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International Surrogacy: A Global Opportunity or Unregulated Exploitation?

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Mother and son in India

By: Jesse Fishman Since 2002, when India legalized commercial surrogacy, India has become the one-stop-shop for international surrogacy.  Despite the increasing popularity, this international baby phenomenon has many critics.  They range from believing that the process is inherently exploitative, to the less critical: those that simply believe more legal regulations would help the process.  Proponents, … Read more

U.S. Liability for Bahraini Human Rights Violations

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Zaynab Alkhawaja, daughter of Bahraini human rights activist Abdulhadi Al Khawaja

If the U.S. approves the next shipment of arms to Bahrain, should it be liable for aiding and abetting violations of international law committed by Bahrain? The answer is clearly yes based on the precedent of the prosecution of former Liberian President Charles Taylor.  Taylor is awaiting a final judgment from the Special Court for … Read more

Kudos to Senegal for ending female circumcision. Now, ICC, prosecute the remaining offenders…

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ICC: Consider yourself on notice.

Kudos to Senegal for ending the horrific practice of female genital mutilation (FGM) as reported by the New York Times last weekend.  Leadership on this issue needs to come from Africa and so it is very encouraging to see Senegal act so decisively. However, in places like Sudan and Somalia 90% of the girls are … Read more

European Integration – the European Convention on Human Rights

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Council of Europe

The previous article in this series focused on the European Union. However, the EU is not the only international organization in Europe promoting a broad European integration. The Council of Europe (CoE) is another influential organization in Europe. It was founded in 1949, which thus makes it older than the EU. In similar fashion as … Read more

The Legality of Extrajudicially Killing an American Citizen

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Anwar al-Awlaki

On Friday, Sept 29, 2011 a U.S. drone attack in Yemen killed two U.S. citizens, al-Qaeda leader Anwar al-Awlaki and al-Qaeda magazine editor Samir Khan.  A secret Justice Department memo authorized the targeting of al-Awlaki, which, according to senior intelligence official, was necessary for the CIA to proceed with the extrajudicial killing of an American. … Read more

Criminal sentencing – The tale of two Taylors

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Chuckie Taylor

As previously blogged, former Liberian president Charles Taylor is sitting in jail awaiting judgment for his involvement in the egregious crimes committed by rebel forces in Sierra Leone.  His son, Chuckie Taylor, has already been convicted by a Miami Federal Court for acts of torture committed while running a squad of henchmen for his dad … Read more

Lessons to Heed in the Wake of the Free Trade Trilogy

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President Barack Obama

President Barack Obama is currently intensifying talks with Colombia, Panama and South Korea regarding proposed free trade agreements (FTA) inherited from the Bush Administration. The President hopes to submit all three agreements to Congress by the end of the year.  Worrisome is that similar provisions granting substantial investor rights as those written in precursor agreements, … Read more

Should the ICC prosecute the Pope?

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The Vatican

Last week, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) along with the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests filed a complaint urging the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate their allegation that the three top Vatican officials committed crimes against humanity in covering up rape and sexual assault committed by priests around the world. There … Read more

Jewish Justice for Convert Charles Taylor

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Charles Taylor and the Jewish delicacy

A couple of years ago, former Liberian President and current war crimes indictee Charles Taylor converted to Judaism.   Somehow I missed this astounding fact.   From the perspective of Jews, could there be a less appealing candidate for conversion?  It is likely that Taylor will be convicted in the next month for his responsibility for … Read more

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