Featured articles by staff, students, guests, professors, and any posts that are not “daily news digest”
Panalists Dr. Paul Williams, a Professor at American University, Lt. Col. Rachel VanLandingham of the United States Air Force, and Dr. Robert Hazan, a Professor at Metropolitan State College of Denver discussed the international and U.S. policy implications of the Arab Spring in a late afternoon panel of the Sutton Colloquium. Dr. Williams started off … Read more
I was pleased to see an article in which Amnesty International calls for the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate crimes by the Taliban in Afghanistan. I have long felt that non-state actor groups that wage military style campaigns that intentionally target civilians get more lenient treatment in international criminal law circles. For example, many … Read more
Edward C. Luck, United Nations Assistant Secretary General, spoke at the Sutton Colloquium about the responsibility to protect and the effect of the Arab Spring on R2P. A central theme of Professor Luck’s discourse was that R2P is a political, as opposed to a legal, concept. With all due respect to Professor Luck, whose work’s … Read more
The International Atomic Energy Agency plans to release an updated report on Iran, in which the Agency is expected to announce its belief that Iran has now mastered the critical steps that would allow it to build a nuclear weapon. The report allegedly also says there is no evidence that Iran has decided to build … Read more
Professor Nader Hashemi, Professor Orit Bashkin and Dr. Robert Hazan helped place the Arab Spring in context by providing an overview of how the revolution came about. The Arab Spring actually began in the winter. One major catalyst of the revolution mentioned by the panelists was when Muhammad Bouazizi, a Tunisian man who felt he … Read more
Like many countries in the Middle East, Bahrain is undergoing tensions and changes manifested in the “Arab Spring” uprisings. Bahrain’s monarchy and citizens are engaged working to to determine the future shape of the country’s government through a dialogue centered on acceptable forms of government, citizen participation, and ways to sustain the country’s position as … Read more
This Saturday, the University of Denver Sturm College of Law will be holding its annual Sutton Colloquium. This year’s topic is “Arab Spring and Its Unfinished Business: Law & Policy Issues.” While the speakers and their academic interests are diverse, I think that all of the speakers should address one underlying and generally unasked question: … Read more
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
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 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
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.
