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Alternative options such as solar power are needed to bring electricity to rural areas of Africa and Asia as a means to facilitate economic development that is sustainable.
The dispute over the Daioyu/Senkaku islands has escalated as both China and Japan hope to gain a strategic location in the Pacific and the use of the abundant natural resources available.
03 December 2013
On November 23, 2013, China declared an Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ), which stated that “aircraft in the area must report their flight plans to China, maintain two-way radio and clearly mark their nationalities on the aircraft.” China’s declaration has drawn harsh criticism from Japan and the United States. While ADIZs are not a new […]
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29 November 2013
On November 9, 2013, panelists of the 45th Annual Sutton Colloqium discussed how energy plays into economic development and sustainability in developing countries, which comes at a time when many doubt the attainment of the Millennium Development Goals (“MDGs”) by the 2015 target date. The MDGs aim to eliminate extreme poverty and hunger, provide universal […]
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27 November 2013
On Monday, November 26, the United States sent two B-52 bombers over a group of disputed islands in the East China Sea after China recently declared that the islands were within the country’s air defense zone. The disputed islands, called the Diaoyu Islands by the Chinese, and the Senkaku Islands by the Japanese, are at […]
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22 November 2013
After two months of imprisonment in Russia, nine Greenpeace activists were released on Tuesday, November 19th, by a St. Petersburg court order. The activists, who were among 30 imprisoned since September, still face charges of “hooliganism” for protesting offshore oil drilling in the Arctic Ocean. The detainment of these individuals, who hail from countries including […]
Posted in DJILP Staff, Lydia Rice, TVFA Posts0 Comments
21 November 2013
In 2008, the International Olympic Committee was widely criticized for allowing China to showcase Beijing while not adequately addressing human rights concerns. Five years later, the IOC is now embroiled in another human rights situation, as Sochi, Russia, will host the 2014 winter Olympics. The 2014 Sochi Olympics have been criticized for a number of […]
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18 November 2013
In a previous article on this blog, I discussed a tradition particular to this school –that of Myres McDougal – a tradition I am proud to be a part of. Myres McDougal advocated for law to be a subtle mixture of positive rule and moral aspiration. He emphasized that “the global public order of human […]
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16 November 2013
In an era driven by technology, there are an ever-increasing number of corporations choosing to store their information electronically (“ESI”). ESI is anything that can be stored on an electronic medium system, such as: emails, spreadsheets, databases, images, etc. Further, because ESI is voluminous, corporations are storing it in server farms or, to the layperson, […]
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06 November 2013
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (“FWS”) is a federal agency within the Department of Interior which has been delegated the responsibility for the day-to-day administration of the Endangered Species Act (“ESA”). The purpose of the ESA is to “provide a means whereby the ecosystems upon which endangered species and threatened species may be conserved, […]
Posted in DJILP Staff, Joann Kinsey, TVFA Posts0 Comments
05 November 2013
In May 2013, NSA contractor Edward Snowden leaked classified documents relating to mass surveillance programs igniting a long overdue international conversation concerning the legal rights and protections of data and digital communications in the internet age. Initially the media focused on the compelling story of Snowden’s decision to sacrifice his comfortable lifestyle and personal privacy […]
Posted in DJILP Staff, Matthew Aeschbacher, TVFA Posts0 Comments
01 November 2013
When Chinese authorities fired up numerous coal-fired power plants in the northern province of Heilongjiang, a dense cloud of smog descended upon the city of Harbin. As air pollution soared high above what the World Health Organization deems “safe”, schools, airports, and roads shut down. With winter descending, people are left wondering whether smog clouds […]
Posted in DJILP Staff, Laura Wood, TVFA Posts0 Comments
