International Justice
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Corporate Liability and Crimes against Humanity
Ed. Note: This article is the latest in our series on the U.S. Supreme Court case Jesner v. Arab Bank, a case that is slated to resolve the question of whether corporations can…
Recap of Recent Pieces on Just Security (Oct. 14-20)
ISIS, Iraq, Syria, and Yemen Amarnath Amarasingam, Jade Parker, and Charlie Winter, ISIS’s Vegas Claim Tells Us More about the Group Than About the Attacker Nadim Houry, What…
Human Rights in the Populist Era
This piece is adapted from the authors article, The Populist Challenge to Human Rights, published in the Journal of Human Rights Practice. The world as we in the human rights…
Recap of Recent Pieces on Just Security (Oct. 7-Oct. 13)
Iran Nuclear Agreement Marty Lederman, Don’t Believe the Hype: Trump Is Not “Decertifying” the Iran Deal Tess Bridgeman, What the White House Announcement on Iran Deal Really…
With Blinders On?: How International Law Casebooks Teach Students in the United States
The United States disagrees with many countries, including key allies, on important questions of international law, including the geographical scope of armed conflict, the extraterritorial…
Terrorist Financing: A Backgrounder
Ed. note. This post is the latest in our series on the U.S. Supreme Court case Jesner. v. Arab Bank, a case that is slated to resolve the question of whether corporations can…
The Rome Treaty Has Nothing to Do with Jesner v. Arab Bank
Ed. note. This post is the latest in our series on the upcoming U.S. Supreme Court case Jesner. v. Arab Bank, a case with implications for everything from human rights to terrorism…
My Priorities As UN Special Rapporteur on Counter Terrorism: The Problem of Permanent Emergencies
French soldiers patrolling a street of Saint Denis, France, during an anti-terrorist raid on November 18, 2015. France has been under a government-declared state of emergency…
Jesner v. Arab Bank: Closing the Door to Human Rights in Federal Court?
Ed. note. This post is the latest in our series on the upcoming U.S. Supreme Court case Jesner. v. Arab Bank, a case with implications for everything from human rights to terrorism…
Jesner: A Guide to the Blogosphere
As part of our symposium of Jesner v. Arab Bank case, we are offering this annotated guide to previous coverage of the case in the blogosphere, including another online symposium…
Nominations Sought: Alexander Human Rights Prize (Oct. 1 Deadline)
Santa Clara University School of Law is seeking nominations of outstanding lawyers who might be candidates for the Alexander Law Prize, given annually by the Law School. Now in…
New UN Team Investigating ISIS Atrocities Raises Questions About Justice in Iraq and Beyond
On September 21, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) unanimously passed resolution 2379 to pursue accountability for atrocity crimes perpetrated in Iraq by the Islamic State…