Category: Notes
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Reconciling Extraterritorial Surveillance with International Privacy Rights: A Modest Framework, Vol. 54
Rahul Srivastava
Edward Snowden’s disclosures of the United States’ surveillance programs produced an international outcry from citizens, human rights groups, and foreign governments. Beyond creating embarrassing conversations for American diplomats around the world, the disclosures had real-world consequences.
Aug 2022
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Mapping a Green Recovery, Vol. 54
Elischke de Villiers
As leaders scramble to help their countries recover from the devastating social and economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, there is a risk that these leaders may lose sight of the countries’ need to become more sustainable under the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Aug 2022
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All but Quiet on the Northern Front: The Sector Principle as a Means of Resolving Arctic Territorial Disputes, Vol. 53
Joe D. Walsh
As climate change continues to melt the Arctic and pave the way for its commercial exploitation, several states have claimed part of what is currently international territory around the North Pole. Unfortunately, while all parties involved have already agreed not to create a new international legal regime to govern such claims, the existing legal regime,…
Apr 2022
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Economic Crimes Against Humanity, Vol. 53
Federico J. Wynter
Whether economic sanctions can amount to crimes against humanity seems to be an issue of first impression in the ICC. It is, however, the next case in a line of disputes attempting to extend crimes against humanity into new territories and factual scenarios. This Note argues that economic sanctions applied in peacetime, such as the…
Mar 2022
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Fighting the Power: Queer Social Movements and Their Impact on African Laws and Culture, Vol. 53
Khalid O. Vrede
The current approach by Western actors cannot be said to help queer people in Africa achieve sustainable rights. Instead of promoting rights for sexual and gender minorities, Western punitive advocacy has worsened the situation for queer people in Africa. What, then, if anything, can Western actors do to help secure rights for queer folk in…
Mar 2022
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The Broken Promise of “Never Again”: Myanmar’s Genocide Analyzed Under the U.N. Genocide Convention and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda’s Interpretation of the Convention
Mahnoor Khan
This Note examines the current genocide occurring in Myanmar. It looks at Myanmar’s cruel and inhumane treatment of the Rohingya community—a Muslim minority group in Myanmar with an initial population of one million. This Note proposes that Myanmar’s treatment of the Rohingya classifies as a genocide under the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of…
Nov 2021
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Guilty Before Trial: A Comparison of American and Spanish Juries and their Treatment of Pretrial Publicity
By Ashley Chacon
May 2019
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Transnational Legal Feminisms – Challenges and Opportunities
by Cornell ILJ Symposium Team
Mar 2018
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Can You Truly Hide from the Internet? The Global Applicability of the EU’s “Right to Be Forgotten”, Vol. 7
By Annalisa Choy
Mar 2018