CALIFORNIA WESTERN INTERNATIONAL LAW JOURNAL

Taking the "Force" out of Enforcement: Giving Effect to International Human Rights Law Using Domestic Immigration Law

In this article, the author argues that domestic immigration and refugee policies can be interpreted as domestic enforcement of international human rights law obligations. The author focuses on how domestic laws are giving effect to the human rights of women refugees. Women's status as refugees constitutes an international recognition that their country of origin has violated their human rights.

Gender Bias in Drafting International Discrimination Conventions: The 1979 Women's Convention Compared with the 1965 Racial Convention

"This article explores the weakness of the Women's Convention as compared to the Racial Convention, focusing on areas in which these two discrimination conventions differ. These variations include the respective Conventions' preambles, definitions of discrimination, implementation mechanisms, reservations regime, and provisions for state responsibilities.