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Justice derailed : the uncertain fate of Haitian migrants and Dominicans of Haitian descent in the Dominican Republic
(International Law and Organizations Program, School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, 2015)
Over time, the Dominican Republic formalized a more restrictive definition of citizenship by birth. By expanding the interpretation of what it means to be “in transit,” the Dominican Republic began to chip away at its jus ...
The Protection of the Rights of Migrant Domestic Workers in a Country of Origin and a Country of Destination: Case Studies of the Philippines and Kuwait
(International Law and Organizations Program, School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, 2013)
During the spring semester of 2013, the SAIS International Human Rights Clinic researched the protection and promotion of the rights of migrant domestic workers in a country of origin and a country of destination by example ...
Torn at the seam: migration, deportations, and humanitarian concerns on the island of Hispaniola
(International Law and Organizations Program, School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, 2016)
In 2013, the Dominican Republic’s Constitutional Tribunal rendered Sentence 168-13, which infamously made many Dominicans of Haitian descent effectively stateless. This Sentence also called for a national regularization ...
They protect the forests. Who protects them? : the intersection of conservation, development, and human rights of forest defenders: lessons from Kenya, Peru and Sri Lanka
(International Law and Organizations Program, School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, 2017-05)
Modern-day forests are center stage in the discussion of how to balance economic development, conservation goals, and human rights. There is much dependence and potential in the world’s forests - from economic development ...
No one left behind? A study on the intersection of women's rights and HIV/AIDS in Uganda
(International Law and Organizations Program, School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, 2018)
A study of the intersection of women's rights and HIV/AIDS in Uganda. This study sought to analyze the underlying factors that contribute to the disproportionate impact of HIV/AIDS on women, including the social, economic, ...
Shouldering the burden: how free trade affected the livelihoods of women in Mexico
(International Law and Organizations Program, School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, 2019)
The case of working women in Mexico calls for an examination of trade law from a gendered human rights perspective in order to analyze the distribution of its benefits among different groups. Ultimately, this report aims ...
China Studies Review
(Johns Hopkins University, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, China Studies Program, 2019)
Our edition begins with Shangsi Zhou’s exploration of the unconventional growth of market capitalism in China’s state-governed economy. Her essay is followed by Sam Boone’s timely review of China’s relationship with the ...
China Studies Review
(Johns Hopkins University, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, China Studies Program, 2020)
It has never been more important to understand China than now; in the sixth volume of the China Studies Review, our unified analysis of China as a global force gives us the capacity to do so. Understanding China as a major ...
China Studies Review
(Johns Hopkins University, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, China Studies Program, 2017)
The first section of this issue features two brief issue papers. Ned Collins-Chase examines the Qianhai Free Trade Zone and considers its prospects as a tool for Chinese capital account liberalization. Minh Joo Yi ...
China Studies Review
(Johns Hopkins University, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, China Studies Program, 2018)
As China’s economic development and increasingly assertive stance in the global arena reverberates both within and outside its borders, we are thrilled to present the fourth edition of the SAIS China Studies Review as ...