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Maritime Piracy: Borrowing from Civil Aviation
Maritime piracy off the coast of Somalia continues to spiral into an increasingly threatening international crisis, with attacks in the Gulf of Aden increasing during
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Maritime Piracy: Borrowing from Civil Aviation
Maritime piracy off the coast of Somalia continues to spiral into an increasingly threatening international crisis, with attacks in the Gulf of Aden increasing during
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Chinese Perspectives Part 4: Sustainable Development
One of the most frequently levied criticisms made against China is that its development, while economically impressive, is environmentally disastrous. Judge Xue addressed this criticism
Reception in Honor of the United Nations Refugee Agency
The Ved Nanda Center, the Western Union Foundation and the USA for UNHCR cordially invite you to a reception honoring the United Nations Refugee Agency. The Reception
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The First Family of Genocide
The United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda issued its judgment earlier this summer in the case of Pauline Nyiramasuhuko et al. The Rwanda Tribunal
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Piracy Continues Unabated
The surge of piracy attacks worldwide and their increasing threat to international shipping are indeed alarming. The Piracy Reporting Center of the International Maritime Bureau
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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
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Chinese Perspectives Part 3: Sovereignty
“In the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence, the principle of sovereignty ranks first. It is the main principle to which the other four principles are
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Israeli and Palestinian Women Commit Civil Disobedience
The New York Times recently published an article about a cohort of seemingly unlikely co-conspirators committing civil disobedience in Israel and the Palestinian Territories. A
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InforMEA
This summer, the United Nations launched a website with important implications for the future of international environmental law. InforMEA, the United Nations Portal on Multilateral
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Chinese Perspectives Part 2: History
To understand anything about the contemporary Chinese perspective on international law, one must have a cursory understanding of China’s history of international relations. In this
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Chinese Perspectives Part 1: Introduction
In 1984, the People’s Republic of China’s preeminent scholar of international law, Wang Tieya, taught a Special Course at the Hague Academy of International Law