Recently added articles from The George Washington International Law Review:
EXTRATERRITORIAL REACH OF THE TRAFFICKING VICTIMS PROTECTION ACT
Aug 10, 2007; ... INTRODUCTION In their Closing Note to the U.S. Department of State 2005 Trafficking In Persons Report ("TIP Report" or "Report"),1 the drafters tell the story of a thirteen-year old girl, Renu.2 Renu was one of twenty human trafficking victims who were almost rescued during a brothel ...
HYBRIDITY, HOLISM, AND "TRADITIONAL" JUSTICE: THE CASE OF THE GACACA COURTS IN POST-GENOCIDE RWANDA
Aug 10, 2007; ... I. INTRODUCTION Hybridity is an increasingly common theme in the study and practice of transitional justice and post-conflict reconstruction. In recent years, a growing trend has emerged in institutional responses to complex conflict and post-conflict situations that advocates "legal ...
RESOLVING THE BOLIVIAN GAS CRISIS: LESSONS FROM BOLIVIA'S BRUSH WITH INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION
Aug 10, 2007; ... It is true that Bolivia needs partners, not owners of our natural resources. . . . We will guarantee that the corporations have every right to recover what they have invested and have the right to profit, we only want that this profit be with a principle of balance, that the State, the people ...
FREE EXERCISE OF RELIGION AND ANIMAL PROTECTION: A COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE ON RITUAL SLAUGHTER
Aug 10, 2007; ... INTRODUCTION The free exercise of religion and animal protection at first glance seem to be somewhat unrelated yet by no means mutually exclusive matters. cases involving religiously motivated animal sacrifice and ritual slaughter, however, illustrate a conflict. This Article will ...
THE RIGHT TO STRIKE OR THE FREEDOM TO STRIKE: CAN EITHER INTERPRETATION IMPROVE WORKING CONDITIONS IN CHINA?
Aug 10, 2007; ... INTRODUCTION "Citizens of the People's Republic of China have the right as well as the duty to work. . . . Work is a matter of honor for every citizen who is able to work."1 The Chinese Constitution describes work as a "matter of honor" for its citizens, but there is nothing honorable ...
TRANSNATIONAL TRIBUNALS AND THE TRANSMISSION OF NORMS: THE HEGEMONY OF PROCESS
Aug 10, 2007; ... INTRODUCTION The 1990s was a time of rapid change in international relations. The Cold War ended. New States rose from the ashes of old empires. Existing States shrugged off old ideologies for new economies. Cronyism was out; the rule of law was in. It was a New World ...
REMARKS TO THE SOHN SYMPOSIUM: REMEMBERING LOUIS SOHN
May 30, 2007; ... There are hundreds of attorneys who are fortunate enough to have studied international law under Louis Sohn, but I am one of only ten people who can claim to have studied engineering under Louis. For one semester Louis collaborated with professors at MTT to teach a class called "Ocean ...
THE 200-MILE LIMIT: BETWEEN CREEPING JURISDICTION AND CREEPING COMMON HERITAGE? SOME LAW OF THE SEA CONSIDERATIONS FROM PROFESSOR LOUIS SOHN'S FORMER LL.M. STUDENT
May 30, 2007; ... I. INTRODUCTION It is for me a great privilege to have been invited to participate in this Symposium in remembrance of Louis B. Sohn. This kind invitation by the organizers of this prestigious event can, I believe, be explained in at least two ways. First of all, I happened to be Louis's ...
A DECADE OF THE LAW OF THE SEA CONVENTION: IS IT A SUCCESS?
May 30, 2007; ... A great deal has been written about the process of finalizing the massive United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (LOSC) in Montego Bay, Jamaica in December 1982.1 The Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS III) was a protracted and historic process which evolved ...
THE LAW OF THE SEA CONVENTION: A NATIONAL SECURITY SUCCESS-GLOBAL STRATEGIC MOBILITY THROUGH THE RULE OF LAW
May 30, 2007; ... I. INTRODUCTION The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (Convention) has been called a constitution for the world's oceans because it provides a legal and policy architecture for conduct on, over, and under more than seventy percent of the globe.1 So far, the treaty has ...
U.S. POLICY AND THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE LAW OF THE SEA
May 30, 2007; ... Although the U.S. has not yet accepted the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea,1 the Convention has attracted support from people in the U.S. with very different perspectives on U.S. foreign policy. Since adoption of the 1994 Part XI Implementation Agreement, which must be ...
THE LANDMARK 2006 UNCLOS ANNEX VII BARBADOS/TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO MARITIME DELIMITATION (JURISDICTION & MERITS) AWARD
May 30, 2007; ... I. INTRODUCTORY REMARKS I am delighted to be a part of this special celebration for Professor Louis B. Sohn and to see so many distinguished friends, including eminent International Court of Justice (ICJ) Judges Thomas Buergendial, Sir Kenneth Keith, and Stephen M. Schwebel, Judge Thomas ...
A TRIBUTE TO LOUIS SOHN
May 30, 2007; ... It is not easy to speak last about Professor Sohn. There is hardly anything new or unique that I can contribute. I am just one more person whose life was completely changed after meeting Professor Sohn. I was in Washington in the early 1990s and at the time I had heard a lot about him; the fact ...
A TRIBUTE TO LOUIS SOHN
May 30, 2007; ... The gende legend whose life we celebrate today was part of a generation of international law giants who were "present at the creation" of the post-WWII world order and who helped to fashion it. Like Eric Stein of Michigan, Stefan Reisenfeld of Berkeley, and my own law school's Oscar Schachter ...
A TRIBUTE TO LOUIS SOHN
May 30, 2007; ... Winston Churchill is supposed to have described his political adversary, the Labour Prime Minister Clement Attlee, as a modest man who had much to be modest about. By contrast, Louis Sohn was a modest man who had little to be modest about. He was one of a handful of legal giants who, in the ...
A TRIBUTE TO LOUIS SOHN-IS THE DISPUTE SETTLEMENT SYSTEM UNDER THE LAW OF THE SEA CONVENTION WORKING?
May 30, 2007; ... It is not possible for me to convey to you fully my sense of personal and professional honor at being invited to participate in this symposium in remembrance of Professor Louis Sohn. Louis Sohn and I first had the opportunity to work closely together when he, the late John R. Stevenson, ...
A TRIBUTE TO LOUIS SOHN: SOME NEW FACTS AND SOME LINGERING MYSTERIES IN A REMARKABLE LIFE
May 30, 2007; ... Louis Sohn came to the United States in August 1939 at the age of 25, an accomplished legal scholar in the conflict of laws. For his friends and students, he provided some facts about those early days and left a few mysteries with some clues for solving them. Please consider this to be a work in ...
A TRIBUTE TO LOUIS SOHN
May 30, 2007; ... "[G]enuine peace through total disarmament and an equitable and enforceable world law is now an achievable prospect which practical men and women can work for with reasonable hopes," wrote Louis B. Sohn in his book Introduction to World Peace Through World Law.1 This remark well represents his ...