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Call for Papers: ESIL/ASIL Research Forum
The European Society of International Law and American Society of International Law are co-hosting the 3rd Research Forum, "Changing Futures? Science and International Law," in Helsinki on 2-3 October 2009. International lawyers are invited to submit abstracts on relevant topics, such as data privacy, global health, climate change, nuclear nonproliferation, law of the sea, law of outer space, and genetic engineering. The deadline for abstracts is 15 February 2009.
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Inaugural Countdown: Treaties Pending U.S. Ratification
With the inauguration of U.S. President-elect Barack Obama one week away, here is a brief look at 7 major treaties that the United States has not ratified. These treaties have been awaiting the advice and consent of the Senate. They cover topics such as human rights, biodiversity, the protection of victims in armed conflicts, the law of the sea, and nuclear weapons testing. Vice President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. served as the chair of the committee responsible for review and consideration of international treaties, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Of the seven major treaties, Obama has previously stated that he supports ratification of three of them: the Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, and the Convention on the Law of the Sea.
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Return of the StateThis article is the extended address by José E. Alvarez, the Herbert and Rose Rubin Professor of International Law at New York University School of Law, at the University of Minnesota Law School's conference on "International Economic Law in a Time of Change." Alvarez relects upon and rebuts a collection of papers on supra-nationalism presented at the conference. He argues that states, as sovereign entities, are making a comeback. The full-text is available online for free.
Whither Justice? Uganda and Five Years of the International Criminal Court Michael Drexler argues that the International Criminal Court is pursuing an inappropriate engagement strategy in Uganda by ignoring the impacts of criminal prosecution and investigation on the prospects for peace to the country's decades-long conflict. It is published by the peer-reviewed Interdisciplinary Journal of Human Rights Law (IJHRL) and is available online for free.
