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22 Apr 2009, 3:01 am
" (Prior IntLawGrrls posts here, here, and here.)The contents of the memos are spine-chilling. [read post]
20 Apr 2009, 10:04 pm
Obama's emphasis from the outset -- with which this IntLawGrrl heartily agrees -- has been a forward look toward dismantling post-9/11 abuses.At the same time, it must be noted that Obama has refrained from any public condemnation of proceedings in Spain, or elsewhere for that matter.Also to be noted:Obama gave a U.S. prosecutorial pass only to "those who carried out their duties relying in good faith upon legal advice from the Department of Justice," to "men and women… [read post]
20 Apr 2009, 3:02 am
It's IntLawGrrls' great pleasure to welcome as today's guest bloggers Dr. [read post]
20 Apr 2009, 3:01 am
(Our thanks to IntLawGrrls for the opportunity to contribute this guest post.)In countries around the world it is common practice for victims of trafficking who have been ‘rescued' or who have escaped from situations of exploitation to be placed and detained in public or private shelters. [read post]
20 Apr 2009, 3:00 am
(One of IntLawGrrls' transnational foremothers, Mother Jones, had rallied striking miners there the previous autumn; her consequent imprisonment gave rise to the demonstration at right.) [read post]
18 Apr 2009, 3:00 am
(Prior IntLawGrrls post.) [read post]
17 Apr 2009, 4:00 am
(Hat tip to IntLawGrrl Diane Marie Amann for sending the article my way.) [read post]
16 Apr 2009, 3:13 am
With news about pirates dominating mainstream media these days -- do check out IntLawGrrl Beth Van Schaack's excellent post on law and piracy -- it seems a good time to reflect on the consequences of more conventional, and lethal, conflicts in which the United States is involved.Notwithstanding President Barack Obama's stated plan to take 12,000 U.S. troops out of Iraq by September, violence continues apace but political integration drags -- a situation evident in stories this… [read post]
10 Apr 2009, 10:03 pm
It's IntLawGrrls' distinct pleasure to welcome Penelope Andrews (right) as today's guest blogger.Penny, about whom we've posted here, here, and here, is Professor of Law at Valparaiso University School of Law. [read post]
10 Apr 2009, 9:32 pm
(My thanks to IntLawGrrls for the opportunity to contribute this guest-post)Many people in South Africa cheered the announcement earlier this week by Mokotedi Mpshe (top right), acting Director of South Africa's National Prosecuting Authority, that the Authority had dismissed longstanding corruption charges against Jacob Zuma, the head of the African National Congress and the likely President of South Africa after elections on April 22. [read post]
8 Apr 2009, 12:55 pm
Here's a quick addition to recent IntLawGrrls posts raising concerns about misguided and cynical attacks on international law and on Yale Law Dean Harold Hongju Koh's nomination to be the next U.S. [read post]
8 Apr 2009, 4:00 am
(We welcome IntLawGrrl guest/alumna Valerie Oosterveld back for a guest post on the Special Court for Sierra Leone. [read post]
7 Apr 2009, 10:09 pm
.-- IntLawGrrls guest/alumna Mary Ellen O'Connell, in a super Balkinization guest essay that takes on the current crop of intlaw critics. [read post]
7 Apr 2009, 10:28 am
(Prior IntLawGrrls posts here, here, and here.) [read post]
7 Apr 2009, 6:02 am
As a policy matter, this could make other detainees more welcome in more other countries, as IntLawGrrl Beth Van Schaack posted. [read post]
6 Apr 2009, 3:02 am
Kennedy Center for Justice & Human Rights, which has worked to achieve social justice since its establishment 4 decades ago (prior IntLawGrrls posts), is seeking applications for an Advocacy Officer.Primary duties of the Advocacy Office will include working with the Center's Human Rights Award laureates to develop and implement joint domestic and international legal, advocacy and communications strategies to achieve laureates' social change goals by, among other things,… [read post]
5 Apr 2009, 2:53 pm
Our friends at the Intlawgrrls Blog have posted the new ASIL officers, and we can't do a better job than what they did. [read post]
4 Apr 2009, 9:30 pm
The author of this essay, an Israeli lawyer, involved in such litigations, reaches a painful conclusion: although internal legal action might ease human sufferings in individual cases, it nevertheless potentially empowers the regime and contributes to its sustainability.Also in the introductory issue is an article by IntLawGrrl's own Stephanie Farrior on the challenges and opportunities of human rights advocacy on gender issues. [read post]
2 Apr 2009, 10:00 pm
In the wake of the hugely successful 103rd Annual Meeting of the American Society of International Law in Washington, D.C., last week -- overheard, "full of substance, energy and buzz" -- ASIL Exec Director Betsy Andersen and I want to congratulate many, including several IntLawGrrls.First, the hardworking and creative organizers of the 103rd Annual Meeting, namely:ââ [read post]
2 Apr 2009, 12:19 pm
(Photo credit) (And hat tip to IntLawGrrl Stephanie Farrior, who e-mailed this while in transit.) [read post]
