User:SLW012/Choose an Article

Article Selection
Please list articles that you're considering for your Wikipedia assignment below. Begin to critique these articles and find relevant sources.

Option 1

 * Article title
 * Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights


 * Article Evaluation
 * This article fails to address the importance of this committee in the international legal field and does not incorporate the contributions it has made to the maintainence of internaitonal economic, social, and cultural rights.


 * Sources
 * https://www.ohchr.org/en/hrbodies/cescr/pages/cescrindex.aspx

Option 2

 * Article title
 * Teitiota v Chief Executive Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment


 * Article Evaluation
 * Covres the cases which took place within New Zealand's legal system, however, Ioane Teitiota brought this case to the UN Human Rights Committee and this action is not included in this article.


 * Sources
 * Ioane Teitiota v. New Zealand (advance unedited version), CCPR/C/127/D/2728/2016, UN Human Rights Committee (HRC), 7 January 2020, available at: https://www.refworld.org/cases,HRC,5e26f7134.html [accessed 16 September 2021]

Option 3

 * Article title
 * Earthjustice


 * Article Evaluation
 * This article has some information about this legal organization, however, it is not sufficient. Further, it does not adequatley address the main goals and achievements of Earthjustice, and the contributions they have made to the environmental legal field.


 * Sources
 * https://earthjustice.org/

Option 4

 * Article title
 * Velásquez-Rodríguez v. Honduras


 * Article Evaluation
 * This is a landmark case in the Inter-American court system which addresses issues of forced disappearances and the international rights violated by the Honduran state. This case does not have a wiki page.


 * Sources
 * https://iachr.lls.edu/cases/vel%C3%A1squez-rodr%C3%ADguez-v-honduras

Option 5

 * Article title
 * List of International Court of Justice cases
 * Article Evaluation
 * There are several important, landmark cases from the International Court of Justice that lack wiki pages. For example, a page should be created to address the case, Certain Activities Carried Out By Nicaragua In the Border Area (Costa Rica v. Nicaragua) Compensation Owed By The Republic Of Nicaragua To The Republic Of Costa Rica (2018) which is a landmark decision about monetary damages for environmental pollution.
 * Sources
 * https://www.iucn.org/news/world-commission-environmental-law/201804/icj-renders-first-environmental-compensation-decision-summary-judgment