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. […]
Read More →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 […]
Read More →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?”
Read More →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 […]
Read More →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…
Read More →Record EPA Penalty Calls for Action, Not Celebration
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency closed 2005 by celebrating a $16.5 million settlement with chemical giant DuPont as a victory for public health. DuPont agreed to pay the record administrative penalty for keeping secret its knowledge that a chemical used to make Teflon® had seeped into the water supply of communities in Ohio and West […]
Read More →Moussaoui Cert. Denied
The U.S. Supreme Court denied the writ of certiorari filed January 10, 2005 by Moussaoui’s federal attorney, Frank W. Dunham Jr.. The denial by the Supreme Court means that the ruling by the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit stands. The appellate court ruled that the government could seek the death penalty […]
Read More →UN Acts on Sudan but Ignores Darfur
With the mandate of the United Nations Advance Mission to Sudan (UNAMIS) (resolution 1547) expiring today after the second extension this month, the UN Security Council voted unanimously in support of the US introduced resolution calling for 10,000 peacekeepers in Southern Sudan. The vote comes after more than five weeks of stalled debate on a […]
Read More →World’s First Public Health Treaty
The world’s first public health treaty becomes international law today in 40 countries and will take effect in an additional 17 countries in the near future. The World Health Organization’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC, resolution WHA56.1), aims to reduce tobacco consumption worldwide, thereby decreasing the health and economic impacts of tobacco products.
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