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2 Nov 2010, 8:40 am
(Many thanks to IntLawGrrls for the opportunity to contribute this guest post.)Corporate accountability for environmental and human rights abuses abroad is often elusive.As IntLawGrrls Rebecca Bratspies and Naomi Roht-Arriaza have posted (here and here), recent court rulings now limit the scope of the Alien Tort Claims Act in some jurisdictions, at least temporarily. [read post]
13 Oct 2007, 3:00 am
Osofsky (Mata Hari), Assistant Professor of Law, University of Oregon School of Law.Jaya Ramji-Nogales (Lakshmi Bai), Assistant Professor of Law, Temple University, Beasley School of Law.Hélène Ruiz Fabri (Olympe de Gouges), Professor of Public Law, Université de Paris I (Panthéon-Sorbonne).Naomi Roht-Arriaza (Gabriela Mistral), Professor of Law, University of California,… [read post]
10 Nov 2011, 10:59 am
While this represents an important step in the struggle against impunity, as Intlawgrrl Naomi Roht-Arriaza has recently noted, Brazil continues to be the “sole holdout” in this part of the continent to leave its amnesty law untouched. [read post]
13 Feb 2012, 7:00 am by Ted Folkman
Anton of the Australian National University College of Law (and author of the excellent Anton’s Weekly Digest of International Law), Professor Naomi Roht-Arriaza of UC Hastings, Professor Jorge Avendano, of the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Peru, Professor Timo Koivurova of the University of Lapland, and Professor Cesare Romano of Loyola Law School Los Angeles. [read post]
11 Nov 2015, 11:42 am by Rachel E. Lopez
Naomi Roht-Arriaza is Distinguished Professor of Law, University of California, Hastings College of Law (and a fellow IntLawGrrl! [read post]
11 May 2012, 6:00 am
As IntLawGrrl Naomi Roht-Arriaza further discusses today in her post from Johannesburg, the applicants sought investigation of an event alleged to have taken place on March 27, 2007, in Harare, Zimbabwe's capital. [read post]
26 Apr 2012, 2:00 am
is an occasional item about notable calls for papers) The International Journal of Transitional Justice invites submissions for its 2013 special issue titled ‘The role of international criminal justice in transitional justice,' which I'm pleased to announce will be guest-edited by yours truly, Naomi Roht-Arriaza (below right), Professor of Law at the University of California, Hastings College of Law. [read post]
1 Aug 2012, 1:10 pm
After IntLawGrrl Naomi Roht-Arriaza’s excellent ASIL Insight about the disappointing prevaricación decision of the Spanish Supreme Court (prior post), the decision by the Swiss Federal Criminal Court is a welcome reminder of the role domestic tribunals can play in the fight against impunity. [read post]
24 May 2012, 6:25 pm by scardenas
  As commentators like Naomi Roht-Arriaza note, the case shifts universal jurisdiction’s reach into the Global South, beyond the purview of Western democracies. [read post]
15 Aug 2006, 1:26 am
Aceves and Vienna Colucci, Symposium Introduction Lisa Mantel, Fulfilling the Legacy: International Justice 60 Years After Nuremberg John Shattuck, The Legacy of Nuremberg: Confronting Genocide and Terrorism Through the Rule of Law David Matas, From Nuremburg To Rome: Tracing The Legacy Of The Nuremburg Trials Naomi Roht-Arriaza, The Complex Architecture Of International Justice Matt Eisenbrandt, Justice Through Litigation: The Center For Justice And Accountability … [read post]
12 Jul 2011, 9:02 am
Royal Dutch Petroleum.As Naomi Roht-Arriaza and Rebecca Bratspies discussed in IntLawGrrls posts here and here, the latter court held in Kiobel that corporations themselves are not appropriate defendants in Alien Tort cases. [read post]
7 Mar 2012, 8:43 am
Moreover, as IntLawGrrl has Naomi Roht-Arriaza has written, the Court interpreted international law broadly—in stark contrast to the Supreme Court’s decision. [read post]
15 Feb 2012, 7:28 am
These children were then given up for adoption, often to couples sympathetic with the government, and sometimes to the very people who killed their parents.Perhaps the most well known of these centers was, as IntLawGrrl Naomi Roht-Arriaza has posted, ESMA, the Navy School of the Mechanics, which sits in the middle of Buenos Aires. [read post]
21 Mar 2007, 12:46 am
Relationship between National & International Courts": Naomi Roht-Arriaza, U. [read post]
20 May 2011, 7:42 pm by axd10
Belsky and Mark Mervab and Naomi Roht-Arriaza. [read post]
2 Apr 2015, 10:11 am by Naomi Roht-Arriaza
Naomi Roht-Arriaza is a Distinguished Professor of Law at University of California, Hastings College of Law. [read post]
14 Sep 2011, 6:23 pm
(The photo above depicts members of the legal team in the Guatemala genocide case being heard at the Spanish National Court; left to right, IntLawGrrl Naomi Roht-Arriaza, Kate Doyle, Pamela Yates, Almudena Bernabeu, and Susie Kemp. [read post]
7 Mar 2012, 1:18 pm
As IntLawGrrl Naomi Roht-Arriaza has posted, this argument has been accepted by Spanish, foreign and international courts.However, it didn’t work in this case.The Supreme Court rejected all of these lines of argumentation, essentially barring any future charges of Franco-era crimes. [read post]
14 May 2012, 3:17 pm by Rosalind English
As Naomi Roht-Arriaza points out in her fascinating post on the subject, this particular case of South Africa v Zimbabwe illustrates the strain put on governments by the principle of  complementarity under the 1998 Rome Statute, which puts pressure on implicated states to investigate these major crimes on their threshold, too close to home. [read post]