“You knock, and you knock, and you knock, and you knock, and you knock, and one day they are going to hear” Asma Jahangir, Pakistani Human Rights Lawyer and Activist With the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) movement gaining more and more momentum in the consumer, investment and legal spheres,[1] expectations towards companies have increased significantly. … Read more
With the recent change of government in the United States (“U.S.”), there have been considerable reactions on the international level. To begin, many nations have expressed their incredible disdain for the choice of president, ranging from petitions to protests to motions to reduce trade with the U.S. Second, there is discussion of there being improper … Read more
What should be the U.S. role in the world? In the current election cycle, the debate on this vital question is especially focused on America’s military interventions — interventions in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Yemen, Somalia, and hesitation in Syria — which provide some indicators for reflection. As both presidential candidates have spoken on the topic, … Read more
John Donne famously declared, “[n]o man is an island.” Similarly, “no state is an island,” as states are inevitably impacted by the actions of others. But does this mean that any connection, however attenuated, justifies one state’s interference with another? Is this kind of interference ever justified? Is there ever an obligation on states to … Read more
In order to reevaluate its foreign policy approach, Germany conducted a review (“Review 2014”) last year. Review 2014 included multiple town hall meetings with German voters and debates among foreign policy experts around the world. Even during Review 2014, voters’ and experts’ opinions and approaches changed. Initially, the majority of German voters disagreed with the statement … 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.
