WISCONSIN INTERNATIONAL LAW JOURNAL

Equality and Nondiscrimination through the Eyes of an International Religious Organization : The Organization of Islamic Cooperation’s (OIC) Response to Women’s Rights

This article discusses the Organization of Islamic Cooperation’s (OIC) engagement with the international human rights legislation (IHRL) framework. The OIC is the world’s second-largest intergovernmental organization and the only one unified around a single religion.

Maternal Mortality, Population Control, and the War in Women's Wombs: a Bioethical Analysis of Quinacrine Sterilizations

This article examines the bioethical dimensions of the promotion and practice of quinacrine sterilization. The author shows that despite widespread concerns over serious side-effects such as increased risk of cancer and risks of harm to fetuses and infants in instances where the procedure fails, two US advocates of the quinacrine sterilization have led a campaign to distribute and support the use of the procedure in various developing countries and facilities serving low-income women in the United States.

The Need for Greater Regional Protection For Human Rights of Women: The Cases of Rape in Bosnia and Guatemala

In this article, the author argues that the systematic rape of women in Bosnia and Guatamala illustrates the inability of international legal mechanisms to consider the perspectives of women in the enforcement of international law. This failure of formal international legal sources to prevent the atrocities which have been committed against women throughout the 20th century highlights, in the author's opinion, the need to implement specific protection for civilian women.

Which "Self"? Race And Gender In The Right To Self-Determination As A Prerequisite To The Right To Development

This article critically analyzes the structure and processes of human rights law as it pertains to the protection of collective rights. The author argues that the right to development, which is a group right, is not sufficiently flexible to include the relational aspect of identities, namely the discrimination faced by individuals who exist at the intersection of race and gender. The author posits that the persistence of discrimination on both of these fronts shows that the international human rights regime is not structured to provide relief for women of colour.