Event: International Law and Native American Human Rights Violations Explored

Secret of a Long Journey

On April 22, 2013, join Colorado author and DJILP contributor Sandra Shwayder Sanchez for an exploration of international human rights law in her latest novel The Secret of A Long Journey. The purpose of the presentation is to raise awareness of historic, recent, and continuing discrimination against native people and put that into a historical context, as well … Read more

Prosecuting and Adjudicating Maritime Piracy Cases in the Seychelles

Join the University of Denver Sturm College of Law as we host a conversation with Puisne Judge Duncan Gaswaga, a judge with the Supreme Court of Seychelles.  When in 2010 Seychelles enacted a statute granting its courts universal jurisdiction over suspected pirates brought into the country, its courts have become a hub for piracy prosecutions   Coupled … Read more

Sutton Colloquium 2012: Sustainable Development v. Sustainability

Join the Denver Journal of International Law and Policy, the Ved Nanda Center for International and Comparative Law, and the International Legal Studies Program for the 45th Annual Leonard v.B. Sutton Colloquium on Saturday, November 10, 2012.  This year, the Colloquium will consider sustainable development v. sustainability as the globe approaches the limits of growth in the 21st … Read more

Denver Lights the Night: October 16, 2012

The Sturm College of Law’s International Law Society is partnering with the Natural Resources and Environmental Law Society to “Denver Lights the Night.”  This upcoming event that supports Elephant Energy’s renewable energy development in Namibia, Zambia, and Navajo Nation.  The event will take place Tuesday, October 16 from 6-8 p.m. at the law school. There … Read more

Discussion: A Path to Peace in North Korea

Yesterday, the University of Denver Sturm College of Law hosted Eric Sirotkin, a widely regarded peacebuilder and mediator who has worked to resolve conflict in the Koreas and South Africa (to name just a few).  Earlier this year, he presented a Peace Conference hosted by the North Korean government.  He created a twelve-step plan to … Read more

Event: DU Sturm College of Law’s Nanda Center to Host Panel on Somali Piracy

Somali Piracy: Legal and Policy Challenges Please join the Ved Nanda Center for International and Comparative Law at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law, in collaboration with NGO Oceans Beyond Piracy, for an evening panel discussing the legal and policy implications of maritime piracy in Somalia and across the world’s oceans. Expert panelists … Read more

Lecture: The Crime of Aggression: Who’s Killing it and Why

Please join the Ved Nanda Center for International and Comparative Law for an exciting lecture by Mr. Donald Ferencz, President and CEO of the Planethood Foundation and Convenor of the recently-formed Global Institute for the Prevention of Aggression.  Mr. Ferencz, whose Planethood Foundation supports Ved Nanda Center summer stipends for law students interning in the … Read more

Save the Date for the 44th Annual Sutton Colloquium

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