ABA Section of International Law Panel Discussion: Re-Shaping the Human Rights Agenda: Opportunities in the New Obama Administration
Jeffrey L. Bleich, Special Counsel to President Barack Obama in the White House, moderated a discussion on human rights in the new administration with four panelists: Santiago Canton, the Executive Secretary of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights of the Organization of American States (OAS); William Davis, the Director of the United Nations Information Center […]
Read More →2009 ABA Section of International Law Spring Meeting
The 2009 ABA Section of International Law Spring Meeting was held 14-18 April 2009 at The Fairmont Hotel in Washington, D.C. There were 80+ CLE programs, a series of networking events every day and evening, and special events at The Kennedy Center and the U.S. Department of State. I tweeted (#ABA) from the event. This […]
Read More →ABA Section of International Law Panel Discussion: Can Carbon Caps/Trade/Tax Save the World from Global Warming?
This week, the Energy and Commerce Committee on Capitol Hill will hold four days of hearings to discuss a 648-page draft bill, the “American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009,” sponsored by two senior House Democrats, Representatives Waxman and Markey. Last week, at the 2009 ABA Section of International Law Spring Meeting, Joseph Dellapenna […]
Read More →Swine Flu: Legal Obligations and Consequences When the World Health Organization Declares a “Public Health Emergency of International Concern”
On Saturday, the World Health Organization declared the swine flu outbreak in Mexico and the United States to constitute a “public health emergency of international concern” under the International Health Regulations, a legally binding international instrument on disease prevention, surveillance, control, and response adopted by 194 countries. Countries with confirmed cases of swine flu are […]
Read More →SOLON War Crimes Conference – Retrospectives and Prospects
The SOLON War Crimes Conference, themed “Retrospectives and Prospects,” took place on 19-21 February 2009 at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, London University, in association with SOLON and The Institute of Historical Research. Reprinted here with permission is the conference report and transcript of the plenary talk by Lesley Abdela.
Read More →China Should Eradicate Rabies, Not Dogs
In response to three deaths in April from rabies and 360 reported dog bites this year, local officials in Yunnan Province, China, ordered the extermination of all dogs regardless of rabies vaccination status, with the exception of military and police canines. Since the start of the campaign on 25 July 2005, a total of 54,429 […]
Read More →China Health Official Denounces Dog Destruction
Jiang Zuojun, China’s Vice Minister of Health, today denounced the recent mass dog-destruction campaigns as unnecessary. He recommended that local authorities should increase rabies vaccinations as the primary control strategy. While his advice is consistent with the latest recommendations from the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) and the World Health Organization (WHO), he disappointingly […]
Read More →Famine and International Criminal Law Under the Rome Statute
Last week, Laurent Nkunda’s armed militias in war-torn eastern Congo raided, seized, and deliberately destroyed and burned refugee camps located north of Goma, the provincial capital of North Kivu. His strategic political goal was to spark a crisis and to bring about the conditions to demand direct negotiations with the Congolese government. Two days ago, […]
Read More →Cholera in Zimbabwe: UN Security Council Authority to Respond to Public Health Emergencies Under Chapter VII of the UN Charter
During the past week, three of the five permanent members on the UN Security Council publicly called for Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe to step down from office. The United States, France, and the United Kingdom point to the continued violence, the regime’s repressive policies against opponents and the media, its failed economic management, and the […]
Read More →Call for Papers: Interdisciplinary Journal of Human Rights Law (IJHRL)
The Interdisciplinary Journal of Human Rights Law (IJHRL) is currently seeking submissions for its 2009-2010 annual publication. IJHRL is a peer-reviewed, scholarly journal designed to address international human rights issues. The journal invites quality submissions from scholars, jurists, and professionals in fields related to human rights and international humanitarian law. IJHRL also welcomes review essays, […]
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