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04 May Serves Me Right for Talking About It
...prosecuted. The gap between what clearly constitutes torture based on US and ECHR case law and the interrogation techniques currently authorized by executive order is a large one and can only be closed by people willing to talk about how lines should be drawn. Whether anyone is willing to have that conversation is a different matter. Benjamin Davis This is way too much fun. Just watching The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell who says that the former CIA hotshot jose Rodriguez is the person saying that the waterboarding and EIT's...05 Oct ¡Bienvenido, “Hablemos de Derecho Internacional”!
[in English at the end] Hace poco me tope con un podcast llamado “Hablemos de Derecho Internacional“, conducido por Edgardo Sobenes, ex miembro del equipo legal de Nicaragua ante la CIJ. El podcast está repleto de excelentes entrevistas a algunos de los más renombrados publicistas de Hispanoamérica. Personalmente recomiendo la entrevista al Dr. Juan José Ruda, Profesor Principal en la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Perú y miembro de la Comisión de Derecho Internacional. En este episodio, el Prof. Ruda nos presenta 200 años de historia latinoamericana y las contribuciones al...
17 Mar On Facebook’s Commitment to Human Rights, the Opportunity to Prevent Crimes and the Right for Truth-Seeking and Memory for Murdered Mexican Journalists
...Mexico confirmed José Guadalupe Chan Dzib had received multiple threats in the previous weeks. Rubén Pat Cauich, director and founder of the Facebook-based news outlet, publicly demanded justice and published information regarding the crime in Semanario Playa News Aquí y Ahora. Twenty-six days later, Pat Cauich was also shot to death in a bar. After his colleagues were murdered, Romero Díaz fled Playa del Carmen temporarily with help from a federal program for human rights defenders and reporters whose lives are at risk. He stayed in the neighboring state of...04 Apr Alvarez ASIL Speech Now On-Line
Jose Alvarez’s ASIL presidential address is now up on the Society’s website here, along with the companion 50 Ways IL Harms Us. I’d missed that the “smug levels” observation was part of a South Park allusion (see page 5), which may have sent some members running to their teenage grandchildren for guidance (though I have to admit that coming from a cable-less household, I was a little wobbly on it myself). Justifying the handout, Jose explained: [t]hose of us at this meeting probably can benefit most from the 50 Ways....18 Jul ASIL Presidents Ask Congress to Step in to Resolve ICJ Medellin Stand Off
Past and current presidents of the American Society of International Law today urged leaders in Congress to take legislative action to comply with the ICJ decision in Avena and halt the executions of Jose Medellin and the other affected death row inmates until the review required by the ICJ has been carried out. Full text of the letter is here. So, readers, is Peter Spiro right in predicting that Jose Medellin will live out his days in prison (but also wrong in predicting that it won’t be because of congressional action)?...20 Sep Human Rights Watch Detained and Thrown Out of Venezuela
The New York Times and Washington Post (and lots of other places) report today (Saturday, September 20, 2008) that the two senior executives of the Human Rights Watch Americas Division, executive director Jose Miguel Vivanco and deputy director Daniel Wilkinson, were detained by Venezuelan security personnel in Caracas and placed on a plane to Brazil. From the NYT: Armed men in uniforms apprehended José Miguel Vivanco, a Chilean citizen who is the Americas director for the New York-based group, and Daniel Wilkinson, an American who is deputy director for the...02 Jan Spain’s Sunken Warships and the Underwater Heritage of Latin America
...regards to their archaeological exploration. After the Odyssey case, in 2013, Colombia issued Law 1675, claiming ownership over all sunk archaeological items off is coasts, including (quite purposefully) sunk Spanish galleons. Soon after, in 2015, Colombia found and claimed ownership over the San Jose, a Spanish galleon sunk in 1708, “in Colombian waters”, off the port of Cartagena. Spain has already objected Colombia’s ownership claim and has insisted on negotiations. Both states’ positions however seem incompatible. Colombia wishes to salvage the San Jose’s treasure for archaeological research and exhibition, whereas...24 Apr Why Training Journalists in International Law is a Good Thing
The American Society of International Law has recently begun partnering with journalism schools in an effort to introduce international law to future reporters and editorial boards. And, publications like ASIL Insightsand IL.Post are circulated broadly among media outlets, and ASIL makes the expertise of its membership available when issues or cases arise in which explanations of the law can be helpful. But, as Jose Alvarez noted in this interview with the State Department Information Service, we still have a way to go. This recent editorial about Medellin v. Texas in...25 Jul AJIL Symposium: Sovereignty and Humanity
[José Alvarez is the Herbert and Rose Rubin Professor of International Law at New York University School of Law and is the Co-Editor-in-Chief (along with Benedict Kingsbury) of the American Journal of International Law] As the new co-editor in chief of the AJIL, I, along with my co-EIC, Benedict Kingsbury, are very grateful to Chris Borgen and Opinio Juris for hosting this on-line symposium on the Journal’s April 2013 issue. We also thank the two authors, Eyal Benvenisti and Leila Sadat, for exposing themselves to this trial by fire. It...10 Mar Yale Young Scholars Conference
...discuss whether a “New” New Haven School is emerging and to formulate a statement articulating what the basic tenets of that School should be. Please visit our website for a detailed schedule of events. To make this event available to a wider audience over the web, YJIL editors Jessica Karbowski and José Miñán will provide summaries of the four panel discussions planned for Saturday. José and I are excited about this opportunity to contribute to Opinio Juris, and we look forward to providing you with an account of the action!...