Sudha is an 11-year old girl from India.’ Her parents abused her, placed her in a home for unwanted children, and then gave her to a male stranger who accompanied her to the United States. 2 During immigration proceedings, her attorney argued that Sudha was a victim of child trafficking; her parents had sold her … Read more
Within the subject of an ethics of human rights are subsumed some of the most controversial debates in current philosophical and political discourse. It is helpful to begin by analyzing the debates on the underlying questions, before examining the overall subject of an ethics of human rights. The debates surrounding an ethics of human rights … Read more
Equality is a topic very near to my heart. Since I believe that you have to pose the right questions to get good answers, I will explore some of the who’s, what’s, when’s, where’s, and why’s of equality, although not necessarily in that order. I sincerely hope that these questions will provide a basis for … Read more
International law has long experienced a divide or “schism” between publicand private international law.1 This divide is not only heuristic, it has deeplyconstitutive effects on what is possible in the international landscape. The dividecreates multiple shadow areas in which the private is rendered invisible and cannotbe regulated, or at least not using traditional legal mechanisms.2
When the delegates met in San Francisco in 1945 to form the United Nations,one of their primary objectives in creating the Security Council (SC), as an organ ofthe United Nations (U.N.), was to ensure that the SC was “placed in a position to actquickly and effectively.”1 However, the record of the SC has been a … Read more
In all its forms, human trafficking is the third largest criminal enterprise in the world, generating roughly 150 billion dollars every year and growing rapidly.1 Though there is arguably some dispute about the number of victims of human trafficking and forced labor, the most widely accepted number seems to fall between twenty-one and twenty-seven million … Read more
The core principles of international water law1–equitable and reasonable utili-zation,2 no significant harm,3 and the duty to cooperate–are generally considered tohave customary law status.4 This body of law has played a meaningful role in in-
INTRODUCTION“Trends of events in the international system appear to have clearly estab-lished that developing countries have been placed in a weaker structural position inthe global-economy1 but also tend to be placed in a less dominant position on othervariable indicators”2 of power within the international system, including political,military, and legal.3 Evidence also suggests that the international … Read more
Policy development related to international tax evasion grew substantially in the first decade of this century and has exploded in the years since. A fear that the growing ease of global financial asset movements had increased the number of persons – particularly rich persons – evading home country tax obligations provided an important impetus in … Read more
For approximately two decades, commentators have extensively investigated the production of World Trade Organization (WTO) cases.1 The WTO Dispute Settlement Body has been the central pillar of the WTO system since its establish- ment, because it is the institution within the system that can authorize sanctions for violations of the WTO agreements, but also plays … Read more
The Denver Journal of International Law & Policy is one of the oldest international law journals in the United States and is ranked internationally. It is managed and edited by students at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law.
