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 […]

US Military Strategist on North Korean Nuclear Weapons

Dr. William E. Berry, Jr., a professor of military strategic studies at the US Air Force Academy, addressed an audience of 40 last night in Denver, Colorado. The topic for the evening was “North Korean Nuclear Weapons: A Conundrum Wrapped in an Enigma or Rational Choice?” His hour-long speech sought to achieve three goals: a) […]

Columbia Wins 2006 Jessup International Moot Court

After seven months of practice, research, and intense regional and national competitions involving over 2,000 students at 565 law schools worldwide, the final 104 Jessup teams from 81 countries converged in Washington, D.C. for the Jessup International Tournament. The Jessup competition simulates a case before the International Court of Justice in The Hague, the Netherlands. […]

Refugees and Reality: Legal Disconnect between Refugees and Forced Migrants

Three professionals in international human rights spoke this evening on the legal disconnect between refugees and other forced migrants as part of International Law Week at Georgetown University Law Center. The panelists specifically addressed internally displaced persons, the indistinct line between economic migrants and forced migrants, and the immigration challenges faced by victims of human […]

Advice for U.S. Secretary of State Rice

The alma mater of Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, hosted a two-hour forum last Thursday, 17 Feb 2005, with the purpose of exploring “What recommendations can we offer to Dr. Condi Rice on economic development, global health, and security issues?”

Jurisdiction Takes on Technology

This Saturday, territorial-based approaches to jurisdiction will be challenged and, hopefully, expanded to accommodate multijurisdictional international cases within domestic courts. Through the use of videoconferencing and the state-of-the-art courtroom at the William and Mary School of Law, two courts will concurrently hear and decide on a transborder child abduction case. The two courts represent civil […]

2005 Jessup International Law Moot Court Awards

After months of practice, research, and intense regional and national competitions, this year’s participants of the Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition converged in Washington, D.C. for the final championship round held at the Wyndham Hotel. Taking home the Jessup World Champion Trophy…