World Refugee Day 2006: Keeping the Flame of Hope Alive

Today, 20 June 2006, marks the sixth annual commemoration of World Refugee Day. This year’s theme is “Keeping the Flame of Hope Alive” for 20.8 million people who hold tenuously to a hope for peace and a better future. Since last year, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) estimates that an additional two […]

World Refugee Day 2005

Five years ago, the UN General Assembly unanimously adopted Resolution 55/76 designating 20 June every year as World Refugee Day in honor of the courage, endurance, and spirit of the millions of people uprooted by war, civil conflict, or ethnic persecution, and to honor the staff and volunteers dedicated to providing services and aid to […]

ASIL – 100th Annual Meeting

The American Society of International Law held its centennial annual meeting from 29 March to 1 April 2006 in Washington, D.C. The meeting attracted the largest attendance ever and featured top justices, lawyers, and politicians. The theme of 100 years promoted a nostalgic atmosphere. In the plenary address, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Kennedy focused on […]

SCOTUS – Replacing Justice O’Connor

Who should President Bush nominate as the next Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) justice? Last week at an annual lecture hosted by the New York City Bar Association, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg told the audience that she would like to see President Bush nominate a highly qualified female jurist with […]