by Harris Institute | Apr 14, 2016 | Comparative Law, Foreign Affairs, Global Public Interest Law Internships, Human Rights
By: Joshua Sills I am fortunate to be spending this semester as a Foreign Law Clerk at the Supreme Court of Israel in Jerusalem through Washington University School of Law’s International Justice and Conflict Resolution Externship. The Israeli Supreme Court is one of...
by Harris Institute | Jan 6, 2016 | Comparative Law, Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Rule of Law
By: Madaline George Constitutional term limits on a president’s tenure are common features in modern democracies. Seventy three percent of all presidential regimes at the end of 2009 used some form of presidential term limits, and in Africa two-thirds of countries...
by Harris Institute | Dec 11, 2015 | Climate Change, Environmental Law, Foreign Relations Law, Human Rights, Negotiations, Uncategorized, United Nations
By: Hari Osofsky Expectancy has dominated the last two days as people awaited each day’s new draft of the agreement. Because the negotiations are taking place behind closed doors, people use relationships to learn ever-evolving information about the state of...
by Harris Institute | Dec 8, 2015 | Climate Change, Environmental Law, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Relations Law, Human Rights, Negotiations, United Nations
By: Hari Osofsky I appreciate the opportunity to guest blog with Opinio Juris while at the Paris climate change negotiations this week. I will aim in my blogs to complement Dan Bodansky’s excellent assessment of the negotiations among state parties by examining the...
by Harris Institute | Nov 9, 2015 | Human Rights, International Criminal Law, The International Criminal Court, Uncategorized
By: Mathias Holvoet Following the formal establishment of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on July 1, 2002, some expected the future of international criminal justice would center primarily around the ICC and domestic prosecutions. The ‘modest future of hybrid...
by Harris Institute | Oct 29, 2015 | Human Rights, International Criminal Law, International Humanitarian Law, The International Criminal Court, Uncategorized
By: Richard A. Goldstone (Originally posted on International Judicial Monitor) During the first week of September 2015 present and former international chief prosecutors gathered at Lake Chautauqua, in upstate New York, for the ninth annual International Humanitarian...
