Three years prior to the American Civil War, Abraham Lincoln stated that “a house divided against itself cannot stand.”, With the advent of international telecommunications, extensive travel and economic interdependence, the world is shrinking. As witnessed by the AIDS epidemic2 and various strains of influenza,3 localized health problems in third world countries quickly find their … Read more
One billion dollars and an apology: reparations by the United States government for 60,000 surviving Americans of Japanese ancestry imprisoned during World War II without charges, trial or evidence of necessity.1 Redress for lost homes, families, and freedom, for serious harm inflicted by a government upon its own people on account of their race…2
In the huge diversity of peoples who make up the human race, there are a number of universal constants which have always been part of the human condition. One is that people who are different inspire fear which often leads to prejudice; another is that a proportion of the human race is homosexual…
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
I came [before the ICTY] for two reasons: To confront these charges and to spare my people, for it was clear that they would pay the price of any refusal to come…. I have now come to the belief and accept the fact that many thousands of innocent people were the victims of an organized, … Read more
In international law there are a wide variety of legal beings. At one end of the spectrum is the individual, an increasingly important subject of international jurisprudence, and at the other is the state itself, the archtype of the international legal person. Between the two lie a number of entities, one of which is the … Read more
Cyclone Nargis struck Myanmar on May 2 and 3, 2008.1 It wreaked havoc in the capital, Yangon, devastated large portions of the Irrawaddy Delta, and resulted in the immediate deaths of tens of thousands of people. 2 Most of the initial deaths..
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.
