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Conference Theme: promoting social and economic equality ; E-Poster ; Online education is a new trend in higher education, which has significant implications for social work education within the global context. The ease of access to the Internet internationally and the development of web-management systems, such as, Blackboard, are creating easy access for faculty and students to interact in an online learning environment. A course titled, International Social Work, was taught using an online global classroom with students residing in their home countries of the USA, Hong Kong, South Africa, Mexico and Australia. The course was designed to introduce students to international social work and the theories and perspectives that underpin current thinking and practice in international social work. Students explored how historical, environmental, cultural, religious, political and economic factors impact social welfare policies and the delivery of human services in different regions of the world. Students engaged in critical thinking and analysis of global social welfare issues including poverty, child welfare, health, issues particular to women and the results of catastrophic events including conflict and natural disaster. Students and faculty participated weekly in blogs, a course "coffee shop", discussion boards, live online class lectures, and critical thinking exercises. Qualitative data was collected from the weekly blogs and discussion boards. Analysis of the data revealed that the online global course had a positive impact on the students' views toward international social work, an increase in their desire to address international issues in their professional goals, and an increase in networking with each other across countries. The use of technology presents both challenges and opportunities for global social work education and teaching across borders. The authors will discuss the logistical challenges as well as the outcomes of this international teaching collaboration. ; published_or_final_version

This article examines the question whether jus cogens includes the prohibition of enforced disappearances, and why this is important. It surveys the meaning, context, development, status and position of jus cogens as well as enforced disappearance in international law, including their relationship to each other. It surveys the status of enforced disappearance in international law in general, as well as in international human rights law, international humanitarian law and international criminal law. The article scans the historical developments of international law, including developments over the last few decades, to indicate that the prohibition against enforced disappearance has attained jus cogens status. The legal framework is examined, including the jurisprudence that has emanated from a variety of sources. Specific treaties that deal with enforced disappearance are reviewed including the Declaration on the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, the Inter-American Convention on Forced Disappearance of Persons, the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) and the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (ICED). What jus cogens is, what the controversies are that surround it, the different ways that it is understood within different schools of thought, and how these issues impact on whether the prohibition of enforced disappearance has attained jus cogens status are studied. The historical developments around enforced disappearances are examined in some detail to determine what its status is, particularly in relation to state practice, so as to determine whether it is jus cogens.

Die Autorin untersucht den Zusammenhang zwischen der Qualität des (abstrakten) Staates und der Weltmarktintegration subsaharischer Staaten am Beispiel der Steuereintreibung und Ressourcenallokation. Beim Staat werde gemeinhin in der Wissenschaft unterschieden zwischen "Beutestaaten" und "Entwicklungsstaaten", bei ersteren werde auch von "neopatrimonialen" Staaten, "Quasi-Staaten" oder "Phantom"-Staaten gesprochen. Analysiert wird neben der Qualität dieser Staaten auch ihre Einbettung in den Prozess der Globalisierung. (DÜI-Kör)

Deals with international concern for children, culminating in their being recognized as subjects of international law; national and international implications, especially in the field of armed conflict. The Child Welfare Charter of 1924 (Declaration of Geneva), adopted by the League of Nations, the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), and subsequent conventions and covenants, and children's rights and war.