Call for Papers: 6th Annual ASLI Conference in Hong Kong

The Asian Law Institute (ASLI) and the Faculty of Law, University of Hong Kong are holding the 6th Annual ASLI conference in Hong Kong on 29 and 30 May 2009. In addition to a general call for individual papers on the conference themes, individuals are encouraged to propose and organize panels by coordinating with colleagues. […]

Sweden, the United Nations, and the Responsibility to Protect (R2P)

Today, Ambassador Anders LidÃ©n, Sweden’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, addressed the general debate about the Responsibility to Protect and Sweden’s role in R2P at a well-attended seminar at the House of Sweden in Washington, D.C. The two discussants included former Ambassador Princeton Lyman with the Council on Foreign Relations and Tod Lindberg with […]

60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Today marks the 60th anniversary celebration of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, one of the foundations of international human rights law. The UN General Assembly adopted and proclaimed the Declaration by Resolution 217 A (III) of 10 December 1948. The 30 articles signify the “common standard of achievement for all peoples and all nations” […]

United Nations Association – USA Annual Meeting

In an address delivered in New York on June 6, United Nations Deputy Secretary General Mark Malloch Brown critiqued U.S. policy towards the UN in his speech “Power and Super-Power: Global Leadership in the Twenty-First Century.” The Deputy Secretary challenged the United States to sustain “inside-the-tent diplomacy at the UN” and to drop its attitude […]