In association with the International Commission of Jurists

Author: Peggy McGuinness

06 Oct

I recently posted to SSRN my forthcoming article, "Medellin, Norm Portals, and the Horizontal Integration of International Human Rights," which will be published later this year by the Notre Dame Law Review. As always, I welcome any comments (either on line or via email). Here's the abstract: The Medellin v. Dretke line of capital cases challenging U.S. non-compliance with...

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02 Oct

Opinio Juris is pleased to welcome Christopher Le Mon as a guest blogger for the next two weeks. Christopher is currently on assignment at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda in Arusha, Tanzania. He served as a law clerk at the International Court of Justice to Judges Thomas Buergenthal and Vladlen S. Vereshchetin before joining Shearman & Sterling...

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27 Sep

I am delighted to inform our readers that the President of Moldova has bestowed on our own Chris Borgen the Moldovan Medal of Civil Merit — "Meritul Civic". The medal, the highest civilian honor that the government may award, recognizes Chris' outstanding work as principal author of the New York City Bar Association study of the Transnistria separatist crisis...

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22 Sep

As we wrap up the first week of the General Assembly, I thought it might be a useful educational service to link to Ali G.'s trip to the UN in which he conducts an insightful interview with former UN SecGen Boutros Boutros Gali and visits the Security Council chamber. How many UN structural reform issues can you spot? Buyakasha! For...

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20 Aug

We are pleased that Professor Abraham Bell will be guest blogging with us for the next week or so. Professor Bell has a joint appointment with Fordham Law School and Bar Ilan Law Faculty in Tel Aviv. He has published widely in the area of economic analysis of property law, as well as in international law and the...

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18 Aug

Yes, there is actually a song detailing the history and jursiprudence of the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods ("CISG"). Here's the audiofile, brought to you by Professor Harry Flechtner at the University of Pittsburgh. It is certainly one way to liven up your contracts or international sales class. Download it while it is...

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11 Aug

The new UN Human Rights Council is holding an emergency session today in Geneva. The agenda: A resolution condemning Israeli actions in the current war between Israel and Hezbollah. This is supposed to be the new and improved Human Rights Council, the one that will take seriously its charge to address human rights violations everywhere. Yet, since...

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10 Aug

This post by Suzanne Nossel and David Greenberg at Democracy Arsenal is a pretty accurate take on what Senator Joe Lieberman's defeat to Ned Lamont in Tuesday's primary means for the national security strategy of the Democratic party. Neither the "security-minded" liberals — who fear that Lieberman's defeat represents proof the party has been captured by the isolationist left...

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07 Aug

Law Professor Eugene Kontorovich has this thought-provoking op-ed in today's New York Sun arguing that the current proposal for a ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon violates a bedrock principle of international law: That nations cannot gain territory through the aggressive use of force. Here's an excerpt: The most surprising aspect of international proposals for a ceasefire in the Israel-Lebanon conflict is...

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06 Aug

The AALS National Security Law Section is soliciting papers for the 2007 AALS meeting. The winning paper will be published in the Journal of National Security Law and Policy. The topic: “Prosecuting Leakers and Leakees: The End of National Security Muckraking?” For those of you interested, full details on submissions and the selection process can be found here. ...

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