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December 18, 2008 00:21

After being stymied by an entrenched culture of impunity and vacillating political will at home and abroad, Cambodia’s international criminal tribunal—officially named the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (right)—is up and running. As we've blogged before, the tribunal was...

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Women @ ASIL (6th ed.)

March 22, 2012 13:21

IntLawGrrls is proud today to highlight women who will speak at next week's annual meeting of the American Society of International Law – as we have each year since our founding (here, here, here, here, here, and here).This 106th gathering of the Society, entitled Confronting Complexity (prior...

On March 22

March 22, 2012 07:04

On this day in ...... 1676, Lady Anne Clifford (left), who held the titles of 14th Baroness de Clifford and hereditary High Sheriff of Westmorland, died, 86 years after her birth in Yorkshire, England. (portrait credit) As a child she was a favorite of Queen Elizabeth I. As an adult, she became...

On March 21

March 21, 2012 17:31

On this day in ...... 2005, U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan presented to the General Assembly a 5-year progress report on the Millennium Declaration. Entitled "In Larger Freedom: Towards Development, Security and Human Rights for All," the report endorsed the nascent concept of "responsibility to...

Write On! "Politics of International Law"

March 21, 2012 16:19

(Write On! is an occasional item about notable calls for papers)Here at McGill, where I am visiting until December 2012, we are seeking abstracts of papers for the second Sean Maxwell and Isle Cohen Seminar, for doctoral and post-doctoral students working in international law.The theme is “The...

Development Decisions

March 21, 2012 10:15

On March 18, 2012, Brazil announced that it would formally charge a number of executives from Chevron based on an oil spill that occurred in November 2011 as a result of Chevron’s oil drilling activities off the Brazilian coast. (map credit)The decision to formally bring these charges was made...

Go On! Update on “Forgotten Sisters” Roundtable at ASIL

March 20, 2012 13:57

(Go On! is an occasional item on symposia and other events of interest)More exciting news on plans for “Forgotten Sisters: Violence Against Women with Disabilities, Human Rights, and Complex Identity Status” on which we’ve posted here. The roundtable discussion is part of the 106th Annual Meeting...

A Bite of Apple: Policing Worker Rights in China

March 20, 2012 13:46

Your cherished iPad? It was made by a 13 year old Chinese factory worker who, for the ripe sum of $0.30 an hour, completed a 16-hour shift while inhaling the toxic fumes emanating from the tablets' component parts. At the end of her shift she retired to her dormitory bed, in a room shared with six...

Women & Draft Constitution of Palestine

March 20, 2012 13:18

(My thanks to IntLawGrrls for the opportunity to contribute this introductory post)A report titled Women and the Draft Constitution of Palestine, recently was released by the Women’s Centre for Legal Aid and Counselling, a nongovernmental organization with offices in Hebron, Ramallah, Jerusalem,...

Postkaart uit Delft

March 20, 2012 13:03

Just back from a week in the Low Countries.Much occurred on the work front – lectures at the ICTY and in the Cassese series; the 2011-in-review conference at the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, which began with a live feed to the issuing of the Lubanga verdict at the International Criminal Court; and...