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"A Beacon of Service in a Troubled World": Restoring the United Nations' Human Rights Reputation by Standardizing Extradition Practices for Accused Human Traffickers
By: Brook Whitley PDF: A Beacon of Service Recent high profile human trafficking cases—particularly trafficking for sexual exploitation—have highlighted shortcomings in international human rights law. Human trafficking has unique features that necessitate aggressive and innovative approaches to justice for trafficking victims. Trafficking is often a transnational crime, involving transporting victims across borders. The networks traffickers create are pervasive and insidious
Dec 29, 2025


Finding a New Enforcer: Combatting International Corporate Tax Avoidance With Multinational Organizations
By: Ryan McNicholas PDF: Finding a New Enforcer The modern world economy has made it easier than ever for large multinational corporations to avoid paying taxes. As corporate tax rates are largely the domain of individual nations, sophisticated companies are incentivized to take advantage of differences in national taxation to minimize their own tax burden. This avoidance creates significant negative effects for impacted countries, which lose out on a significant source of g
Dec 29, 2025


Self-Defense Without Overreach: How Status of Forces Agreements Address the Legal Gaps in Article 51
By: Alexis Shaw PDF: Self-Defense Without Overreach The United States has increasingly invoked Article 51 of the UN Charter to justify prolonged military engagements, particularly following the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. While Article 51 was intended to safeguard states’ right to self- defense, its ambiguity has allowed states—especially the United States—to stretch self-defense claims beyond their limits, applying them to both state and non-state actors. This ex
Oct 29, 2025


Extraterritoriality in AI: Harmonizing the Digital Market Act and US Antitrust Law
By: Daniel Goicouria PDF: Extraterritoriality in AI International AI markets currently operate under divergent and often conflicting competition laws. This splintered approach fosters uncertainty, invites regulatory failure, and risks entrenching dominant firms at the expense of emerging innovators. This Note proposes harmonized enforcement mechanisms to safeguard fair competition and minimize extraterritorial effects on global AI platforms. Recent academic discourse has dis
Oct 29, 2025


A Cultural Property Interest: How Indigenous Groups Can Use Tort Law to Repossess their Artifacts
By: William McGoughran PDF: A Cultural Property Interest States have called for, and negotiated with, the British Museum for decades,...
Mar 27, 2025


Stop Blaming Foreigners for Your Housing Market: Why Prohibitions Against Foreign Property Ownership Won’t Solve the Global Housing Crisis
By: Nair M. Banks III PDF: Stop Blaming Foreigners for Your Housing Market In 2025, the global housing crisis continues to worsen...
Mar 26, 2025


It’s My Data and I’ll Protect It If I Want To: A Proposal to Standardize Biometric Data Privacy Laws Between the United States and European Union
By: Haley Rubin PDF: It's My Data and I'll Protect It If I want To Biometric data is one of people’s most sensitive and private forms of...
Jan 30, 2025


Ultra-Slow Responses to the Ultra- Fast Fashion Problem: Combatting Forced Labor in the Global Apparel Industry with Due Diligence and Customs Regulations
By: Cameron Watts PDF: Ultra-Slow Responses to the Ultra-Fast Fashion Problem The global embrace of e-commerce and the digitalization of...
Oct 31, 2024


The Scientific Border: DNA Testing for Family Reunification
By: Alexa Greco PDF: DNA Testing for Family Reunification The advent of DNA testing has brought with it many benefits for confirming...
Oct 31, 2024


Considerations for a Middle Eastern Convention to Ensure the Human Rights of Regional Refugees
By: Connor Rasmussen PDF: Ensure the Human Rights of Regional Refugees In 2011, the events of the Arab Spring launched Syria into a...
Aug 14, 2024


Statutes Saving Statues: A Proposal to Reform U.S. Customs Laws to Better Protect Cultural Property
By: Brianne Seaberg PDF: Statutes Saving Statutes Antiquity theft occurs all around the world. However, there is no consensus on how to...
Aug 14, 2024


Is Blood Thicker than Water? Europe Must Work Together to Solve its Impending Water Crisis
By: Vann Buchanan PDF: Is Blood Thicker than Water? The European continent is undergoing unprecedented drought. This drought has had...
Apr 30, 2024


Advocating for Adoptions in Al Hol: How Intercountry Adoptions Could Ensure the Safety of a Generation of Lost Children
By: Jill Boggs PDF: Advocating for Adoptions in Al Hol After the Islamic State (IS) collapsed in 2019, tens of thousands of IS fighters,...
Apr 30, 2024


Addressing Unlawful Cyber Operations in Armed Conflict Through Human Rights Bodies Instead of the International Criminal Court
By: Zachary Orr PDF: Addressing Unlawful Cyber Operations Russia’s use of offensive cyber operations to further its illegal war against...
Feb 8, 2024


A Global Crypto Code of Conduct: Crafting an Internationally Centralized Regulatory Body for a Decentralized Asset
By: Mary Kavaloski PDF: A Global Crypto Code of Conduct The advent of Bitcoin in 2009 presented a previously unfathomable possibility for...
Feb 8, 2024


A New Green Wave: Lessons from Argentina’s Marea Verde for Legalizing Abortion over Religious Opposition in the United States
By: Morgan Peck PDF: A New Green Wave The reproductive rights arena has experienced great upheaval in recent years, particularly...
Dec 26, 2023


Establishing Control Order Regimes: The International Human Rights Law Implications for Pre-Conviction and Post-Release Control Orders
By: Natalie Garcia PDF: Establishing Control Order Regimes Control orders are restrictive measures placed on individuals that pose an...
Dec 26, 2023


Pushing Out Plastic: Lessons for the UNEA In Drafting Its Newest Environmental Agreement
PDF: Pushing Out Plastic By: Carrigan E. English Climate change, commonly understood through greenhouse gas emissions, is a multi-faceted...
Nov 20, 2023


Don’t Fear the Beaver: Curbing Regulatory Restrictions on Canadian Banks Expanding into the U.S.
PDF: Don't Fear the Beaver By: Robert O. Binkowski The policy, economic, and historical differences between the American and Canadian...
Nov 20, 2023


Depoliticizing the United Nations Credentials Process Amid the Taliban’s Return to Power
PDF: Depoliticizing the United Nations Credentials Process Amid the Taliban’s Return to Power By: Howard Thorne In August of 2021, the...
Jul 1, 2023
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