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Editor’s note: This post was written in 2010 while Chris Moore, a partner at CDR Associates, was working in Sudan on the tenuous issued leading to the secession of Southern Sudan. While the temporal perspective is skewed, this post is nonetheless timely due to Southern Sudan’s recent secession and incorporation in the international community. When … Read more
Editor’s note: This post was written in 2010 while Chris Moore, a partner at CDR Associates, was working in Sudan on the tenuous issued leading to the secession of Southern Sudan. While the temporal perspective is skewed, this post is nonetheless timely due to Southern Sudan’s recent secession and incorporation in the international community. When … Read more
In a Sunday editorial piece for The Denver Post, Professor Ved Nanda opines that the ICC and other Nuremberg successor tribunals are finally sending a clear message to brutal dictators that they will be held accountable for crimes against innocents.
In a Sunday editorial piece for The Denver Post, Professor Ved Nanda opines that the ICC and other Nuremberg successor tribunals are finally sending a clear message to brutal dictators that they will be held accountable for crimes against innocents.
My name is Nicole Salamander. I graduated from DU Law in May 2008. I am a law clerk in the United States District Court for the District of Colorado in Denver. During law school, I focused on international law and domestic constitutional law. I had the honor of serving as the Editor in Chief of the Denver … Read more
Seafarers face increasing violence as they transit the Gulf of Aden, the Arabian Sea, and the Indian Ocean, but they have limited legal protection or recourse from the crimes committed against them at sea. Since the resurgence of maritime piracy off the Horn of Africa in 2007, hundreds of vessels have been hijacked and thousands … Read more
This month, the once vague idea that businesses have duties toward human rights became explicit. The United Nations Human Rights Council unanimously endorsed the Guiding Principles for the Implementation of the UN Protect, Respect and Remedy Framework, a document the UN itself called “unprecedented.” It is more than that: it’s game-changing. The vote of the … Read more
It’s time to Save the Date for the Ved Nanda Center’s 44th Annual Sutton Colloquium and the 35th Annual Myres S. McDougal Distinguished Lecture in International Law. This year’s conference, which addresses issues surrounding the responsibility to protect, issues surrounding democratization and democratic movements in a post-911 world, and other unfinished business of the Arab … Read more
On July 4, Judge Alphons Orie had former Bosnian Serb General Ratko Mladic removed from the courtroom of the International Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) for disrupting the proceedings and communicating with the audience. Despite the fact that the vast majority of the coverage surrounding the hearing focused on the alleged mockery Mladic made … Read more
The UN recently adopted a set of guiding principles based on the dual responsibility of governments and companies to protect human rights against corporate abuse, but it misses the mark. Why don’t we hold businesses to a higher standard? Who should be responsible for setting the proper standards for corporations? Summary: Governments and companies have … 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.
