Cluster munitions have been a significant weapon in the world’s arsenals for the last half-century, but their use has drawn sharp...

When a federal court in the United States compels the discovery of information located abroad to determine whether it has jurisdiction...

This Article considers the response of the Organization for African Unity (the OAU, founded in 1963) and its successor, the African Union...

This Note discusses the dramatic proliferation of the Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) over the last two decades, primarily focusing on the...

This Article provides a critical appraisal of the newly adopted African IDPs Convention.  In particular, it offers a detailed analysis of...

This Note explores the effect of the United States’ ratification of the Hague Convention on the Protection of Children and Cooperation in...

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This Article offers a critique of the decision reached by Israel’s High Court of Justice in the Mara’abe Case (2005) as well as some...

Chinese courts have not vigorously enforced many human rights, but a recent string of employment discrimination lawsuits suggests that,...

On November 3, 2009, the Supreme Court of Ireland held that the Portmarnock Golf Club could maintain its rule prohibiting female...

Forensic scientists have used DNA profiling technologies to link suspects to crimes since Alec Jeffreys first proposed the idea in the...

The purpose of refugee law is to provide international protection for vulnerable people who are denied state protection.  In fulfilling...

In 2007, a Chinese anti-satellite missile destroyed an aging weather satellite, creating millions of pieces of space debris.  In 2009,...

Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD) is one of the most important and most contentious issues in global...

Cluster munitions have been a significant weapon in the world’s arsenals for the last half-century, but their use has drawn sharp...

This Article fills a gap in the literature by examining in depth China’s state practice and official pronouncements in respect of nine...

Self-defense is a universally accepted exception to the prohibition of the use of force in international law, and it has been subjected...

In 2005, the people of Iraq ratified a permanent Constitution, a significant milestone in the journey from Saddam Hussein’s authoritarian...

This Article is a rejoinder to a recent comment by Professor Romano on an earlier paper I coauthored with Christian Kirchner.  Professor...

The United Nations Convention and Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees define the requirements for qualification as a “refugee”...