Law and Ethics presents advances and challenges in international law and frames ethical debates in international affairs. Philosophers, ethicists, law practitioners, advocates and scholars from around the world tackle some of the most challenging international dilemmas of our day. Law and Ethics gives Journal readers a look at issues ranging from the recruitment of young soldiers in violent conflicts to the extradition of heads of state accused of war crimes and the ethical questions surrounding economic development in the world's poorest areas.

Issue 8.1 Defying Double Discrimination By Peter Blanck, Meera Adya, and Maria Veronica Reina Women and girls are reported to be the largest group in the global disability population, and they have been historically subject to multiple types of discrimination. This article examines the 2006 UN Disability Convention aimed at protecting the rights of all people with disabilities, and in particular, its implications and specific provisions addressing the rights of women and girls […] Although reliable world statistics are unavailable, the World Heath Organization (WHO) estimates that 300 million women and girls worldwide have some kind of disability. Research also demonstrates that women and girls with disabilities (hereinafter referred to as “women”) face double discrimination compared to men, since the prejudice they face is based not only on their disability but also their gender. Women face this disparity in terms of a lack of access to equal education, health care, and employment, to name a few areas. Moreover, women with disabilities are among the world’s poorest. Unequal Benefits by Jay Drydyk Development-induced displacement (DID) occurs when people are forced to abandon lands or relocate because of development. The term or its acronym may not yet be common parlance for the global public, yet large dam projects such as Three Gorges and Narmada have vividly drawn the phenomenon to the world’s attention. Dam construction, along with urban development and transportation projects, displaced an estimated 10 million people annually during the 1980s. When the severity of the oustees’ plight came to light, it flatly contradicted the promises and rationale of the development enterprise: rather than alleviating poverty, the effects of displacement and bungled resettlement often exacerbated impoverishment.

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