Payne, Defining the 'Environment' and the Principle of Environmental Integrity Simon O'Connor, Considering the 'Harm Principle', Environmental Damage, and Armed Conflict Kirsten Stefanik, The Environment and Armed Conflict: Employing General Principles to Protect the Environment Britta Sjöstedt, Protecting the Environment During and After Armed Conflict through Multilateral Environmental Agreements Karen L. [read post]

Representatives Cheri Bustos (D-Ill), Walter Jones (R-N.C.) and Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) and Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) are sponsoring the “Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Harassment Act,” which proponents say will prevent women from being silenced through mandatory arbitration agreements. [read post]

South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham and Representatives Walter Jones of North Carolina and Elise Stefanik of New York are Republican cosponsors. [read post]

High Commissioner for Refugees; Nobel Peace Prizewinner Leymah Gbowee; Lieutenant General Roméo-Dallaire, Founder of the Roméo Dallaire Child Soldiers Initiative (see also IntLawGrrls post by Kirsten Stefanik); Marc Dullaert, Founder of KidsRights and the Netherlands’ former Children’s Ombudsman; and Coumba Gawlo, U.N. [read post]