by Harris Institute | May 18, 2017 | EU Law, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Relations Law, Negotiations, Refugee and Asylum Law, Rule of Law
By: Mattia Cutolo The following analysis sets its framework on a particular date: Wednesday March 29th, when Theresa May “Brexit!” dixit (latin: “When Theresa May said: “Brexit!”). That is when the UK Ambassador to the EU, Tim Barrow, delivered a letter signed by...
by Harris Institute | Apr 11, 2017 | Foreign Affairs, Foreign Relations Law, Human Rights, International Criminal Law, International Humanitarian Law, Negotiations, Uncategorized, United Nations
By: Leila Sadat Although one can fault the Obama administration for its tepid policy towards Syria, Trump’s airstrikes against a Syrian military base on Thursday, April 6th take the U.S. policy towards Syria in a dangerous new direction. Although it’s tempting to...
by Harris Institute | Oct 11, 2016 | Climate Change, Comparative Law, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Relations Law, Negotiations, Uncategorized, United Nations
By: Marla Borkson Thanks to the generosity of Washington University School of Law and the Harris Institute’s Dagen-Legomsky Fellowship, I was able to secure a position with the U.S. Consulate General in Shanghai, China this summer. First established in 1844, the U.S....
by Harris Institute | May 5, 2016 | Climate Change, Human Rights, Negotiations, Public Health, United Nations
By: Tamara L. Slater In the finals weeks of 2015 under the auspices of the UNFCCC, 195 nations adopted a global climate change agreement in Paris, France that has the potential to save humanity from the increasingly devastating impacts of climate change. The so-called...
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...
