The Foreign Direct Investment (“FDI”) International Arbitration Moot competition this year was in Buenos Aires, Argentina at the stunning Facultad de Derecho at the Universidad de Buenos Aries. Four students from the University of Denver Sturm College of Law (“SCOL”) competed in this event as one team. The FDI Moot competition was created in 2008 […]
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DU’s Foreign Direct Investment Moot Team Travels to Argentina To Compete
Posted on 21 November 2016.
Posted in 1TVFA Posts, 2Featured Articles, Ashley Lloyd0 Comments
The European Refugee Crisis: Unaccompanied Refugee and Migrant Children
Posted on 14 November 2016.
The refugee and migrant influx into Europe continues. Since January 2015 approximately 1.2 million people have journeyed across the Mediterranean in an attempt to reach Europe. The majority arrive in Europe by sea, while almost 34,900 refugees and migrants arrived by land. These individuals are fleeing economic and social breakdown such as conflict, violence, and […]
Posted in 1TVFA Posts, 2Featured Articles, DJILP Staff, Hannah Mitchell0 Comments
Assisted Suicide: the Thin Line Between Dying With Dignity And Premeditated Murder
Posted on 08 November 2016.
Imagine you are in unbearable pain. Every single moment of your life. Only drugs that your doctor prescribed to you hold this pain manageable to the extent that you are not screaming, that you can fall asleep. Even when you sleep, you are not getting that peaceful rest. You fall into a deep hole of […]
Posted in 1TVFA Posts, 2Featured Articles, DJILP Staff, Ilona Starchak0 Comments
Decision 2016: Oh the Places We Will Go
Posted on 07 November 2016.
On November 8, 2016, the Unites States will elect a new President to lead. Polls have opened, and votes are being cast. But who will win, and what impact will it have on the national stage? As the rest of the world watches, American citizens need to realize we are wading into uncharted waters with […]
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Cyber Security: An International Security Issue with No Solution?
Posted on 26 October 2016.
On Friday, October 20th, malicious cyber attacks prohibited access to major websites like Twitter, PayPal, and Amazon in intermittent locations throughout the U.S. and abroad. Experts determined the attacks are the result of a virus that infected thousands of users’ internet-connected devices through webcams and video recording devices. This method of hacking is both complicated […]
Posted in 1TVFA Posts, 2Featured Articles, DJILP Staff, Jane Rugg0 Comments
The Fight Against Climate Change: The Paris Agreement Ratified by 75 Countries
Posted on 17 October 2016.
On October 5th the requirements were met for the Paris Agreement (PA) to enter into force. This milestone was triggered when more than 55 countries representing 55% of global greenhouse emissions (GHG) ratified the Agreement. The PA has had tremendous international public and private support following its adoption by the 197 Parties to the United […]
Posted in 1TVFA Posts, 2Featured Articles, Jeremy Bellavia0 Comments
Mass Incarceration at Home and Decarceration Abroad
Posted on 10 October 2016.
Around the world, there are around ten million people in prison at any given time. While the world’s criminal justice systems struggle to ensure access to legal representation, a fair trial, and freedom from torture, some countries have been more successful than others. Other western countries are moving toward decarceration,[1] but politicians in the United […]
Posted in 1TVFA Posts, 2Featured Articles, Alison Haugen0 Comments
Renewed Violence in the Central African Republic Threatens Fragile Peace
Posted on 23 September 2016.
The UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) has reported renewed violence this week in the Central African Republic (CAR). On September 16th, after months of relative peace between predominantly Christian anti-Balaka supporters and predominantly Muslim ex-Seleka rebels, 26 civilians were killed, a UN aid worker was injured, and UN humanitarian […]
Posted in 1TVFA Posts, 2Featured Articles, DJILP Staff, Jeremy Goldstein0 Comments
President Obama to Veto 9/11 Tort Legislation to Protect Sovereign Immunity
Posted on 21 September 2016.
On Monday, September 12, 2016, White House press secretary Josh Earnest said that despite bipartisan support, President Obama is likely to veto legislation approved by Congress, which would allow the families and victims of the September 11, 2011 attacks to sue the government of Saudi Arabia for any role it might have had in the […]
Posted in 1TVFA Posts, 2Featured Articles, Joseph Apisdorf0 Comments
The Road Ahead for Colombia, as FARC Agrees to Peace
Posted on 19 September 2016.
The Western Hemisphere has reason to celebrate… The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Columbia finally agreed to end the longest running armed conflict of the Americas. Colombia’s Marxist FARC (“Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia”) rebel group began as a peasant uprising against the national government in 1964. The group’s ideologies encompass Marxism, the antithesis of capitalism, […]
Posted in 1TVFA Posts, 2Featured Articles, DJILP Staff, Tahli Salem0 Comments
