This article clarifies the ongoing confusion in doctrine and practice about both the actual and optimal interaction between international counterterrorism law (CTL) and international humanitarian law ...(IHL) in armed conflict. It discusses the advantages and disadvantages of the co-application of CTL with IHL, before considering a variety of techniques for mutually accommodating the interests of both regimes, particularly through partial exclusion clauses in counterterrorism instruments or laws. It concludes by identifying the optimal approach to the relationship between CTL and IHL, which recognizes the legitimate interests of both fields of law while minimizing the adverse impacts of each on the other.
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This article explores China's attitudes towards the regulation of key natural resources by international law, domestically and at the trans-boundary and international levels. It considers the impact ...of international law on China's own practices, and the contribution of China towards shaping international law. The article suggests that popular conceptions of a relatively isolated, sovereign absolutist China do not accord with contemporary legal realities, including in its dealings with natural resources. While China's construction of strong sovereignty shapes its attitudes towards legal regulation, practice also suggests that China adopts a nuanced approach which includes legal compromise, and a commitment to multilateral regulation or bilateral diplomatic settlement of issues previously within the competence of national governments. China is often an active and constructive participant in contemporary law-making, even if - like all countries - it also seeks to instrumentally use international law.
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The growing economic and political significance of Asia has exposed a tension in the modern international order. Despite expanding power and influence, Asian states have played a minimal role in ...creating the norms and institutions of international law; today they are the least likely to be parties to international agreements or to be represented in international organizations. That is changing. There is widespread scholarly and practitioner interest in international law at present in the Asia-Pacific region, as well as developments in the practice of states. The change has been driven by threats as well as opportunities. Transnational issues such as climate change and occasional flashpoints like the territorial disputes of the South China and the East China Seas pose challenges while economic integration and the proliferation of specialised branches of law and dispute settlement mechanisms have also encouraged greater domestic implementation of international norms across Asia. These evolutions join the long-standing interest in parts of Asia (notably South Asia) in post-colonial theory and the history of international law. This book analyses the approach to, and influence of, key states of the region, as well as whether truly ‘Asian’ trends can be identified and what this might mean for international order.
Detention of refugees pending security assessment - processes examined in the light of international human rights law - systematic violations of international obligations - failure to provide ...effective judicial review - merits review by an administrative tribunal - refugees denied adequate notice of allegations and evidence against them - 2012 decision in the High Court - Independent Reviewer of ASIO assessments.
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The Asia-Pacific is known for having the least developed regional mechanisms for protecting human rights. This edited collection makes a timely and distinctive contribution to contemporary debates ...about building institutions for human rights protection in the Asia-Pacific region, in the wake of ASEAN's establishment in 2009 of a sub-regional human rights commission.
Drawing together leading scholarly voices, the book focuses on the systemic issue of institutionalising human rights protection in the Asia-Pacific. It critically examines the prospects for deepening and widening human rights institutions in the region, challenging the orthodox scepticism about whether the Asia-Pacific is "ready" for stronger human rights institutions and exploring the variety of possible forms that regional and sub-regional institutions might take. The volume also analyses the impediments to new institutions, whilst questioning the justifications for them. The collection provides a range of perspectives on the issues and many of the chapters bring interdisciplinary insights to bear. As such, the collection will be of interest to scholarly, practitioner, and student audiences in law, as well as to readers in international relations, political science, Asian studies, and human rights.
Coronary heart disease (CHD) is a leading cause of death globally. Despite proven health benefits and international recommendations, attendance at cardiac rehabilitation programs is poor. Telehealth ...(phone, Internet, and videoconference communication between patient and health-care provider) has emerged as an innovative way of delivering health interventions. This review aimed to determine telehealth effectiveness in CHD management. Study design includes systematic review with meta-analysis. Randomized controlled trials evaluating telehealth interventions in patients with CHD were identified by searching multiple electronic databases, reference lists, relevant conference lists, gray literature, and key-word searching of the Internet. Studies were selected if they evaluated a telephone, videoconference, or web-based intervention, provided objective measurements of mortality, changes in multiple risk factor levels or quality of life. In total, 11 trials were identified (3145 patients). Telehealth interventions were associated with nonsignificant lower all-cause mortality than controls relative risk=0.70, 95% confidence interval (CI)=0.45-1.1; P=0.12. These interventions showed a significantly lower weighted mean difference (WMD) at medium long-term follow-up than controls for total cholesterol (WMD=0.37 mmol/l, 95% CI=0.19-0.56, P<0.001), systolic blood pressure (WMD=4.69 mmHg, 95% CI=2.91-6.47, P<0.001), and fewer smokers (relative risk = 0.84, 95% CI=0.65-0.98, P = 0.04). Significant favorable changes at follow-up were also found in high-density lipoprotien and low-density lipoprotein. In conclusion, telehealth interventions provide effective risk factor reduction and secondary prevention. Provision of telehealth models could help increase uptake of a formal secondary prevention by those who do not access cardiac rehabilitation and narrow the current evidence-practice gap.
The issuing of adverse security assessments by the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation ('ASIO') often denies basic procedural fairness to those who are not Australian citizens, permanent ...residents or special purpose visa holders. Over the years the problem has been exposed by cases in the federal courts, the Australian Law Reform Commission (calling for an inquiry in 2004), and academics.
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Analysis of the League's Convention for the Prevention and Punishment of Terrorism (1937) - how the drafters agreed upon a definition of terrorism - why they rejected alternate definitions - need for ...renewed international debate about definition in the UN's 60th anniversary year.
International human rights law impacts of adverse security assessments affecting refugee parents, children and families in Australian immigration detention centres – Australian approach involves ...arbitrary interference in family life – failure to protect family life – failure to take into account the best interests of the child – arbitrary detention of children – need for procedural reforms to bring Australian law and practice in line with international obligations.
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Unusual Features of Apical Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Chung, Tommy, MBBS, PhD; Yiannikas, John, MBBS; Freedman, Saul Ben, MBBS, PhD ...
The American journal of cardiology,
03/2010, Volume:
105, Issue:
6
Journal Article
Peer reviewed
Apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HC) is commonly regarded as a relatively benign condition of young to middle-aged Japanese men. Apical HC in a predominantly Caucasian population is not well ...characterized. The cardiovascular characteristics, morbidity, and mortality of a series of elderly, predominantly Caucasian subjects with apical HC are described. Thirty-two consecutive patients with apical HC (mean age 71 years, 15 men) were identified from a teaching hospital without a specialized HC clinic. Twenty-three subjects were Caucasian, 8 were Asian, and none Japanese. Twenty-two patients had coexistent hypertension. Six patients had documented late evolution of apical HC on electrocardiography and echocardiography up to 5 years after previous documented normal left ventricular morphology on echocardiography. The diagnosis of apical HC was initially missed in 7 patients because of inadequate image quality of the left ventricular apex and a lack of awareness of the condition. The correct diagnosis was assigned to all 7 patients after repeat echocardiography. Six of 13 patients who underwent coronary angiography had associated coronary artery fistulae. One patient required an implantable defibrillator for exertional syncope. Ten of the patients developed atrial fibrillation, 6 of whom had complicating thromboembolic events. Of the 6 deaths in the cohort, 2 followed atrial fibrillation–related hemiplegic strokes, and 2 followed progressive heart failure. In conclusion, apical HC in a teaching hospital without a specialized HC clinic and in a predominantly Caucasian population is a disease of the elderly. Documented late morphologic evolution is not uncommon, with a high incidence of coronary fistulae and morbid atrial fibrillation.
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