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20 Oct 2011, 3:08 am
IntLawGrrls who have received the fellowship in the past include:? [read post]
19 Oct 2011, 2:10 am
(Prior IntLawGrrls posts on this resolution may be found here.) [read post]
18 Oct 2011, 8:35 am
(IntLawGrrls' posts on this issue here.)Although the Geneva Conventions require the recording of details of military personnel who die, are injured, captured or are missing, the requirements for keeping similar statistics for civilians are much less robust and many states do not keep any such statistics. [read post]
14 Oct 2011, 7:36 pm
(My thanks to IntLawGrrls for the opportunity to contribute this guest post on the research I have undertaken with my co-author, Leo Russomanno)This fall the Government of Canada will reintroduce legislation that would expand the power of citizen’s arrest. [read post]
14 Oct 2011, 11:00 am
"A July post on the IntLawGrrls blog, "Defining Persecution to Minimize Fraud," highlights a recent U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals case that defines persecution "in a way that reflects the real experiences of genuine refugees, rather than setting the bar for past harms so high that asylum applicants feel the need to bolster their stories to ensure their safety. [read post]
14 Oct 2011, 5:06 am
It's IntLawGrrls' great pleasure to welcome Vanessa MacDonnell (left) as today's guest blogger.Vanessa joined the Faculty joined the Faculty of Law at Canada's University of New Brunswick, as an Assistant Professor, in 2010. [read post]
11 Oct 2011, 8:00 am
Article 8's Appetite (IntLawGrrls, Oct. 2011) [text]The Canada-Czech Republic Visa Dispute Two Years On: Implications for the EU's Migration and Asylum Policies, CEPS Paper in Liberty and Security in Europe (Centre for European Policy Studies, Oct. 2011) [text via Archive of European Integration]- Note: Here is a list of earlier CEPS working papers.The Europeanization of Asylum Policy: An Assessment of the EU Impact on Asylum Applications and Recognitions Rates (Institute of… [read post]
9 Oct 2011, 5:07 am
(My thanks to IntLawGrrls for the opportunity to contribute this guest post)Beginning in 1999, the Government of Rwanda passed and implemented a series of laws, regulations, and policies designed to reform the land tenure system as well as grant women rights to own and use land on an equal status with men. [read post]
9 Oct 2011, 5:06 am
Sita Devi joins other IntLawGrrls' foremothers in the list just below our "visiting from... [read post]
8 Oct 2011, 7:10 pm
Details available on IntLawGrrls. [read post]
7 Oct 2011, 7:57 am
The list contains some names we'll recognize and some we might not, including:Former Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff (prior IntLawGrrls posts here and here)Former NSA and CIA Director Michael Hayden, implicated in the warrantless wiretapping program (prior post)Former Vice Chair of Blackwater, the private security company accused of committing abuses in Iraq, Cofer Black. [read post]
6 Oct 2011, 4:29 pm
Are all provisions constitutional in the tough state immigration law passed by Arizona (prior IntLawGrrls posts available here) -- a law since copied by other states?? [read post]
5 Oct 2011, 6:54 am
(IntLawGrrls' Syria posts here; Opinio Juris on the veto here.)Reacting harshly was Ambassador Susan E. [read post]
5 Oct 2011, 6:08 am
It's IntLawGrrls' great pleasure to welcome Dr. [read post]
4 Oct 2011, 6:33 am
(My thanks to IntLawGrrls for the opportunity to contribute this guest post)In their quest to hold individuals accountable for war crimes and abuses of international human rights laws, in conflict and post-conflict situations, the international community established varied forms of international tribunals/courts. [read post]
2 Oct 2011, 3:00 am
That's what civil rights groups alleged in a later-dismissed lawsuit they'd filed in 2010 on behalf of Awlaki.But the fact that Awlaki is alleged to have been the enemy of the United States -- to have planned attacks during the current struggle between the United State and al Qaeda, as IntLawGrrl Karima Bennoune has stressed -- points to treating him as a casualty of war.Which to choose is no easy question. [read post]
1 Oct 2011, 6:27 am
") The crime last was prosecuted internationally in the post-World War II trials at Nuremberg and Tokyo.Posts by various IntLawGrrls have indicated potential legal complexities within that package; my own 2010 miniseries on the issue is here, here, and here.In my view, a single key will unlock complexities:Political will.Right after Kampala, some predicted that proposed Article 8 bis and the other aggression provisions soon would be part of the ICC Statute. [read post]
1 Oct 2011, 2:10 am
The response was one in a series (available here) of Legal History Blog guest posts by Friedman, whose most recent book, The Human Rights Culture: A Study in History and Context (2011), promises much of interest to IntLawGrrls' readers. [read post]
29 Sep 2011, 4:00 am
Expert panels and discussion sessions will examine these and other issues with regard to such diverse areas as human rights and humanitarian intervention, national security, immigration, trade, labor, health care and the environment.Delighted to see numerous IntLawGrrls contributors on the program: ABILA Vice President Valerie Epps (Suffolk), Chimène Keitner (California-Hastings), Molly Beutz Land (New York Law School), Margaret E. [read post]
29 Sep 2011, 2:15 am
Scholars and practitioners in the cultural heritage and arts field contribute to and receive this publication, about which IntLawGrrls alumna Jennifer Kreder has posted here and here.Submissions should be limited to 3,000 words, although longer submissions may be considered. [read post]
