international law

Alberta Court of Appeal Declines to Appoint Counsel in Extradition of Jorge Sosa

March 21, 2012 15:34

Decision considered: United States of America v Sosa, 2012 ABCA 56 Emma McAuliffe wrote a blog expressing reasons why Jorge Sosa should face war crimes charges in Canada before being extradited to the United States (see: Why Canada should Address Jorge Vinicio Orantes Sosa’s Alleged War...

International Law, Torture and "24"

March 20, 2012 18:35

Knut Fournier has published Torture Justification in ‘24’: Aesthetics of the Bush AdministrationIn the context of the War on Terror, fiction is a support of ideologies for the Bush administration. The TV series '24' resorts on all legal justifications of torture made by the Bush administration, and...

3 Compelling Reasons to Read the International Law Quarterly.

March 20, 2012 02:23

The 2012 issue of the Florida Bar international Law Section’s International Law Quarterly was released today. For nearly three decades, the International Law Quarterly has been recognized as one of the world’s leading journals covering all areas of international law. The current issue, edited by...

Even More Events & Opportunities: March 2012 - Updated

March 19, 2012 15:52

(I'm re-posting this listing with details about additional March events & opportunities that came to my attention after the fact; these are marked accordingly *.)*Still Waiting for Tomorrow? The Law and Politics of Unresolved Refugee Crises, Boston, MA, 2 April 2012 [info]- RSVP using this form...

On Invisible Children’s Kony 2012 Campaign

March 15, 2012 12:39

If there was a prize for the NGO who best commodifies white man’s burden on the African continent, and more specifically in Uganda, Invisible Children would win.They recently struck again with a new video and campaign titled “Kony 2012.” I was surprised to see it popping up everywhere on my...