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02 Jan Incorporating ChatGPT into Human Rights Pedagogy and Research Practices
[Tamara N. Lewis Arredondo is a Senior Lecturer and researcher on human rights for the Global Citizenship research group at The Hague University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands] What can ChatGPT teach you, me and our students about human rights? As with all new technology, generative AI has impacted the academy, influencing how we teach, assess and even how we acquire knowledge in all fields, including human rights. Now that the initial hype surrounding the release of ChatGPT is beginning to settle, we can explore ways generative artificial intelligence (AI)...
27 Oct Reparation for Injuries Suffered in the Service of the Rescue Aid Society: Imagining the UN Through Disney’s The Rescuers
...two mice, Bianca and Bernard, who go on a mission to rescue an orphan girl named Penny. She was kidnapped and is being forced to search the world’s largest diamond. Bianca and Bernard do not act on their own behalf, however: They are on mission in the services of the Rescue Aid Society (RAS), an international organization of mice which responds to call for help by humans. The headquarters of the RAS are located in the walls of the United Nations (UN) Headquarter in New York City; delegate mice hail...
13 Aug Outstanding Atrocity Sites
...changed and evolved since its 1979 inscription in terms of the ‘lessons’ it teaches. Since Tuol Sleng began operating as a memorial museum in 1979, and Choeung Ek in 1981, they have continued to evolve and change. Researchers continue to uncover new materials from the regime – from new forensic examinations of the bones at Choeung Ek, to graffiti on the walls at S-21/Tuol Sleng, to archaeological findings at M-13 – which drives research that advances understandings of the reasons for and the mechanics of an atrocity. Similarly, as memorial...20 Dec Cyber Operations and GCII Obligations to “Respect and Protect”
...found in Articles 22, 24 and 27, in the light of cyber operations. First, it should be stated that Article 22’s obligation to respect and protect includes the more specific language that protected vessels “in no circumstances be attacked or captured.” Although the obligation to respect and protect is broader than these specific terms, it is helpful nonetheless as “attack” is an IHL term of art that has been frequently analyzed in the cyber context. Para 1985 explicitly states that the prohibition on attack includes “the use of means and...
29 Aug Lost in Citation: How to Reference the UN Charter and the ICJ Statute
[Martin Baumgartner is a PhD candidate and a Teaching and Research Assistant at the University of Vienna] As an early career researcher, a considerable amount of my time in the last few years has been spent creating and going over references. While this is sometimes a strenuous task, what most puzzled me was the difficulty to find the correct references for the most fundamental treaties of international law. Contrary to common practice, these are not 1 UNTS XVI for the Charter of the United Nations and 33 UNTS 993 for...19 Mar Comparative Free Speech About Bong Hits
...questioning of Deputy Solicitor General Edwin Kneedler will be part of the oral argument: Justice Ginsburg: “Does what the rest of the world think about restrictions on bong hit speech—should that have any relevance at all? Mr. Kneedler: “No. The bong hit practices other countries, including restrictions on bong hit speech, should have no relevance in deciding the First Amendment principle at issue here.” Justice Ginsburg: “But aren’t we in search for common denominators of freedom governing the relationship between governors and the governed? Isn’t that the teaching of Roper...
08 Jul The Sum of Four Fears: African States and the International Criminal Court in Retrospect–Part II
Max du Plessis is Senior Counsel in South Africa, an Associate Fellow at Chatham House, a Senior Researcher at the Institute for Security Studies, an Associate Tenant at Doughty Street Chambers and an Honorary Research Fellow, University of KwaZulu-Natal. Christopher Gevers is a Lecturer in the School of Law at University of KwaZulu-Natal. In our first post, we identified how the legitimate and longstanding concerns of African states regarding the ICC have been simply ignored or problematically dismissed. We continue with that theme by focusing on the final two concerns...08 Jul The Distance Between Human Rights and the EU: the Libyan Migration Crisis
...by Amnesty International. Many people have died trying to cross the Mediterranean, and roughly 53 people who might have shared the same fate, are alive today thanks to the brave actions of Carola Rackete, the captain of Sea Watch 3, a search and rescue vessel registered in the Netherlands. Her subsequent arrest has generated much discussion about Maritime Law, human trafficking, the Italian interpretation of the laws governing their territorial waters, and the duty of European states to share the burden of incoming migrants. But amidst all of this, let’s...