laws, tend to enforce gender-discriminatory customary practices. Pointing to successful

This paper analyzes the balance between states' commitment to international human rights agreements, like the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), and the reservation provisions embedded within these agreements. Reservation provisions were adopted to accommodate certain state interests, while allowing these states to continue to participate in the treaty regime. The author, using the CEDAW as a model, underscores how reservation provisions can allow states to exempt themselves from the core objectives of the

This article examines the European approach to combating human trafficking, with a focus on the trafficking of women into and within the European Union (EU). This article begins by examining human trafficking within the EU, and considers current international and European strategies to combat trafficking. Highlighting the shortcomings of criminal approaches, the author emphasizes the importance of adopting a rights-based approach to prevent human trafficking. She argues that states violate their international obligations when they ignore

This article provides an overview of how recent international debates and discussions of redefinition related to trafficking have broadened the scope of traditional perceptions of trafficking to include human rights concerns. The author begins by examining existing international legal approaches related trafficking and forced labour and their limitations. She reviews proposed solutions by government, inter-government and non-government bodies and analyzes their policy implications.