In an effort to suppress El Salvador’s gang violence issue, the country’s president, Nayib Bukele, declared a state of emergency on March 27, 2022, which resulted in the removal of constitutional protections and the deployment of police and military personnel to incarcerate mass amounts of citizens suspected of gang-affiliation.[1] The state of emergency has been … Read more
Institutionalization has served as a prominent source of disability discrimination. In the early days of treatment for mental disabilities, people with disabilities were often institutionalized in government-sanctioned mental hospitals.[1] Perceptions of disability vary greatly between cultures. Western beliefs historically suggested that people with disabilities were “meager, tragic, pitiful individuals unfit and unable to contribute to … Read more
Bilateral Investment Treaties (“BITs”) private rights of actions need reform to be effective. BITs are an assortment of over 2,800 international agreements that provide key legal protections, as negotiated by countries[1]. These protections provide laws and ways to remedy legal wrongs that may not be available to a foreign investor in a host nation.[2] Additionally, … Read more
As climate scientists continue to warn the world that the climate change crisis is worsening each day, several activist groups are pushing to include “ecocide” in the Rome Statute as the fifth international crime.[1] The International Criminal Court (“ICC”) has Article 5 jurisdiction to prosecute “the most serious crimes of concern to the international community … Read more
As “[t]he Arctic is warming twice as fast as anywhere else on Earth,” previously inaccessible natural resources—including oil, natural gas, and rare earth minerals—are becoming more viable for extraction.[1] This shift has prompted countries to look toward the Arctic for economic opportunities and energy security.[2] There is a direct correlation between climate change and resource … Read more
Many of us rely on fast fashion companies to purchase clothing cheap, stay up to date with trends, and feed shopping addictions. “Fast fashion,” a term popularized by a 1989 New York Times article[1], refers to “a business model that focuses on the production of garments in bulk.”[2] Popular stores like Zara and H&M rely on … 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.
