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23 Jan 2012, 5:19 am
In addition, as evident in IntLawGrrls' posts like this one, increased Internet access and social media are shaping modern societies and the ways in which people interact. [read post]
23 Jan 2012, 5:18 am
(As an example, see IntLawGrrl Diane Marie Amann's 2006 ASIL Insight on the U.S. claim to this effect made before the Committee Against Torture.)The interpretive question turns on the meaning of the second “and” in ICCPR Article 2(1), italicized below:Each State Party to the present Covenant undertakes to respect and to ensure to all individuals within its territory and subject to its jurisdiction the rights recognized in the present Covenant,without distinction of any… [read post]
22 Jan 2012, 7:21 am
(See examples in this IntLawGrrls post on gendercide in China.) [read post]
22 Jan 2012, 7:20 am
It's our great pleasure to welcome Johanna Westeson (left) as an IntLawGrrls contributor.Johanna is the Regional Director for Europe in the International Legal Program at the Center for Reproductive Rights, a global legal advocacy organization dedicated to advancing women's reproductive health, self-determination, and dignity as basic human rights. [read post]
20 Jan 2012, 5:34 am
" IntLawGrrls' many posts on this case – which arose out of violence after December 2007 elections in Kenya – are available here. [read post]
20 Jan 2012, 4:00 am
Excellent academic debate has taken place over all these issues (IntLawGrrls' prior posts here; also see posts here, here, and here). [read post]
19 Jan 2012, 6:19 am
In her IntLawGrrls introductory post below, she discusses her just-released Human Rights Watch briefing paper on national war crimes trials in Uganda.Elise earned her law degree from the University of California at Berkeley and her undergraduate degree from Brown University. [read post]
19 Jan 2012, 6:07 am
(My thanks to IntLawGrrls for the opportunity to contribute this introductory post)This week, Human Rights Watch released a briefing paper on domestic war crimes trials in Uganda, Justice for Serious Crimes before National Courts: Uganda’s International Crimes Division.In recent years there has been increasing focus on making it possible for national courts to conduct trials of serious crimes that violate international law, i.e. genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity. [read post]
16 Jan 2012, 5:28 am
Delighted to announce that IntLawGrrl Liz Campbell (left) is Stateside this year.A Lecturer at Scotland's University of Aberdeen Law School, Liz is a Fulbright Fellow at the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law this 2011-2012 academic year, having been awarded the fellowship to support her comparative scholarship on countries' legal reactions to organized crime. [read post]
15 Jan 2012, 9:30 am
It is a list familiar to readers, and includes points described in IntLawGrrl Kristine A. [read post]
13 Jan 2012, 4:27 pm
The conversation will be moderated by IntLawGrrl contributor Diane Orentlicher and until recently Deputy at the Office of War Crimes Issues for the U.S. [read post]
13 Jan 2012, 5:05 am
Be on the lookout for the call for papers, on all aspects of international law.Co-chairing the Research Forum again this year will be George Washington University Law Professor Laura Dickinson, an IntLawGrrls contributor; joining her will be Georgia Law Professor Timothy L. [read post]
12 Jan 2012, 5:57 am
Machiko Kanetake (left) as an IntLawGrrls contributor.An expert in United Nations law and international security law, Machiko joined the Amsterdam Center for International Law in November. [read post]
12 Jan 2012, 5:56 am
It's our great pleasure to welcome Sarah Paoletti and Nicole Phillips as IntLawGrrls contributors.? [read post]
12 Jan 2012, 5:54 am
(Prior IntLawGrrls posts.) [read post]
12 Jan 2012, 5:48 am
(map credit)As indicated in the post below by IntLawGrrls contributors Sarah Paoletti and Nicole Phillips, despite pledges of $10 billion in aid, many Haitians struggle to survive in the face of forced evictions, a raging cholera epidemic, and rampant gender-based violence.For example, even after two years:? [read post]
11 Jan 2012, 11:12 am
Pleased to announce that we at IntLawGrrls have welcomed our millionth page view! [read post]
11 Jan 2012, 6:05 am
In 2006, Seton Hall Law School produced a revealing report, based on US Department of Defense data, showing that less than 10% were considered to be Al-Qaeda and roughly half of the men had never committed a hostile act toward the United States.No wonder then that since 2001, only a handful of men of have been subject to trial by military commissions as IntLawGrrls have written about here, here, and here. [read post]
10 Jan 2012, 6:33 am
Invite civil society -- that is, all of us -- to hold those agencies accountable for full and proper implementation.Much of the data in the 25-page document will be familiar to IntLawGrrls readers; for example, that inclusion of women in peace negotiations enhances consideration of economic and social justice issues, or that education of girls enhances longterm prosperity and stability.That women often "have found themselves sidelined" in official peace talks also is well known. [read post]
8 Jan 2012, 3:00 am
... occasional posts on writing worth reading)Delighted to take note of Violence against Women under International Human Rights Law, a 2011 Cambridge University Press monograph written by an IntLawGrrls contributor, Dr. [read post]
