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19 Oct YJIL Symposium – A Fiduciary Theory of Jus Cogens
Evan Criddle Evan Fox-Decent We would like to begin by thanking Opinio Juris and the Yale Journal of International L aw for hosting this symposium, and Alexander Orakhelashvili for generously agreeing to act as our interlocutor. In international law, the term “jus cogens” refers to norms that are considered peremptory in the sense that they are mandatory and do not admit derogation. In our article, we argue that peremptory norms are inextricably linked to the sovereign powers assumed by all states. The key to understanding international jus cogens lies in...29 May VJIL Symposium: Adil Ahmad Haque Comments on “Moral Judgments & International Crimes”
[Adil Ahmad Haque is an Associate Professor of Law at the Rutgers School of Law-Newark.] This post is part of the Virginia Journal of International Law/Opinio Juris Symposium, Volume 52, Issue 3. Other posts in this series can be found in the related posts below. I want thank Andrew Woods, the Virginia Journal of International Law, and Opinio Juris for the opportunity to respond to such a rich and provocative Article. I could probably write 600 words on any single section of Andrew’s paper, but for present purposes I’ll confine...06 Apr Symposium on the Financing of International Terrorism
In case anyone is interested in the latest efforts to combat the financing of terrorism, I wanted to let you know that I will be moderating a panel tomorrow on this topic. The symposium (sponsored by the New York International Law Review, the International Law and Practice Section of the New York State Bar Association and St. John’s University Law School) will be at St. John’s Manhattan Campus, 101 Murray Street. Two hours of CLE credits are available with a CLE registration fee of $50. For additional info, contact Nancy...
03 Aug Complementarity, Catalysts, Compliance Symposium: Introduction to the Forum
[Christian De Vos is a Senior Advocacy Officer with the Open Society Justice Initiative. He engages in advocacy across the Justice Initiative’s areas of work, with a particular focus on international justice and accountability for grave crimes.] Ten years ago this month, I was packing my bags and preparing to move to the place where this book began: The Hague. Then a newly minted lawyer eager to lay claim to a career in human rights, I was about to begin my PhD studies at Leiden University’s Grotius Centre for International...29 May VJIL Symposium: Jens David Ohlin Comments on “Moral Judgments & International Crimes”
[Jens David Ohlin is an Associate Professor of Law at Cornell Law School; he blogs at LieberCode.] This post is part of the Virginia Journal of International Law/Opinio Juris Symposium, Volume 52, Issue 3. Other posts in this series can be found in the related posts below. Andrew Woods has done an admirable job tackling a truly foundational issue: the normative basis for punishment in international criminal law. This issue has engaged my thinking as well, and Woods is to be congratulated for moving the ball forward and asking the...24 Nov Mini-Symposium: James Stewart’s The Turn to Corporate Criminal Liability for International Crimes–Transcending the Alien Tort Statute
This week we will host a mini-symposium on James G. Stewart’s latest article, The Turn to Corporate Criminal Liability for International Crimes: Transcending the Alien Tort Statute. James has been an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Law at Allard Hall, University of British Columbia, where he as been since 2009. Previously he was an Associate-in-Law at Columbia Law School in New York. He has also been an Appeals Counsel with the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and has also worked for...
24 Sep Symposium on Protest and Legal Mobilization: Protest as Rule of Law Engagement – Reflections on Protest as Legal Mobilization
...frailty – and courage – in the face of oppression. One key difference, it seems, between the democratic and the human rights importance of bodily experience is the collective versus the individual focus: the human rights symbol is the individual’s experience of injustice and the emotional response it evokes is the indignation about the harm of a person. Rhetorically, this may make the emotional appeal of a human rights campaign stronger: it engages the human impulse to connect to a particular person. People might not have felt as strongly about...29 May VJIL Symposium: Andrew K. Woods Responds to Professors Baron, Haque, and Ohlin
[Andrew K. Woods is currently a Climenko Fellow at Harvard Law School.] This post is part of the Virginia Journal of International Law/Opinio Juris Symposium, Volume 52, Issue 3. Other posts in this series can be found in the related posts below. Let me begin by expressing my gratitude to the Virginia Journal of International Law (VJIL) and Opinio Juris for hosting this discussion, and to Professors Baron, Haque, and Ohlin for their thoughtful responses to my recent VJIL Article. Rather than address every point raised by the comments, I...09 Apr LJIL Symposium: A Consideration of ‘On the Functions of International Courts: An Appraisal in Light of Their Burgeoning Public Authority’
[Ruti Teitel, Ernst C. Stiefel Professor of Comparative Law, New York Law School, Visiting Professor, London School of Economics, and Affiliated Visiting Professor, Hebrew University of Jerusalem.] This post is part of our symposium on the latest issue of the Leiden Journal of International Law. Other posts in this series can be found in the related posts below. Armin Bogdandy and Ingo Venzke argue that we should see the increasing activity of international courts and tribunals as the exercise of public authority, requiring justification according to the principles characteristic of...12 Jun Boumediene “Insta-Symposium”
The Supreme Court has just rendered its decision in Boumediene v. Bush, announcing that the DTA procedures are not an adequate and effective substitute for habeas corpus and that the MCA operates as an unconstitutional suspension of the writ. Opinio Juris is very pleased to announce an “insta-symposium” to discuss the decision. We have an amazing line-up of guests, including Geoff Corn (South Texas), Eric Freedman (Hofstra), Paul Halliday (Virginia), Chimène Keitner (Hastings), Andrew Kent (Fordham), Jenny Martinez (Stanford), Julian Davis Mortenson (Fordham), Michael Newton (Vanderbilt), Deborah Pearlstein (Princeton), Patrick...