Posted on 31 October 2017. Tags: Human Rights, international law, politicization, UNESCO
On October 12, 2017, the United States announced that it would withdraw from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (“UNESCO”) effective December 21, 2018.[1] The United States cited anti-Israel bias at UNESCO as a reason for the decision, similar to President Reagan’s decision to exit UNESCO in late 1983.[2] The recent decision proves […]
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Posted in 1TVFA Posts, 2Featured Articles, Alex Mancero, DJILP Staff
Posted on 23 October 2017. Tags: ICBM, international law, non-proliferation treaty, North Korea, nuclear weapons
“Perpetual peace is guaranteed by no less an authority than the great artist Nature herself.” – Immanuel Kant[1] Is there still hope for peace as North Korea advances its nuclear agenda? As the Second World War ended, the US and the Soviet Union divided Korea in half and the Korean War deepened the divide.[2] Today, […]
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Posted in 1TVFA Posts, 2Featured Articles, DJILP Staff, Meera Nayak
Posted on 16 October 2017. Tags: international law, Iran, Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, sanctions
On September 14, 2017, the Trump Administration once again waived U.S. sanctions on Iran, maintaining its commitment to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).[1] Shortly thereafter, President Trump made several contentious comments directed at Iran during his speech at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on September 19, 2017, putting his upcoming certification of […]
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Posted in 1TVFA Posts, 2Featured Articles, DJILP Staff, Shirin Lakhani
Posted on 10 October 2017. Tags: Human Rights, human trafficking, international law, natural disasters, Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Most of the modern world has concerned itself with both the atrocity of human trafficking and the devastation of natural disasters. These events leave human pain and suffering in their wake at outstanding levels. A large international effort to create transnational standards of law has been constructed to mitigate and respond to these catastrophes, however, […]
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Posted in 1TVFA Posts, 2Featured Articles, DJILP Staff, Mallory Miller
Posted on 20 September 2017. Tags: international law, Iran, Middle East, WAVE
A few hours after the Iranian presidential election, which was held on May 19, 2017, the re-elected moderate President Hassan Rouhani characterized the election as a “victory of peace, reconciliation against tension and violence” in his speech addressing the Iranian nation. According to Rouhani, “the message of [the Iranian] people [in this election] was expressed […]
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Posted in 1TVFA Posts, 2Featured Articles, 4Guest & Faculty Articles, Saeed Bagheri
Posted on 05 September 2017. Tags: censorship, extraterritorial censorship, freedom of expression, ICCPR, international law, UDHR, United Nations
“[T]he right to freedom of expression on the Internet is an issue of increased interest and importance, as the rapid pace of technological development enables individuals all over the world to use new information and communications technology.”[1] In 2013, the United Nations Human Rights Counsel acknowledged the increasing interest in ensuring the freedom of expression.[2] […]
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Posted in 1TVFA Posts, 2Featured Articles, Alex Mancero, DJILP Staff
Posted on 28 August 2017. Tags: China, DPRK, Exclusive Economic Zone, international law, sovereignty, territorial rights, United States, use of force
The beginning of August 2017 saw the United States and the Democratic Republic of North Korea (DPRK) trading rhetoric that appeared to threaten nuclear war. It is possible, however, that the entire situation was an international legal trap laid for the United States. What at first instance appears to be two irrational state actors threatening […]
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Posted in 1TVFA Posts, 2Featured Articles, 4Guest & Faculty Articles, William Kent
Posted on 17 July 2017. Tags: cannabis, European Union, Federico II, international law, Italy, soft-drugs legalization, United States
On June 14, 2017, legal experts from the US and Italy gathered at the Law School of the University of Naples “Federico II” to discuss the challenges and perspectives of soft-drugs legalization, in the context of the inaugural colloquium of the international convention set up between the nearly 800-year old Italian law school and Denver […]
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Posted in 1TVFA Posts, 2Featured Articles, 4Guest & Faculty Articles, Amedeo Arena
Posted on 11 July 2017. Tags: asylum, Human Rights, international law, refugee crisis, resettlement, Syrian Refugees
This third installment focusing on Syrian refugees will address what a refugee goes through when he or she finally makes it to the United States and what we, especially those of us in Colorado, can do to help. Once a refugee has passed the security clearance screening, they then fly to one of five designated […]
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Posted in 1TVFA Posts, 2Featured Articles, David Coats, DJILP Staff
Posted on 27 June 2017. Tags: asylum, Human Rights, international law, refugee crisis, resettlement, Syrian Refugees, UNHCR
The first part of this three-part series explained what the causes of the Syrian Refugee Crisis are and where the crisis stands now. The second portion of this series will explore the process a Syrian refugee must go through to receive asylum in the United States. This is important information for all of us to […]
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Posted in 1TVFA Posts, 2Featured Articles, David Coats, DJILP Staff